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Cities in Missouri by civilian labor force

Kansas City, MO had the highest civilian labor force of 30 cities in 2023, at 277,312. Nixa, MO had the lowest, at 12,539. The median was 23,550. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest277,312Kansas City, MO
Lowest12,539Nixa, MO
Median23,55030 cities

All cities, 2023

Kansas City, MO: 277,312 personsKansas City, MO277,312St. Louis, MO: 156,164 personsSt. Louis, MO156,164Springfield, MO: 86,230 personsSpringfield, MO86,230Columbia, MO: 68,607 personsColumbia, MO68,607Independence, MO: 59,061 personsIndependence, MO59,061Lee's Summit, MO: 56,060 personsLee's Summit, MO56,060O'Fallon, MO: 54,845 personsO'Fallon, MO54,845St. Charles, MO: 40,292 personsSt. Charles, MO40,292St. Peters, MO: 33,568 personsSt. Peters, MO33,568Blue Springs, MO: 31,823 personsBlue Springs, MO31,823St. Joseph, MO: 31,478 personsSt. Joseph, MO31,478Florissant, MO: 28,805 personsFlorissant, MO28,805Wentzville, MO: 25,678 personsWentzville, MO25,678Joplin, MO: 25,657 personsJoplin, MO25,657Chesterfield, MO: 25,551 personsChesterfield, MO25,551Jefferson City, MO: 21,548 personsJefferson City, MO21,548Cape Girardeau, MO: 20,582 personsCape Girardeau, MO20,582University City, MO: 20,164 personsUniversity City, MO20,164Wildwood, MO: 18,691 personsWildwood, MO18,691Ballwin, MO: 16,836 personsBallwin, MO16,836Maryland Heights, MO: 16,599 personsMaryland Heights, MO16,599Liberty, MO: 15,726 personsLiberty, MO15,726Raytown, MO: 15,711 personsRaytown, MO15,711Kirkwood, MO: 14,740 personsKirkwood, MO14,740Gladstone, MO: 14,179 personsGladstone, MO14,179Belton, MO: 13,864 personsBelton, MO13,864Grandview, MO: 13,767 personsGrandview, MO13,767Hazelwood, MO: 13,352 personsHazelwood, MO13,352Raymore, MO: 13,227 personsRaymore, MO13,227Nixa, MO: 12,539 personsNixa, MO12,539Kansas City, MO: 277,312 personsKansas City, MO277,312St. Louis, MO: 156,164 personsSt. Louis, MO156,164Springfield, MO: 86,230 personsSpringfield, MO86,230Columbia, MO: 68,607 personsColumbia, MO68,607Independence, MO: 59,061 personsIndependence, MO59,061Lee's Summit, MO: 56,060 personsLee's Summit, MO56,060O'Fallon, MO: 54,845 personsO'Fallon, MO54,845St. Charles, MO: 40,292 personsSt. Charles, MO40,292St. Peters, MO: 33,568 personsSt. Peters, MO33,568Blue Springs, MO: 31,823 personsBlue Springs, MO31,823St. Joseph, MO: 31,478 personsSt. Joseph, MO31,478Florissant, MO: 28,805 personsFlorissant, MO28,805Wentzville, MO: 25,678 personsWentzville, MO25,678Joplin, MO: 25,657 personsJoplin, MO25,657Chesterfield, MO: 25,551 personsChesterfield, MO25,551Jefferson City, MO: 21,548 personsJefferson City, MO21,548Cape Girardeau, MO: 20,582 personsCape Girardeau, MO20,582University City, MO: 20,164 personsUniversity City, MO20,164Wildwood, MO: 18,691 personsWildwood, MO18,691Ballwin, MO: 16,836 personsBallwin, MO16,836Maryland Heights, MO: 16,599 personsMaryland Heights, MO16,599Liberty, MO: 15,726 personsLiberty, MO15,726Raytown, MO: 15,711 personsRaytown, MO15,711Kirkwood, MO: 14,740 personsKirkwood, MO14,740Gladstone, MO: 14,179 personsGladstone, MO14,179Belton, MO: 13,864 personsBelton, MO13,864Grandview, MO: 13,767 personsGrandview, MO13,767Hazelwood, MO: 13,352 personsHazelwood, MO13,352Raymore, MO: 13,227 personsRaymore, MO13,227Nixa, MO: 12,539 personsNixa, MO12,539
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

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Kansas City, MO277,312+2.2%
2St. Louis, MO156,164+0.5%
3Springfield, MO86,230+1.5%
4Columbia, MO68,607+0.1%
5Independence, MO59,061+1.6%
6Lee's Summit, MO56,060+2.8%
7O'Fallon, MO54,845+2.4%
8St. Charles, MO40,292+2.9%
9St. Peters, MO33,568+3.5%
10Blue Springs, MO31,823+3.2%
11St. Joseph, MO31,4780%
12Florissant, MO28,805+1.1%
13Wentzville, MO25,678+2.6%
14Joplin, MO25,657+2.4%
15Chesterfield, MO25,551+1.7%
16Jefferson City, MO21,548+2.3%
17Cape Girardeau, MO20,582+2.5%
18University City, MO20,164+1.2%
19Wildwood, MO18,691+1.6%
20Ballwin, MO16,836+1.3%
21Maryland Heights, MO16,599+1.2%
22Liberty, MO15,726+1.7%
23Raytown, MO15,711+0.9%
24Kirkwood, MO14,740+1.9%
25Gladstone, MO14,179+3.3%
26Belton, MO13,864+2.1%
27Grandview, MO13,767+1%
28Hazelwood, MO13,352+0.9%
29Raymore, MO13,227+6.3%
30Nixa, MO12,539+3.7%

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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 Missouri by civilian labor force, 2023) [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 Missouri by civilian labor force, 2023. 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/missouri-cities?period=2023. 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, 2023. 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/missouri-cities?period=2023.

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, 2023 [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/missouri-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Kansas City, MO, with 277,312 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Nixa, MO, with 12,539 in 2023.

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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