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Employed residents in Lawrence, KS

Employed residents in Lawrence, KS was 56,747 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.8% from 2024. That is the 6th highest of 19 cities in 2025.

2025, persons56,747
Change on 2024+0.8%
Rank6th of 19Cities in Kansas ranked
Series high56,7472025
Series low34,0001990

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Employed residents in Lawrence, KS, 1990 to 2025

30K35K40K45K50K55K60K19901996200220082014202020251990: 34,000 persons1991: 35,062 persons1992: 36,592 persons1993: 37,057 persons1994: 37,963 persons1995: 39,257 persons1996: 39,344 persons1997: 40,530 persons1998: 41,524 persons1999: 42,367 persons2000: 45,662 persons2001: 45,868 persons2002: 46,069 persons2003: 47,618 persons2004: 48,648 persons2005: 48,743 persons2006: 48,488 persons2007: 47,982 persons2008: 47,352 persons2009: 47,780 persons2010: 48,230 persons2011: 48,183 persons2012: 48,282 persons2013: 48,502 persons2014: 49,816 persons2015: 50,178 persons2016: 53,953 persons2017: 54,386 persons2018: 54,386 persons2019: 54,743 persons2020: 51,716 persons2021: 53,585 persons2022: 54,782 persons2023: 55,972 persons2024: 56,302 persons2025: 56,747 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
202556,747
202456,302
202355,972
202254,782
202153,585
202051,716
201954,743
201854,386
201754,386
201653,953
201550,178
201449,816
201348,502
201248,282
201148,183
201048,230
200947,780
200847,352
200747,982
200648,488
200548,743
200448,648
200347,618
200246,069
200145,868
200045,662
199942,367
199841,524
199740,530
199639,344
199539,257
199437,963
199337,057
199236,592
199135,062
199034,000

Rankings

Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Employed residents, Lawrence, KS, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Lawrence, KS, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/lawrence-ks. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Employed residents, Lawrence, KS, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/lawrence-ks.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Lawrence, KS, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/lawrence-ks (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the employed residents in Lawrence, KS?

Employed residents in Lawrence, KS was 56,747 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.8% from 2024. That is the 6th highest of 19 cities in 2025.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employed residents in Lawrence, KS?

56,747 in 2025, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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