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Cities in Kansas by civilian labor force

Wichita, KS had the highest civilian labor force of 19 cities in 2024, at 206,172. Junction City, KS had the lowest, at 9,992. The median was 24,841. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest206,172Wichita, KS
Lowest9,992Junction City, KS
Median24,84119 cities

All cities, 2024

Wichita, KS: 206,172 personsWichita, KS206,172Overland Park, KS: 118,248 personsOverland Park, KS118,248Olathe, KS: 84,631 personsOlathe, KS84,631Kansas City, KS: 77,128 personsKansas City, KS77,128Topeka, KS: 63,417 personsTopeka, KS63,417Lawrence, KS: 58,144 personsLawrence, KS58,144Shawnee, KS: 40,540 personsShawnee, KS40,540Lenexa, KS: 35,774 personsLenexa, KS35,774Manhattan, KS: 31,559 personsManhattan, KS31,559Salina, KS: 24,841 personsSalina, KS24,841Hutchinson, KS: 19,142 personsHutchinson, KS19,142Leawood, KS: 17,728 personsLeawood, KS17,728Garden City, KS: 15,702 personsGarden City, KS15,702Leavenworth, KS: 14,668 personsLeavenworth, KS14,668Dodge City, KS: 14,616 personsDodge City, KS14,616Gardner, KS: 14,449 personsGardner, KS14,449Emporia, KS: 13,420 personsEmporia, KS13,420Derby, KS: 13,240 personsDerby, KS13,240Junction City, KS: 9,992 personsJunction City, KS9,992Wichita, KS: 206,172 personsWichita, KS206,172Overland Park, KS: 118,248 personsOverland Park, KS118,248Olathe, KS: 84,631 personsOlathe, KS84,631Kansas City, KS: 77,128 personsKansas City, KS77,128Topeka, KS: 63,417 personsTopeka, KS63,417Lawrence, KS: 58,144 personsLawrence, KS58,144Shawnee, KS: 40,540 personsShawnee, KS40,540Lenexa, KS: 35,774 personsLenexa, KS35,774Manhattan, KS: 31,559 personsManhattan, KS31,559Salina, KS: 24,841 personsSalina, KS24,841Hutchinson, KS: 19,142 personsHutchinson, KS19,142Leawood, KS: 17,728 personsLeawood, KS17,728Garden City, KS: 15,702 personsGarden City, KS15,702Leavenworth, KS: 14,668 personsLeavenworth, KS14,668Dodge City, KS: 14,616 personsDodge City, KS14,616Gardner, KS: 14,449 personsGardner, KS14,449Emporia, KS: 13,420 personsEmporia, KS13,420Derby, KS: 13,240 personsDerby, KS13,240Junction City, KS: 9,992 personsJunction City, KS9,992
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Wichita, KS206,172+1.4%
2Overland Park, KS118,248+1.3%
3Olathe, KS84,631+1.8%
4Kansas City, KS77,128+2%
5Topeka, KS63,417+0.5%
6Lawrence, KS58,144+1.2%
7Shawnee, KS40,540+1.2%
8Lenexa, KS35,774+2.3%
9Manhattan, KS31,559+1.3%
10Salina, KS24,841+0.4%
11Hutchinson, KS19,142+1.8%
12Leawood, KS17,728+0.7%
13Garden City, KS15,702+2.9%
14Leavenworth, KS14,668+1.4%
15Dodge City, KS14,616+2.8%
16Gardner, KS14,449+2.5%
17Emporia, KS13,420-0.6%
18Derby, KS13,240+1.4%
19Junction City, KS9,992+0.6%

Other periods

About this ranking

Employed plus unemployed residents, 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. Counts people where they live, not jobs: for wage and salary jobs by state use oews_employment. 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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. 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: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Cities in Kansas by civilian labor force, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Kansas by civilian labor force, 2024. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/kansas-cities?period=2024. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Cities in Kansas by civilian labor force, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/kansas-cities?period=2024.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Kansas by civilian labor force, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/kansas-cities?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Wichita, KS, with 206,172 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Junction City, KS, with 9,992 in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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