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Cities in Missouri by civilian labor force

Kansas City, MO had the highest civilian labor force of 27 cities in 2014, at 249,829. Grandview, MO had the lowest, at 13,357. The median was 24,528. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest249,829Kansas City, MO
Lowest13,357Grandview, MO
Median24,52827 cities

All cities, 2014

Kansas City, MO: 249,829 personsKansas City, MO249,829St. Louis, MO: 159,313 personsSt. Louis, MO159,313Springfield, MO: 84,886 personsSpringfield, MO84,886Columbia, MO: 65,758 personsColumbia, MO65,758Independence, MO: 58,061 personsIndependence, MO58,061Lee's Summit, MO: 52,458 personsLee's Summit, MO52,458O'Fallon, MO: 46,531 personsO'Fallon, MO46,531St. Joseph, MO: 38,856 personsSt. Joseph, MO38,856St. Charles, MO: 37,360 personsSt. Charles, MO37,360St. Peters, MO: 32,977 personsSt. Peters, MO32,977Blue Springs, MO: 29,770 personsBlue Springs, MO29,770Florissant, MO: 28,284 personsFlorissant, MO28,284Joplin, MO: 25,884 personsJoplin, MO25,884Chesterfield, MO: 24,528 personsChesterfield, MO24,528Jefferson City, MO: 21,097 personsJefferson City, MO21,097Cape Girardeau, MO: 19,964 personsCape Girardeau, MO19,964University City, MO: 18,776 personsUniversity City, MO18,776Wildwood, MO: 18,769 personsWildwood, MO18,769Wentzville, MO: 18,066 personsWentzville, MO18,066Ballwin, MO: 16,803 personsBallwin, MO16,803Maryland Heights, MO: 16,104 personsMaryland Heights, MO16,104Liberty, MO: 15,762 personsLiberty, MO15,762Kirkwood, MO: 15,580 personsKirkwood, MO15,580Raytown, MO: 15,431 personsRaytown, MO15,431Gladstone, MO: 14,426 personsGladstone, MO14,426Hazelwood, MO: 13,855 personsHazelwood, MO13,855Grandview, MO: 13,357 personsGrandview, MO13,357Kansas City, MO: 249,829 personsKansas City, MO249,829St. Louis, MO: 159,313 personsSt. Louis, MO159,313Springfield, MO: 84,886 personsSpringfield, MO84,886Columbia, MO: 65,758 personsColumbia, MO65,758Independence, MO: 58,061 personsIndependence, MO58,061Lee's Summit, MO: 52,458 personsLee's Summit, MO52,458O'Fallon, MO: 46,531 personsO'Fallon, MO46,531St. Joseph, MO: 38,856 personsSt. Joseph, MO38,856St. Charles, MO: 37,360 personsSt. Charles, MO37,360St. Peters, MO: 32,977 personsSt. Peters, MO32,977Blue Springs, MO: 29,770 personsBlue Springs, MO29,770Florissant, MO: 28,284 personsFlorissant, MO28,284Joplin, MO: 25,884 personsJoplin, MO25,884Chesterfield, MO: 24,528 personsChesterfield, MO24,528Jefferson City, MO: 21,097 personsJefferson City, MO21,097Cape Girardeau, MO: 19,964 personsCape Girardeau, MO19,964University City, MO: 18,776 personsUniversity City, MO18,776Wildwood, MO: 18,769 personsWildwood, MO18,769Wentzville, MO: 18,066 personsWentzville, MO18,066Ballwin, MO: 16,803 personsBallwin, MO16,803Maryland Heights, MO: 16,104 personsMaryland Heights, MO16,104Liberty, MO: 15,762 personsLiberty, MO15,762Kirkwood, MO: 15,580 personsKirkwood, MO15,580Raytown, MO: 15,431 personsRaytown, MO15,431Gladstone, MO: 14,426 personsGladstone, MO14,426Hazelwood, MO: 13,855 personsHazelwood, MO13,855Grandview, MO: 13,357 personsGrandview, MO13,357
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

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Kansas City, MO249,829+1.7%
2St. Louis, MO159,313+0.2%
3Springfield, MO84,886+2.1%
4Columbia, MO65,758+0.5%
5Independence, MO58,061+1.7%
6Lee's Summit, MO52,458+2%
7O'Fallon, MO46,531+2.8%
8St. Joseph, MO38,856-0.6%
9St. Charles, MO37,360+1.9%
10St. Peters, MO32,977+3.3%
11Blue Springs, MO29,770+1.8%
12Florissant, MO28,284+1.5%
13Joplin, MO25,884+0.2%
14Chesterfield, MO24,528+1.1%
15Jefferson City, MO21,097-0.3%
16Cape Girardeau, MO19,964-0.3%
17University City, MO18,776+1%
18Wildwood, MO18,769+1.1%
19Wentzville, MO18,066+6.1%
20Ballwin, MO16,803+1.2%
21Maryland Heights, MO16,104+1.2%
22Liberty, MO15,762+1.6%
23Kirkwood, MO15,580+1.4%
24Raytown, MO15,431+1.5%
25Gladstone, MO14,426+3.3%
26Hazelwood, MO13,855+0.8%
27Grandview, MO13,357+1.4%

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. 3 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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.CurrentU10-14. 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 Missouri by civilian labor force, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Missouri by civilian labor force, 2014. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/missouri-cities?period=2014. 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 Missouri by civilian labor force, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/missouri-cities?period=2014.

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 Missouri by civilian labor force, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/missouri-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Kansas City, MO, with 249,829 in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Grandview, MO, with 13,357 in 2014.

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. 3 cities have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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