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Unemployed people in Topeka, KS

Unemployed people in Topeka, KS was 2,653 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 7.6% from 2024. That is the 5th highest of 19 cities in 2025.

2025, persons2,653
Change on 2024+7.6%
Rank5th of 19Cities in Kansas ranked
Series high5,3862010
Series low1,9452022

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Unemployed people in Topeka, KS, 1990 to 2025

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00019901996200220082014202020251990: 3,491 persons1991: 3,629 persons1992: 3,474 persons1993: 3,670 persons1994: 3,430 persons1995: 3,377 persons1996: 3,776 persons1997: 3,764 persons1998: 3,305 persons1999: 2,692 persons2000: 3,049 persons2001: 3,215 persons2002: 3,617 persons2003: 4,127 persons2004: 4,798 persons2005: 4,271 persons2006: 3,613 persons2007: 3,537 persons2008: 3,813 persons2009: 5,287 persons2010: 5,386 persons2011: 5,156 persons2012: 4,698 persons2013: 4,064 persons2014: 3,348 persons2015: 2,927 persons2016: 2,798 persons2017: 2,506 persons2018: 2,338 persons2019: 2,243 persons2020: 4,055 persons2021: 2,280 persons2022: 1,945 persons2023: 2,049 persons2024: 2,465 persons2025: 2,653 persons1,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00019902002201420251990: 3,491 persons1991: 3,629 persons1992: 3,474 persons1993: 3,670 persons1994: 3,430 persons1995: 3,377 persons1996: 3,776 persons1997: 3,764 persons1998: 3,305 persons1999: 2,692 persons2000: 3,049 persons2001: 3,215 persons2002: 3,617 persons2003: 4,127 persons2004: 4,798 persons2005: 4,271 persons2006: 3,613 persons2007: 3,537 persons2008: 3,813 persons2009: 5,287 persons2010: 5,386 persons2011: 5,156 persons2012: 4,698 persons2013: 4,064 persons2014: 3,348 persons2015: 2,927 persons2016: 2,798 persons2017: 2,506 persons2018: 2,338 persons2019: 2,243 persons2020: 4,055 persons2021: 2,280 persons2022: 1,945 persons2023: 2,049 persons2024: 2,465 persons2025: 2,653 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
20252,653
20242,465
20232,049
20221,945
20212,280
20204,055
20192,243
20182,338
20172,506
20162,798
20152,927
20143,348
20134,064
20124,698
20115,156
20105,386
20095,287
20083,813
20073,537
20063,613
20054,271
20044,798
20034,127
20023,617
20013,215
20003,049
19992,692
19983,305
19973,764
19963,776
19953,377
19943,430
19933,670
19923,474
19913,629
19903,491

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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.

More on how it is measured
  • 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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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, Topeka, KS, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Topeka, 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/unemployed-people/topeka-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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Topeka, 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/unemployed-people/topeka-ks.

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

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What is the unemployed people in Topeka, KS?

Unemployed people in Topeka, KS was 2,653 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 7.6% from 2024. That is the 5th highest of 19 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 Topeka, KS?

5,386 in 2010, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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