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Unemployed people in Springfield, MO

Unemployed people in Springfield, MO was 3,457 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 11.7% from 2024. That is the 3rd highest of 30 cities in 2025.

2025, persons3,457
Change on 2024+11.7%
Rank3rd of 30Cities in Missouri ranked
Series high6,9852010
Series low1,9892022

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Unemployed people in Springfield, MO, 1990 to 2025

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00019901996200220082014202020251990: 4,012 persons1991: 4,149 persons1992: 4,137 persons1993: 4,647 persons1994: 3,062 persons1995: 3,046 persons1996: 3,225 persons1997: 3,114 persons1998: 2,777 persons1999: 2,101 persons2000: 2,615 persons2001: 3,507 persons2002: 4,208 persons2003: 4,262 persons2004: 4,415 persons2005: 4,081 persons2006: 3,707 persons2007: 4,008 persons2008: 5,026 persons2009: 6,844 persons2010: 6,985 persons2011: 6,290 persons2012: 5,182 persons2013: 4,765 persons2014: 4,388 persons2015: 3,864 persons2016: 3,460 persons2017: 2,779 persons2018: 2,315 persons2019: 2,425 persons2020: 5,138 persons2021: 3,037 persons2022: 1,989 persons2023: 2,520 persons2024: 3,095 persons2025: 3,457 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
20253,457
20243,095
20232,520
20221,989
20213,037
20205,138
20192,425
20182,315
20172,779
20163,460
20153,864
20144,388
20134,765
20125,182
20116,290
20106,985
20096,844
20085,026
20074,008
20063,707
20054,081
20044,415
20034,262
20024,208
20013,507
20002,615
19992,101
19982,777
19973,114
19963,225
19953,046
19943,062
19934,647
19924,137
19914,149
19904,012

Rankings

Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, 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. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. 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.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, Springfield, MO, 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Springfield, MO, 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/unemployed-people/springfield-mo. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Springfield, MO, 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/unemployed-people/springfield-mo.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Springfield, MO, 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/unemployed-people/springfield-mo (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the unemployed people in Springfield, MO?

Unemployed people in Springfield, MO was 3,457 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 11.7% from 2024. That is the 3rd highest of 30 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Springfield, MO?

6,985 in 2010, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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