Which counties in Kansas are adding jobs fastest?

Lincoln County (+36.0%), Stanton County (+35.4%) and Logan County (+24.6%) added private-sector jobs fastest in Kansas between 2018 and 2023.

Data as of 2023 · updated November 5, 2026

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Kansas counties ranked by private-sector job growth
Rank	County	Change 2018–23	Private jobs 2023	Residents
1	Lincoln County	+36.0%	635	2,861
2	Stanton County	+35.4%	689	1,986
3	Logan County	+24.6%	917	2,661
4	Wichita County	+21.2%	554	2,031
5	Ottawa County	+17.8%	971	5,744
6	Hodgeman County	+17.4%	270	1,619
7	Rawlins County	+16.7%	762	2,431
8	Doniphan County	+14.0%	1,841	7,594
9	Jefferson County	+13.9%	2,580	18,296
10	Stevens County	+13.7%	1,343	4,984
11	Pottawatomie County	+12.4%	10,572	27,186
12	Wyandotte County	+11.9%	79,042	170,597
13	Kingman County	+10.7%	1,937	7,029
14	Ford County	+10.7%	15,828	33,993
15	Osage County	+9.7%	1,737	15,693
16	Chautauqua County	+9.6%	501	3,321
17	Hamilton County	+9.6%	560	2,500
18	Clark County	+9.1%	443	1,900
19	Seward County	+8.2%	9,557	21,073
20	Sheridan County	+7.9%	747	2,427
21	Nemaha County	+7.7%	4,895	10,054
22	Gray County	+7.6%	1,592	5,652
23	Jewell County	+7.5%	430	2,830
24	Crawford County	+7.3%	15,708	39,008
25	Wabaunsee County	+6.7%	890	7,018
26	Republic County	+6.4%	1,329	4,640
27	Lyon County	+6.4%	13,175	32,266
28	Russell County	+6.1%	1,870	6,581
29	Franklin County	+5.7%	9,033	26,299
30	Wilson County	+5.2%	3,765	8,299
31	Wallace County	+5.0%	333	1,441
32	Marion County	+4.1%	2,677	11,634
33	Sumner County	+4.0%	4,366	22,312
34	Geary County	+3.8%	7,910	36,338
35	McPherson County	+3.8%	14,751	30,064
36	Pratt County	+3.5%	3,433	9,117
37	Osborne County	+3.0%	993	3,285
38	Johnson County	+3.0%	352,238	636,906
39	Sedgwick County	+2.9%	237,173	538,433
40	Comanche County	+2.5%	412	1,673
41	Ellis County	+2.4%	12,808	29,075
42	Miami County	+1.9%	6,927	36,240
43	Shawnee County	+1.2%	77,340	178,607
44	Ellsworth County	+1.1%	1,613	6,257
45	Linn County	+0.8%	1,315	9,950
46	Thomas County	+0.8%	2,870	7,725
47	Cherokee County	+0.5%	4,974	19,105
48	Smith County	+0.5%	874	3,566
49	Finney County	+0.4%	15,181	37,505
50	Butler County	+0.4%	13,757	69,484
51	Haskell County	+0.1%	834	3,599
52	Clay County	−0.0%	2,153	7,990
53	Harper County	−0.4%	1,855	5,370
54	Dickinson County	−0.9%	4,966	18,637
55	Atchison County	−1.1%	5,385	16,172
56	Kearny County	−1.4%	692	3,888
57	Sherman County	−2.2%	1,889	5,763
58	Riley County	−2.2%	20,580	72,598
59	Mitchell County	−2.5%	2,346	5,590
60	Elk County	−2.5%	306	2,458
61	Saline County	−2.8%	26,138	53,377
62	Barton County	−3.0%	9,604	24,790
63	Jackson County	−3.1%	3,024	13,438
64	Harvey County	−3.2%	12,385	33,580
65	Lane County	−3.2%	301	1,508
66	Reno County	−3.3%	21,784	61,539
67	Graham County	−3.8%	588	2,371
68	Phillips County	−3.9%	1,563	4,728
69	Greenwood County	−4.0%	1,103	5,826
70	Kiowa County	−4.0%	738	2,432
71	Douglas County	−5.2%	38,737	120,920
72	Montgomery County	−5.3%	12,042	30,177
73	Anderson County	−5.4%	1,352	8,018
74	Marshall County	−5.4%	3,861	9,852
75	Neosho County	−5.5%	4,764	15,637
76	Edwards County	−5.8%	507	2,640
77	Leavenworth County	−5.9%	13,622	84,590
78	Allen County	−6.2%	3,981	12,302
79	Cowley County	−6.2%	10,889	34,382
80	Morris County	−7.1%	1,148	5,348
81	Greeley County	−7.4%	299	1,182
82	Norton County	−7.5%	1,618	5,288
83	Barber County	−7.8%	1,238	4,083
84	Woodson County	−7.9%	410	3,118
85	Gove County	−8.1%	868	2,631
86	Ness County	−8.2%	807	2,617
87	Labette County	−9.0%	6,826	19,685
88	Decatur County	−9.9%	549	2,716
89	Cheyenne County	−9.9%	518	2,604
90	Rooks County	−10.1%	1,219	4,646
91	Bourbon County	−10.1%	4,305	14,319
92	Brown County	−10.2%	3,268	9,104
93	Chase County	−10.3%	460	2,572
94	Cloud County	−10.5%	2,666	8,833
95	Scott County	−12.0%	1,300	4,815
96	Washington County	−12.3%	1,372	5,533
97	Grant County	−12.6%	1,851	7,028
98	Meade County	−13.6%	790	3,852
99	Stafford County	−14.6%	528	4,005
100	Trego County	−15.4%	707	2,740
101	Coffey County	−15.6%	2,514	8,467
102	Rush County	−16.6%	851	2,845
103	Morton County	−17.2%	523	2,470
104	Rice County	−17.4%	2,285	9,266
105	Pawnee County	−18.9%	1,558	5,991

How this is ranked

The change in paid employees of private employers in mid-March between 2018 and 2023 (Census Bureau County Business Patterns). Government jobs and the self-employed are not counted. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns. Figures come from public federal statistics and are informational only, not investment advice. Check the source before relying on a number. Methodology: how ranks and figures are built. More on every layer: data sources and licences.

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Which county in Kansas has the fastest job growth?

Lincoln County: +36.0%, ahead of Stanton County (+35.4%) and Logan County (+24.6%), of 105 Kansas counties ranked.

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