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Cities in Missouri by employed residents

Kansas City, MO had the highest employed residents of 27 cities in 2015, at 239,141. Grandview, MO had the lowest, at 12,553. The median was 23,900. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest239,141Kansas City, MO
Lowest12,553Grandview, MO
Median23,90027 cities

All cities, 2015

Kansas City, MO: 239,141 personsKansas City, MO239,141St. Louis, MO: 148,676 personsSt. Louis, MO148,676Springfield, MO: 81,960 personsSpringfield, MO81,960Columbia, MO: 64,376 personsColumbia, MO64,376Independence, MO: 54,529 personsIndependence, MO54,529Lee's Summit, MO: 51,517 personsLee's Summit, MO51,517O'Fallon, MO: 45,659 personsO'Fallon, MO45,659St. Joseph, MO: 37,010 personsSt. Joseph, MO37,010St. Charles, MO: 36,314 personsSt. Charles, MO36,314St. Peters, MO: 32,404 personsSt. Peters, MO32,404Blue Springs, MO: 28,827 personsBlue Springs, MO28,827Florissant, MO: 26,822 personsFlorissant, MO26,822Joplin, MO: 24,801 personsJoplin, MO24,801Chesterfield, MO: 23,900 personsChesterfield, MO23,900Jefferson City, MO: 19,961 personsJefferson City, MO19,961Cape Girardeau, MO: 19,028 personsCape Girardeau, MO19,028Wentzville, MO: 18,375 personsWentzville, MO18,375Wildwood, MO: 18,323 personsWildwood, MO18,323University City, MO: 17,951 personsUniversity City, MO17,951Ballwin, MO: 16,366 personsBallwin, MO16,366Maryland Heights, MO: 15,517 personsMaryland Heights, MO15,517Liberty, MO: 15,228 personsLiberty, MO15,228Kirkwood, MO: 15,202 personsKirkwood, MO15,202Raytown, MO: 14,408 personsRaytown, MO14,408Gladstone, MO: 13,815 personsGladstone, MO13,815Hazelwood, MO: 13,130 personsHazelwood, MO13,130Grandview, MO: 12,553 personsGrandview, MO12,553Kansas City, MO: 239,141 personsKansas City, MO239,141St. Louis, MO: 148,676 personsSt. Louis, MO148,676Springfield, MO: 81,960 personsSpringfield, MO81,960Columbia, MO: 64,376 personsColumbia, MO64,376Independence, MO: 54,529 personsIndependence, MO54,529Lee's Summit, MO: 51,517 personsLee's Summit, MO51,517O'Fallon, MO: 45,659 personsO'Fallon, MO45,659St. Joseph, MO: 37,010 personsSt. Joseph, MO37,010St. Charles, MO: 36,314 personsSt. Charles, MO36,314St. Peters, MO: 32,404 personsSt. Peters, MO32,404Blue Springs, MO: 28,827 personsBlue Springs, MO28,827Florissant, MO: 26,822 personsFlorissant, MO26,822Joplin, MO: 24,801 personsJoplin, MO24,801Chesterfield, MO: 23,900 personsChesterfield, MO23,900Jefferson City, MO: 19,961 personsJefferson City, MO19,961Cape Girardeau, MO: 19,028 personsCape Girardeau, MO19,028Wentzville, MO: 18,375 personsWentzville, MO18,375Wildwood, MO: 18,323 personsWildwood, MO18,323University City, MO: 17,951 personsUniversity City, MO17,951Ballwin, MO: 16,366 personsBallwin, MO16,366Maryland Heights, MO: 15,517 personsMaryland Heights, MO15,517Liberty, MO: 15,228 personsLiberty, MO15,228Kirkwood, MO: 15,202 personsKirkwood, MO15,202Raytown, MO: 14,408 personsRaytown, MO14,408Gladstone, MO: 13,815 personsGladstone, MO13,815Hazelwood, MO: 13,130 personsHazelwood, MO13,130Grandview, MO: 12,553 personsGrandview, MO12,553
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2015
persons		Change on 2014
1Kansas City, MO239,141+2.9%
2St. Louis, MO148,676+1%
3Springfield, MO81,960+1.8%
4Columbia, MO64,376+2.2%
5Independence, MO54,529+1.7%
6Lee's Summit, MO51,517+3.2%
7O'Fallon, MO45,659+2.9%
8St. Joseph, MO37,010+1.3%
9St. Charles, MO36,314+2.7%
10St. Peters, MO32,404+3.2%
11Blue Springs, MO28,827+3%
12Florissant, MO26,822+1.5%
13Joplin, MO24,801+1.4%
14Chesterfield, MO23,900+1.8%
15Jefferson City, MO19,961-0.1%
16Cape Girardeau, MO19,028+1.4%
17Wentzville, MO18,375+6.7%
18Wildwood, MO18,323+1.8%
19University City, MO17,951+1.4%
20Ballwin, MO16,366+1.8%
21Maryland Heights, MO15,517+1.5%
22Liberty, MO15,228+2.1%
23Kirkwood, MO15,202+1.9%
24Raytown, MO14,408+1.6%
25Gladstone, MO13,815+2.1%
26Hazelwood, MO13,130+1.6%
27Grandview, MO12,553+1.7%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, 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, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. 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: employment (measure 05), 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: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Missouri by employed residents, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Missouri by employed residents, 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/employed-residents/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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in Missouri by employed residents, 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/employed-residents/missouri-cities?period=2015.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Missouri by employed residents, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/missouri-cities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: Cities in Missouri by employed residents, 2015}},
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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Kansas City, MO, with 239,141 in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Grandview, MO, with 12,553 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 3 cities have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.

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