Kansas City, Missouri Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Kansas City fell 0.0 percentage points in April 2013 to 6.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.0 percentage points lower than the Missouri rate. The unemployment rate in Kansas City peaked in December 2009 at 9.1% and is now 2.5 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 6.3% in November 2012, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.3 percentage points. You can also compare Kansas City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
| Unemployment Rate | April 2013 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| National | 7.5% | -0.1 | -0.6 |
| Missouri | 6.6% | -0.1 | -0.4 |
| Kansas City | 6.6% | 0.0 | -0.2 |
Unemployment Rate: Kansas City, Missouri, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Kansas City, Missouri Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Kansas City peaked in February 2010 at 95,237. There are now 26,775 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 65,702 in December 2012, the number of unemployed has now grown by 2,760. Kansas City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Kansas City, Missouri) is also available.
| Unemployed Persons | April 2013 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City | 68,462 | -81 | -2,668 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Kansas City, Missouri Unemployment History
| Date |
National Unemployment Rate |
Missouri Unemployment Rate |
Kansas City Unemployment Rate |
Kansas City Unemployed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 2013 |
7.6% | — | — | — |
|
April 2013 |
7.5% | 6.6% | 6.6% | 68,462 |
|
March 2013 |
7.6% | 6.7% | 6.6% | 68,543 |
|
February 2013 |
7.7% | 6.7% | 6.6% | 68,500 |
|
January 2013 |
7.9% | 6.6% | 6.4% | 66,632 |
|
December 2012 |
7.8% | 6.6% | 6.3% | 65,702 |
|
November 2012 |
7.8% | 6.6% | 6.3% | 65,942 |
|
October 2012 |
7.9% | 6.7% | 6.4% | 66,442 |
|
September 2012 |
7.8% | 6.8% | 6.5% | 67,229 |
|
August 2012 |
8.1% | 7.0% | 6.5% | 68,213 |
|
July 2012 |
8.2% | 7.1% | 6.6% | 69,277 |
|
June 2012 |
8.2% | 7.0% | 6.7% | 70,232 |
|
May 2012 |
8.2% | 7.0% | 6.8% | 70,851 |
1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

