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Cities in Missouri by employed residents

Kansas City, MO had the highest employed residents of 30 cities in 2023, at 268,362. Nixa, MO had the lowest, at 12,186. The median was 22,899. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest268,362Kansas City, MO
Lowest12,186Nixa, MO
Median22,89930 cities

All cities, 2023

Kansas City, MO: 268,362 personsKansas City, MO268,362St. Louis, MO: 150,662 personsSt. Louis, MO150,662Springfield, MO: 83,710 personsSpringfield, MO83,710Columbia, MO: 66,708 personsColumbia, MO66,708Independence, MO: 56,955 personsIndependence, MO56,955Lee's Summit, MO: 54,499 personsLee's Summit, MO54,499O'Fallon, MO: 53,522 personsO'Fallon, MO53,522St. Charles, MO: 39,137 personsSt. Charles, MO39,137St. Peters, MO: 32,652 personsSt. Peters, MO32,652Blue Springs, MO: 30,895 personsBlue Springs, MO30,895St. Joseph, MO: 30,420 personsSt. Joseph, MO30,420Florissant, MO: 27,834 personsFlorissant, MO27,834Wentzville, MO: 25,011 personsWentzville, MO25,011Chesterfield, MO: 24,887 personsChesterfield, MO24,887Joplin, MO: 24,849 personsJoplin, MO24,849Jefferson City, MO: 20,949 personsJefferson City, MO20,949Cape Girardeau, MO: 19,979 personsCape Girardeau, MO19,979University City, MO: 19,580 personsUniversity City, MO19,580Wildwood, MO: 18,237 personsWildwood, MO18,237Ballwin, MO: 16,407 personsBallwin, MO16,407Maryland Heights, MO: 16,147 personsMaryland Heights, MO16,147Liberty, MO: 15,251 personsLiberty, MO15,251Raytown, MO: 15,154 personsRaytown, MO15,154Kirkwood, MO: 14,320 personsKirkwood, MO14,320Gladstone, MO: 13,732 personsGladstone, MO13,732Belton, MO: 13,454 personsBelton, MO13,454Grandview, MO: 13,300 personsGrandview, MO13,300Hazelwood, MO: 12,893 personsHazelwood, MO12,893Raymore, MO: 12,861 personsRaymore, MO12,861Nixa, MO: 12,186 personsNixa, MO12,186Kansas City, MO: 268,362 personsKansas City, MO268,362St. Louis, MO: 150,662 personsSt. Louis, MO150,662Springfield, MO: 83,710 personsSpringfield, MO83,710Columbia, MO: 66,708 personsColumbia, MO66,708Independence, MO: 56,955 personsIndependence, MO56,955Lee's Summit, MO: 54,499 personsLee's Summit, MO54,499O'Fallon, MO: 53,522 personsO'Fallon, MO53,522St. Charles, MO: 39,137 personsSt. Charles, MO39,137St. Peters, MO: 32,652 personsSt. Peters, MO32,652Blue Springs, MO: 30,895 personsBlue Springs, MO30,895St. Joseph, MO: 30,420 personsSt. Joseph, MO30,420Florissant, MO: 27,834 personsFlorissant, MO27,834Wentzville, MO: 25,011 personsWentzville, MO25,011Chesterfield, MO: 24,887 personsChesterfield, MO24,887Joplin, MO: 24,849 personsJoplin, MO24,849Jefferson City, MO: 20,949 personsJefferson City, MO20,949Cape Girardeau, MO: 19,979 personsCape Girardeau, MO19,979University City, MO: 19,580 personsUniversity City, MO19,580Wildwood, MO: 18,237 personsWildwood, MO18,237Ballwin, MO: 16,407 personsBallwin, MO16,407Maryland Heights, MO: 16,147 personsMaryland Heights, MO16,147Liberty, MO: 15,251 personsLiberty, MO15,251Raytown, MO: 15,154 personsRaytown, MO15,154Kirkwood, MO: 14,320 personsKirkwood, MO14,320Gladstone, MO: 13,732 personsGladstone, MO13,732Belton, MO: 13,454 personsBelton, MO13,454Grandview, MO: 13,300 personsGrandview, MO13,300Hazelwood, MO: 12,893 personsHazelwood, MO12,893Raymore, MO: 12,861 personsRaymore, MO12,861Nixa, MO: 12,186 personsNixa, MO12,186
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Kansas City, MO268,362+1.7%
2St. Louis, MO150,662-0%
3Springfield, MO83,710+0.9%
4Columbia, MO66,708-0.6%
5Independence, MO56,955+1.3%
6Lee's Summit, MO54,499+2.1%
7O'Fallon, MO53,522+2%
8St. Charles, MO39,137+2.4%
9St. Peters, MO32,652+3.1%
10Blue Springs, MO30,895+3%
11St. Joseph, MO30,420-0.5%
12Florissant, MO27,834+0.7%
13Wentzville, MO25,011+2.1%
14Chesterfield, MO24,887+1.1%
15Joplin, MO24,849+1.8%
16Jefferson City, MO20,949+1.7%
17Cape Girardeau, MO19,979+2.1%
18University City, MO19,580+0.7%
19Wildwood, MO18,237+1.2%
20Ballwin, MO16,407+0.8%
21Maryland Heights, MO16,147+0.7%
22Liberty, MO15,251+1.5%
23Raytown, MO15,154+0.7%
24Kirkwood, MO14,320+1.1%
25Gladstone, MO13,732+3%
26Belton, MO13,454+1.6%
27Grandview, MO13,300+0.8%
28Hazelwood, MO12,893+0.7%
29Raymore, MO12,861+5.7%
30Nixa, MO12,186+3.2%

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, 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: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Missouri by employed residents, 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/employed-residents/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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in Missouri by employed residents, 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/employed-residents/missouri-cities?period=2023.

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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Kansas City, MO, with 268,362 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Nixa, MO, with 12,186 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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