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Cities in Missouri by employed residents

Kansas City, MO had the highest employed residents of 27 cities in 2017, at 259,170. Hazelwood, MO had the lowest, at 12,914. The median was 23,809. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest259,170Kansas City, MO
Lowest12,914Hazelwood, MO
Median23,80927 cities

All cities, 2017

Kansas City, MO: 259,170 personsKansas City, MO259,170St. Louis, MO: 161,363 personsSt. Louis, MO161,363Springfield, MO: 80,732 personsSpringfield, MO80,732Columbia, MO: 65,346 personsColumbia, MO65,346Independence, MO: 57,329 personsIndependence, MO57,329Lee's Summit, MO: 50,260 personsLee's Summit, MO50,260O'Fallon, MO: 49,442 personsO'Fallon, MO49,442St. Charles, MO: 36,775 personsSt. Charles, MO36,775St. Joseph, MO: 33,713 personsSt. Joseph, MO33,713St. Peters, MO: 30,366 personsSt. Peters, MO30,366Blue Springs, MO: 28,820 personsBlue Springs, MO28,820Florissant, MO: 28,002 personsFlorissant, MO28,002Chesterfield, MO: 24,517 personsChesterfield, MO24,517Joplin, MO: 23,809 personsJoplin, MO23,809Wentzville, MO: 21,006 personsWentzville, MO21,006Jefferson City, MO: 20,721 personsJefferson City, MO20,721University City, MO: 19,720 personsUniversity City, MO19,720Wildwood, MO: 17,944 personsWildwood, MO17,944Cape Girardeau, MO: 17,822 personsCape Girardeau, MO17,822Ballwin, MO: 16,348 personsBallwin, MO16,348Maryland Heights, MO: 16,095 personsMaryland Heights, MO16,095Raytown, MO: 15,658 personsRaytown, MO15,658Liberty, MO: 14,397 personsLiberty, MO14,397Kirkwood, MO: 13,919 personsKirkwood, MO13,919Gladstone, MO: 13,211 personsGladstone, MO13,211Grandview, MO: 13,166 personsGrandview, MO13,166Hazelwood, MO: 12,914 personsHazelwood, MO12,914Kansas City, MO: 259,170 personsKansas City, MO259,170St. Louis, MO: 161,363 personsSt. Louis, MO161,363Springfield, MO: 80,732 personsSpringfield, MO80,732Columbia, MO: 65,346 personsColumbia, MO65,346Independence, MO: 57,329 personsIndependence, MO57,329Lee's Summit, MO: 50,260 personsLee's Summit, MO50,260O'Fallon, MO: 49,442 personsO'Fallon, MO49,442St. Charles, MO: 36,775 personsSt. Charles, MO36,775St. Joseph, MO: 33,713 personsSt. Joseph, MO33,713St. Peters, MO: 30,366 personsSt. Peters, MO30,366Blue Springs, MO: 28,820 personsBlue Springs, MO28,820Florissant, MO: 28,002 personsFlorissant, MO28,002Chesterfield, MO: 24,517 personsChesterfield, MO24,517Joplin, MO: 23,809 personsJoplin, MO23,809Wentzville, MO: 21,006 personsWentzville, MO21,006Jefferson City, MO: 20,721 personsJefferson City, MO20,721University City, MO: 19,720 personsUniversity City, MO19,720Wildwood, MO: 17,944 personsWildwood, MO17,944Cape Girardeau, MO: 17,822 personsCape Girardeau, MO17,822Ballwin, MO: 16,348 personsBallwin, MO16,348Maryland Heights, MO: 16,095 personsMaryland Heights, MO16,095Raytown, MO: 15,658 personsRaytown, MO15,658Liberty, MO: 14,397 personsLiberty, MO14,397Kirkwood, MO: 13,919 personsKirkwood, MO13,919Gladstone, MO: 13,211 personsGladstone, MO13,211Grandview, MO: 13,166 personsGrandview, MO13,166Hazelwood, MO: 12,914 personsHazelwood, MO12,914
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2017
persons		Change on 2016
1Kansas City, MO259,170+0.6%
2St. Louis, MO161,363-1.5%
3Springfield, MO80,732-0.4%
4Columbia, MO65,346+0.6%
5Independence, MO57,329-0.7%
6Lee's Summit, MO50,260+0.5%
7O'Fallon, MO49,442+0.9%
8St. Charles, MO36,775+1.2%
9St. Joseph, MO33,713-1.3%
10St. Peters, MO30,366-0.2%
11Blue Springs, MO28,820+0.2%
12Florissant, MO28,002-0.6%
13Chesterfield, MO24,517-0.3%
14Joplin, MO23,809-1%
15Wentzville, MO21,006+4.8%
16Jefferson City, MO20,721-1.1%
17University City, MO19,720-0.6%
18Wildwood, MO17,944-0.2%
19Cape Girardeau, MO17,822-0.8%
20Ballwin, MO16,348-0.5%
21Maryland Heights, MO16,095-0.6%
22Raytown, MO15,658-0.9%
23Liberty, MO14,397+2.1%
24Kirkwood, MO13,919-0.1%
25Gladstone, MO13,211-0.4%
26Grandview, MO13,166-0.8%
27Hazelwood, MO12,914-0.6%

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 2017 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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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, 2017) [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: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Missouri by employed residents, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Kansas City, MO, with 259,170 in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Hazelwood, MO, with 12,914 in 2017.

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 2017 and are not ranked.

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