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Highest unemployment, Kansas counties · 2020

Kansas counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2023 ACS). This list covers the 105 counties in Kansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2000

01Woodson County, KSKS3,1188.4%–

02Stevens County, KSKS4,9846.8%–

03Chautauqua County, KSKS3,3216.4%–

04Wyandotte County, KSKS170,5976.3%–

05Grant County, KSKS7,0286.1%–

06Elk County, KSKS2,4586.0%–

07Leavenworth County, KSKS84,5905.7%–

08Sherman County, KSKS5,7635.4%–

09Montgomery County, KSKS30,1775.2%–

10Sedgwick County, KSKS538,4335.2%–

11Crawford County, KSKS39,0085.2%–

12Sumner County, KSKS22,3125.1%–

13Cowley County, KSKS34,3825.1%–

14Riley County, KSKS72,5985.0%–

15Linn County, KSKS9,9504.9%–

16Harper County, KSKS5,3704.9%–

17Anderson County, KSKS8,0184.8%–

18Coffey County, KSKS8,4674.7%–

19Ford County, KSKS33,9934.7%–

20Brown County, KSKS9,1044.6%–

21Rice County, KSKS9,2664.6%–

22Wilson County, KSKS8,2994.5%–

23Stafford County, KSKS4,0054.4%–

24Russell County, KSKS6,5814.4%–

25Reno County, KSKS61,5394.4%–

26Douglas County, KSKS120,9204.3%–

27Allen County, KSKS12,3024.2%–

28Finney County, KSKS37,5054.2%–

29Butler County, KSKS69,4844.2%–

30Jackson County, KSKS13,4384.2%–

31Osage County, KSKS15,6934.1%–

32Shawnee County, KSKS178,6074.1%–

33Graham County, KSKS2,3714.1%–

34Marion County, KSKS11,6344.0%–

35Lyon County, KSKS32,2664.0%–

36Saline County, KSKS53,3774.0%–

37Wichita County, KSKS2,0314.0%–

38Kingman County, KSKS7,0293.9%–

39Geary County, KSKS36,3383.9%–

40Decatur County, KSKS2,7163.9%–

41Atchison County, KSKS16,1723.8%–

42Seward County, KSKS21,0733.6%–

43Rush County, KSKS2,8453.6%–

44Neosho County, KSKS15,6373.6%–

45Bourbon County, KSKS14,3193.5%–

46Jefferson County, KSKS18,2963.5%–

47Harvey County, KSKS33,5803.5%–

48Barton County, KSKS24,7903.4%–

49Ellis County, KSKS29,0753.4%–

50Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6193.4%–

51Pratt County, KSKS9,1173.3%–

52Cloud County, KSKS8,8333.2%–

53Chase County, KSKS2,5723.2%–

54Norton County, KSKS5,2883.2%–

55Johnson County, KSKS636,9063.2%–

56Franklin County, KSKS26,2993.1%–

57Comanche County, KSKS1,6733.0%–

58Labette County, KSKS19,6852.9%–

59Gove County, KSKS2,6312.9%–

60Dickinson County, KSKS18,6372.9%–

61Mitchell County, KSKS5,5902.8%–

62Kiowa County, KSKS2,4322.8%–

63Morris County, KSKS5,3482.7%–

64Smith County, KSKS3,5662.7%–

65Clay County, KSKS7,9902.6%–

66Marshall County, KSKS9,8522.6%–

67Barber County, KSKS4,0832.6%–

68Haskell County, KSKS3,5992.5%–

69Lane County, KSKS1,5082.5%–

70Phillips County, KSKS4,7282.5%–

71Sheridan County, KSKS2,4272.4%–

72Ottawa County, KSKS5,7442.3%–

73Gray County, KSKS5,6522.3%–

74Cherokee County, KSKS19,1052.3%–

75Greenwood County, KSKS5,8262.3%–

76Meade County, KSKS3,8522.3%–

77Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,1862.2%–

78Cheyenne County, KSKS2,6042.2%–

79Stanton County, KSKS1,9862.2%–

80Rooks County, KSKS4,6462.2%–

81Trego County, KSKS2,7402.1%–

82Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0182.0%–

83Nemaha County, KSKS10,0542.0%–

84Osborne County, KSKS3,2852.0%–

85Edwards County, KSKS2,6401.9%–

86Miami County, KSKS36,2401.8%–

87Pawnee County, KSKS5,9911.8%–

88Ellsworth County, KSKS6,2571.7%–

89Lincoln County, KSKS2,8611.7%–

90Washington County, KSKS5,5331.7%–

91Kearny County, KSKS3,8881.6%–

92Clark County, KSKS1,9001.5%–

93Morton County, KSKS2,4701.4%–

94Jewell County, KSKS2,8301.4%–

95McPherson County, KSKS30,0641.3%–

96Ness County, KSKS2,6171.3%–

97Thomas County, KSKS7,7251.3%–

98Doniphan County, KSKS7,5941.3%–

99Republic County, KSKS4,6401.0%–

100Scott County, KSKS4,8150.8%–

101Rawlins County, KSKS2,4310.8%–

102Logan County, KSKS2,6610.6%–

103Wallace County, KSKS1,4410.4%–

104Greeley County, KSKS1,1820.0%–

105Hamilton County, KSKS2,5000.0%–

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES