# Counties in Kansas by unemployment rate, August 2026

All 105 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/kansas-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/unemployment-rate/kansas-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Bourbon County | 6.3 |
| 2 | Geary County | 6.2 |
| 3 | Woodson County | 6 |
| 4 | Chautauqua County | 5.9 |
| 5 | Allen County | 5.4 |
| 6 | Coffey County | 5.3 |
| 6 | Linn County | 5.3 |
| 6 | Montgomery County | 5.3 |
| 6 | Wilson County | 5.3 |
| 10 | Elk County | 5.2 |
| 10 | Lane County | 5.2 |
| 10 | Lyon County | 5.2 |
| 13 | Wyandotte County | 5.1 |
| 14 | Chase County | 5 |
| 14 | Jewell County | 5 |
| 16 | Brown County | 4.9 |
| 16 | Greenwood County | 4.9 |
| 16 | Lincoln County | 4.9 |
| 19 | Cowley County | 4.8 |
| 19 | Graham County | 4.8 |
| 19 | Leavenworth County | 4.8 |
| 22 | Crawford County | 4.7 |
| 22 | Reno County | 4.7 |
| 22 | Sedgwick County | 4.7 |
| 25 | Anderson County | 4.6 |
| 25 | Cherokee County | 4.6 |
| 25 | Doniphan County | 4.6 |
| 25 | Sumner County | 4.6 |
| 29 | Atchison County | 4.5 |
| 29 | Marion County | 4.5 |
| 29 | Osage County | 4.5 |
| 29 | Shawnee County | 4.5 |
| 33 | Barton County | 4.4 |
| 33 | Butler County | 4.4 |
| 33 | Clay County | 4.4 |
| 33 | Riley County | 4.4 |
| 33 | Russell County | 4.4 |
| 38 | Dickinson County | 4.3 |
| 38 | Douglas County | 4.3 |
| 38 | Gove County | 4.3 |
| 38 | Labette County | 4.3 |
| 38 | Morton County | 4.3 |
| 43 | Franklin County | 4.2 |
| 43 | Harvey County | 4.2 |
| 43 | Jefferson County | 4.2 |
| 43 | Miami County | 4.2 |
| 43 | Neosho County | 4.2 |
| 43 | Pottawatomie County | 4.2 |
| 43 | Rice County | 4.2 |
| 43 | Seward County | 4.2 |
| 43 | Stanton County | 4.2 |
| 52 | Harper County | 4.1 |
| 52 | Johnson County | 4.1 |
| 52 | Marshall County | 4.1 |
| 52 | Mitchell County | 4.1 |
| 52 | Smith County | 4.1 |
| 52 | Wabaunsee County | 4.1 |
| 58 | Grant County | 4 |
| 58 | Jackson County | 4 |
| 58 | Osborne County | 4 |
| 58 | Pratt County | 4 |
| 58 | Rooks County | 4 |
| 58 | Rush County | 4 |
| 64 | Comanche County | 3.9 |
| 64 | Edwards County | 3.9 |
| 64 | Haskell County | 3.9 |
| 64 | Kearny County | 3.9 |
| 64 | Kiowa County | 3.9 |
| 64 | Morris County | 3.9 |
| 64 | Pawnee County | 3.9 |
| 64 | Phillips County | 3.9 |
| 64 | Saline County | 3.9 |
| 64 | Trego County | 3.9 |
| 64 | Wallace County | 3.9 |
| 75 | Barber County | 3.8 |
| 75 | Cheyenne County | 3.8 |
| 75 | Cloud County | 3.8 |
| 75 | Decatur County | 3.8 |
| 75 | Republic County | 3.8 |
| 75 | Sherman County | 3.8 |
| 75 | Stafford County | 3.8 |
| 75 | Washington County | 3.8 |
| 83 | Clark County | 3.7 |
| 83 | McPherson County | 3.7 |
| 83 | Meade County | 3.7 |
| 83 | Ottawa County | 3.7 |
| 87 | Ellis County | 3.6 |
| 87 | Finney County | 3.6 |
| 89 | Ellsworth County | 3.5 |
| 89 | Hodgeman County | 3.5 |
| 91 | Ford County | 3.4 |
| 91 | Greeley County | 3.4 |
| 91 | Kingman County | 3.4 |
| 91 | Logan County | 3.4 |
| 91 | Norton County | 3.4 |
| 91 | Rawlins County | 3.4 |
| 91 | Scott County | 3.4 |
| 98 | Gray County | 3.3 |
| 98 | Stevens County | 3.3 |
| 100 | Hamilton County | 3.2 |
| 100 | Nemaha County | 3.2 |
| 102 | Ness County | 3.1 |
| 102 | Thomas County | 3.1 |
| 102 | Wichita County | 3.1 |
| 105 | Sheridan County | 2.9 |