Department of Numbers

Kansas City, Missouri Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Kansas City rose 0.2 percentage points in June 2010 to 8.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.6 percentage points lower than the Missouri rate. The unemployment rate in Kansas City peaked in July 2009 at 9.7% and is now 0.6 percentage points lower.

Unemployment Rate June 2010 Month/Month Year/Year
National 9.5% -0.2 0.0
Missouri 9.1% -0.2 -0.4
Kansas City 8.5% +0.2 -0.4
Note: Metro level data is not seasonally adjusted.1

Unemployment Rate: Kansas City, Missouri, National

Kansas City, Missouri monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Kansas City, Missouri Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Kansas City peaked in July 2009 at 97,400. There are now 9,257 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 85,442 in May 2010, the number of unemployed has now grown by 2,701. Kansas City employment and jobs data is also available.

Unemployed Persons June 2010 Month/Month Year/Year
Kansas City 88,143 +2,701 -7,257

Number of Unemployed Persons

Kansas City, Missouri Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Missouri
Unemployment Rate
Kansas City
Unemployment Rate
Kansas City
Unemployed
June
2010
9.5% 9.1% 8.5% 88,143
May
2010
9.7% 9.3% 8.3% 85,442
April
2010
9.9% 9.5% 8.3% 85,730
March
2010
9.7% 9.5% 9.3% 95,247
February
2010
9.7% 9.4% 9.1% 93,845
January
2010
9.7% 9.4% 9.1% 93,863
December
2009
10.0% 9.6% 8.5% 87,127
November
2009
10.0% 9.6% 8.3% 86,058
October
2009
10.1% 9.7% 8.5% 88,547
September
2009
9.8% 9.7% 8.9% 93,372
August
2009
9.7% 9.7% 8.9% 93,666
July
2009
9.4% 9.7% 9.1% 97,400
June
2009
9.5% 9.5% 8.9% 95,400

1. Metro area unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted while state and national rates are. In practice this means the metro rates may be noisier on a month-to-month basis than the state and national series due to seasonal effects. It's probably better to use year-over-year comparisons.