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Cities in Missouri by employed residents

Kansas City, MO had the highest employed residents of 30 cities in 2022, at 263,824. Nixa, MO had the lowest, at 11,809. The median was 22,511. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest263,824Kansas City, MO
Lowest11,809Nixa, MO
Median22,51130 cities

All cities, 2022

Kansas City, MO: 263,824 personsKansas City, MO263,824St. Louis, MO: 150,687 personsSt. Louis, MO150,687Springfield, MO: 82,969 personsSpringfield, MO82,969Columbia, MO: 67,077 personsColumbia, MO67,077Independence, MO: 56,240 personsIndependence, MO56,240Lee's Summit, MO: 53,354 personsLee's Summit, MO53,354O'Fallon, MO: 52,464 personsO'Fallon, MO52,464St. Charles, MO: 38,233 personsSt. Charles, MO38,233St. Peters, MO: 31,671 personsSt. Peters, MO31,671St. Joseph, MO: 30,577 personsSt. Joseph, MO30,577Blue Springs, MO: 30,004 personsBlue Springs, MO30,004Florissant, MO: 27,638 personsFlorissant, MO27,638Chesterfield, MO: 24,606 personsChesterfield, MO24,606Wentzville, MO: 24,492 personsWentzville, MO24,492Joplin, MO: 24,417 personsJoplin, MO24,417Jefferson City, MO: 20,604 personsJefferson City, MO20,604Cape Girardeau, MO: 19,571 personsCape Girardeau, MO19,571University City, MO: 19,448 personsUniversity City, MO19,448Wildwood, MO: 18,026 personsWildwood, MO18,026Ballwin, MO: 16,281 personsBallwin, MO16,281Maryland Heights, MO: 16,028 personsMaryland Heights, MO16,028Raytown, MO: 15,049 personsRaytown, MO15,049Liberty, MO: 15,024 personsLiberty, MO15,024Kirkwood, MO: 14,162 personsKirkwood, MO14,162Gladstone, MO: 13,328 personsGladstone, MO13,328Belton, MO: 13,247 personsBelton, MO13,247Grandview, MO: 13,197 personsGrandview, MO13,197Hazelwood, MO: 12,801 personsHazelwood, MO12,801Raymore, MO: 12,164 personsRaymore, MO12,164Nixa, MO: 11,809 personsNixa, MO11,809Kansas City, MO: 263,824 personsKansas City, MO263,824St. Louis, MO: 150,687 personsSt. Louis, MO150,687Springfield, MO: 82,969 personsSpringfield, MO82,969Columbia, MO: 67,077 personsColumbia, MO67,077Independence, MO: 56,240 personsIndependence, MO56,240Lee's Summit, MO: 53,354 personsLee's Summit, MO53,354O'Fallon, MO: 52,464 personsO'Fallon, MO52,464St. Charles, MO: 38,233 personsSt. Charles, MO38,233St. Peters, MO: 31,671 personsSt. Peters, MO31,671St. Joseph, MO: 30,577 personsSt. Joseph, MO30,577Blue Springs, MO: 30,004 personsBlue Springs, MO30,004Florissant, MO: 27,638 personsFlorissant, MO27,638Chesterfield, MO: 24,606 personsChesterfield, MO24,606Wentzville, MO: 24,492 personsWentzville, MO24,492Joplin, MO: 24,417 personsJoplin, MO24,417Jefferson City, MO: 20,604 personsJefferson City, MO20,604Cape Girardeau, MO: 19,571 personsCape Girardeau, MO19,571University City, MO: 19,448 personsUniversity City, MO19,448Wildwood, MO: 18,026 personsWildwood, MO18,026Ballwin, MO: 16,281 personsBallwin, MO16,281Maryland Heights, MO: 16,028 personsMaryland Heights, MO16,028Raytown, MO: 15,049 personsRaytown, MO15,049Liberty, MO: 15,024 personsLiberty, MO15,024Kirkwood, MO: 14,162 personsKirkwood, MO14,162Gladstone, MO: 13,328 personsGladstone, MO13,328Belton, MO: 13,247 personsBelton, MO13,247Grandview, MO: 13,197 personsGrandview, MO13,197Hazelwood, MO: 12,801 personsHazelwood, MO12,801Raymore, MO: 12,164 personsRaymore, MO12,164Nixa, MO: 11,809 personsNixa, MO11,809
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Kansas City, MO263,824+2.6%
2St. Louis, MO150,687+0.2%
3Springfield, MO82,969+2.1%
4Columbia, MO67,077+2.2%
5Independence, MO56,240+1.7%
6Lee's Summit, MO53,354+3.1%
7O'Fallon, MO52,464+2.7%
8St. Charles, MO38,233+2.9%
9St. Peters, MO31,671+3.3%
10St. Joseph, MO30,577-1.9%
11Blue Springs, MO30,004+2.6%
12Florissant, MO27,638+1.7%
13Chesterfield, MO24,606+1.9%
14Wentzville, MO24,492+6.4%
15Joplin, MO24,417+2.8%
16Jefferson City, MO20,604+1.9%
17Cape Girardeau, MO19,571+2.7%
18University City, MO19,448+1.7%
19Wildwood, MO18,026+1.9%
20Ballwin, MO16,281+1.8%
21Maryland Heights, MO16,028+1.8%
22Raytown, MO15,049+1.5%
23Liberty, MO15,024+4.2%
24Kirkwood, MO14,162+2.4%
25Gladstone, MO13,328+2.1%
26Belton, MO13,247n/a
27Grandview, MO13,197+4.1%
28Hazelwood, MO12,801+2%
29Raymore, MO12,164+2.3%
30Nixa, MO11,809+3.9%

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. 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.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: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Missouri by employed residents, 2022) [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: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Missouri by employed residents, 2022. 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/employed-residents/missouri-cities?period=2022. 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, 2022. 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/employed-residents/missouri-cities?period=2022.

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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/missouri-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Kansas City, MO, with 263,824 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Nixa, MO, with 11,809 in 2022.

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.

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