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Which counties in Kansas have the lowest unemployment?

Sheridan County (2.5%), Gray County (2.6%) and Nemaha County (2.7%) had the lowest unemployment in Kansas in 2025.

Data as of 2025 · updated

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Kansas counties ranked by lowest unemployment rate
RankCountyRate 2025Change since 2019Residents
1Sheridan County2.5%+0.4 pts2,427
2Gray County2.6%+0.6 pts5,652
3Nemaha County2.7%−0.2 pts10,054
4Thomas County2.7%+0.5 pts7,725
5Wichita County2.7%+0.7 pts2,031
6Hamilton County2.8%+0.5 pts2,500
7Logan County2.8%+0.5 pts2,661
8Rawlins County2.8%+0.3 pts2,431
9Finney County2.9%+0.4 pts37,505
10Ness County2.9%+0.7 pts2,617
11Clark County3.0%+0.4 pts1,900
12Ellis County3.0%+0.6 pts29,075
13Ford County3.0%+0.4 pts33,993
14Kingman County3.0%−0.2 pts7,029
15Norton County3.0%+0.6 pts5,288
16Scott County3.0%+0.7 pts4,815
17Stevens County3.0%+0.2 pts4,984
18Comanche County3.1%+0.5 pts1,673
19Haskell County3.1%+0.3 pts3,599
20McPherson County3.1%+0.7 pts30,064
21Morris County3.1%+0.3 pts5,348
22Pawnee County3.1%+0.4 pts5,991
23Republic County3.1%+0.4 pts4,640
24Barber County3.2%+0.5 pts4,083
25Decatur County3.2%+0.7 pts2,716
26Ellsworth County3.2%+0.5 pts6,257
27Meade County3.2%+0.7 pts3,852
28Ottawa County3.2%+0.5 pts5,744
29Phillips County3.2%+0.5 pts4,728
30Rooks County3.2%−0.3 pts4,646
31Seward County3.2%+0.4 pts21,073
32Smith County3.2%+0.3 pts3,566
33Stafford County3.2%+0.6 pts4,005
34Cheyenne County3.3%+0.8 pts2,604
35Cloud County3.3%+0.5 pts8,833
36Edwards County3.3%+0.6 pts2,640
37Jackson County3.3%+0.1 pts13,438
38Kearny County3.3%+0.6 pts3,888
39Kiowa County3.3%+1.0 pts2,432
40Marshall County3.3%+0.3 pts9,852
41Saline County3.3%+0.2 pts53,377
42Wallace County3.3%+0.2 pts1,441
43Greeley County3.4%+0.6 pts1,182
44Hodgeman County3.4%+0.8 pts1,619
45Pottawatomie County3.4%+0.6 pts27,186
46Pratt County3.4%+0.6 pts9,117
47Riley County3.4%+0.8 pts72,598
48Sherman County3.4%+0.8 pts5,763
49Washington County3.4%+0.3 pts5,533
50Clay County3.5%+0.5 pts7,990
51Douglas County3.5%+0.7 pts120,920
52Harper County3.5%+0.6 pts5,370
53Jefferson County3.5%+0.3 pts18,296
54Johnson County3.5%+0.7 pts636,906
55Morton County3.5%+0.5 pts2,470
56Rice County3.5%+0.6 pts9,266
57Rush County3.5%+0.7 pts2,845
58Gove County3.6%+1.2 pts2,631
59Osborne County3.6%+1.4 pts3,285
60Wabaunsee County3.6%+0.1 pts7,018
61Anderson County3.7%−0.3 pts8,018
62Barton County3.7%+0.5 pts24,790
63Dickinson County3.7%+0.2 pts18,637
64Grant County3.7%+0.9 pts7,028
65Marion County3.7%+0.7 pts11,634
66Miami County3.7%+0.4 pts36,240
67Osage County3.7%+0.0 pts15,693
68Trego County3.7%+1.0 pts2,740
69Butler County3.8%+0.6 pts69,484
70Neosho County3.8%+0.1 pts15,637
71Russell County3.8%+0.7 pts6,581
72Shawnee County3.8%+0.3 pts178,607
73Franklin County3.9%+0.4 pts26,299
74Harvey County3.9%+1.1 pts33,580
75Labette County3.9%−0.1 pts19,685
76Reno County3.9%+0.6 pts61,539
77Stanton County3.9%+1.1 pts1,986
78Chase County4.0%+0.8 pts2,572
79Cherokee County4.0%+0.3 pts19,105
80Doniphan County4.0%+0.5 pts7,594
81Sumner County4.0%+0.6 pts22,312
82Allen County4.1%+0.4 pts12,302
83Atchison County4.1%−0.4 pts16,172
84Lane County4.1%+1.5 pts1,508
85Leavenworth County4.1%+0.6 pts84,590
86Lincoln County4.1%+1.5 pts2,861
87Sedgwick County4.1%+0.8 pts538,433
88Cowley County4.2%+0.7 pts34,382
89Mitchell County4.2%+1.3 pts5,590
90Montgomery County4.2%+0.1 pts30,177
91Graham County4.3%+1.5 pts2,371
92Greenwood County4.3%+0.9 pts5,826
93Brown County4.4%+0.7 pts9,104
94Coffey County4.4%−0.1 pts8,467
95Elk County4.4%−0.1 pts2,458
96Chautauqua County4.5%+0.5 pts3,321
97Crawford County4.6%+0.9 pts39,008
98Jewell County4.6%+1.7 pts2,830
99Geary County4.7%+0.8 pts36,338
100Lyon County4.8%+1.6 pts32,266
101Wilson County4.8%+1.0 pts8,299
102Wyandotte County4.8%+0.7 pts170,597
103Linn County5.2%−0.6 pts9,950
104Woodson County5.3%+0.4 pts3,118
105Bourbon County5.4%+1.0 pts14,319

How this is ranked

The annual average unemployment rate for 2025 (BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics). Lowest first. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

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Questions

Which county in Kansas has the lowest unemployment rate?

Sheridan County: 2.5%, ahead of Gray County (2.6%) and Nemaha County (2.7%), of 105 Kansas counties ranked.

How is this ranking calculated?

The annual average unemployment rate for 2025 (BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics). Lowest first. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

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