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Cities in Missouri by civilian labor force

Kansas City, MO had the highest civilian labor force of 27 cities in 2015, at 254,008. Grandview, MO had the lowest, at 13,374. The median was 24,783. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest254,008Kansas City, MO
Lowest13,374Grandview, MO
Median24,78327 cities

All cities, 2015

Kansas City, MO: 254,008 personsKansas City, MO254,008St. Louis, MO: 158,496 personsSt. Louis, MO158,496Springfield, MO: 85,824 personsSpringfield, MO85,824Columbia, MO: 66,767 personsColumbia, MO66,767Independence, MO: 58,314 personsIndependence, MO58,314Lee's Summit, MO: 53,702 personsLee's Summit, MO53,702O'Fallon, MO: 47,412 personsO'Fallon, MO47,412St. Joseph, MO: 38,884 personsSt. Joseph, MO38,884St. Charles, MO: 37,952 personsSt. Charles, MO37,952St. Peters, MO: 33,731 personsSt. Peters, MO33,731Blue Springs, MO: 30,355 personsBlue Springs, MO30,355Florissant, MO: 28,326 personsFlorissant, MO28,326Joplin, MO: 25,969 personsJoplin, MO25,969Chesterfield, MO: 24,783 personsChesterfield, MO24,783Jefferson City, MO: 20,855 personsJefferson City, MO20,855Cape Girardeau, MO: 19,973 personsCape Girardeau, MO19,973Wentzville, MO: 19,071 personsWentzville, MO19,071Wildwood, MO: 18,997 personsWildwood, MO18,997University City, MO: 18,833 personsUniversity City, MO18,833Ballwin, MO: 16,971 personsBallwin, MO16,971Maryland Heights, MO: 16,202 personsMaryland Heights, MO16,202Liberty, MO: 15,970 personsLiberty, MO15,970Kirkwood, MO: 15,747 personsKirkwood, MO15,747Raytown, MO: 15,498 personsRaytown, MO15,498Gladstone, MO: 14,562 personsGladstone, MO14,562Hazelwood, MO: 13,889 personsHazelwood, MO13,889Grandview, MO: 13,374 personsGrandview, MO13,374Kansas City, MO: 254,008 personsKansas City, MO254,008St. Louis, MO: 158,496 personsSt. Louis, MO158,496Springfield, MO: 85,824 personsSpringfield, MO85,824Columbia, MO: 66,767 personsColumbia, MO66,767Independence, MO: 58,314 personsIndependence, MO58,314Lee's Summit, MO: 53,702 personsLee's Summit, MO53,702O'Fallon, MO: 47,412 personsO'Fallon, MO47,412St. Joseph, MO: 38,884 personsSt. Joseph, MO38,884St. Charles, MO: 37,952 personsSt. Charles, MO37,952St. Peters, MO: 33,731 personsSt. Peters, MO33,731Blue Springs, MO: 30,355 personsBlue Springs, MO30,355Florissant, MO: 28,326 personsFlorissant, MO28,326Joplin, MO: 25,969 personsJoplin, MO25,969Chesterfield, MO: 24,783 personsChesterfield, MO24,783Jefferson City, MO: 20,855 personsJefferson City, MO20,855Cape Girardeau, MO: 19,973 personsCape Girardeau, MO19,973Wentzville, MO: 19,071 personsWentzville, MO19,071Wildwood, MO: 18,997 personsWildwood, MO18,997University City, MO: 18,833 personsUniversity City, MO18,833Ballwin, MO: 16,971 personsBallwin, MO16,971Maryland Heights, MO: 16,202 personsMaryland Heights, MO16,202Liberty, MO: 15,970 personsLiberty, MO15,970Kirkwood, MO: 15,747 personsKirkwood, MO15,747Raytown, MO: 15,498 personsRaytown, MO15,498Gladstone, MO: 14,562 personsGladstone, MO14,562Hazelwood, MO: 13,889 personsHazelwood, MO13,889Grandview, MO: 13,374 personsGrandview, MO13,374
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

RankCities2015
persons		Change on 2014
1Kansas City, MO254,008+1.7%
2St. Louis, MO158,496-0.5%
3Springfield, MO85,824+1.1%
4Columbia, MO66,767+1.5%
5Independence, MO58,314+0.4%
6Lee's Summit, MO53,702+2.4%
7O'Fallon, MO47,412+1.9%
8St. Joseph, MO38,884+0.1%
9St. Charles, MO37,952+1.6%
10St. Peters, MO33,731+2.3%
11Blue Springs, MO30,355+2%
12Florissant, MO28,326+0.1%
13Joplin, MO25,969+0.3%
14Chesterfield, MO24,783+1%
15Jefferson City, MO20,855-1.1%
16Cape Girardeau, MO19,9730%
17Wentzville, MO19,071+5.6%
18Wildwood, MO18,997+1.2%
19University City, MO18,833+0.3%
20Ballwin, MO16,971+1%
21Maryland Heights, MO16,202+0.6%
22Liberty, MO15,970+1.3%
23Kirkwood, MO15,747+1.1%
24Raytown, MO15,498+0.4%
25Gladstone, MO14,562+0.9%
26Hazelwood, MO13,889+0.2%
27Grandview, MO13,374+0.1%

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 2015 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.CurrentU15-19. 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, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Missouri by civilian labor force, 2015. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/missouri-cities?period=2015. 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, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/missouri-cities?period=2015.

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, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/missouri-cities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Kansas City, MO, with 254,008 in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Grandview, MO, with 13,374 in 2015.

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 2015 and are not ranked.

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