Sunflower State News

Kansas' unemployment rate hit 4% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That's 61,847 people out of the 2,932,099 living in Kansas at the time, according to data U.S. Census Bureau data obtained on Oct. 26, 2023.

The unemployment rate in Kansas has remained fairly stable compared to the 4% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Kansas was less than the national unemployment rate of 5.5%.

Of the 1,468,583 people who had a job during that time, 18,367 were employed in the Armed Forces and 1,450,216 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	61,847	4%
Employed	1,468,583	96%
Employed in civilian labor force	1,450,216	94.8%
Employed in armed forces	18,367	1.2%