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Labor Availability

The Civilian Labor Force estimates for Leavenworth County and adjacent counties in Kansas and Missouri are shown in the tables below for current month (preliminary) with March 1, 2002 and the average annual figures for 2001, 2000 and 1999 for a historical comparison. For part-time and evening positions, a large number of workers, not reflected in the civilian labor force, would be available from dependents of Fort Leavenworth and students from the University of Saint Mary.

City Civilian Labor Force and Unemployment Historical Average Annual Labor Force and Unemployment
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Civilian Labor Force and Unemployment - Leavenworth and Surrounding Counties

Current County Civilian Labor Force and Unemployment - July 2006 (Preliminary)

Counties

Civilian Labor Force

Unemployment Rate (%)

Atchison (KS) 8,999

5.8

Douglas (KS) 62,364 4.4
Jefferson (KS) 10,207 4.9
Johnson (KS) 296,840 4.4
Leavenworth (KS) 34,120 6.0
Wyandotte (KS) 76,856 8.5
Clay (MO) 114,309 4.1
Jackson (MO) 351,439 5.7
Platte (MO) 48,930 3.7

City Civilian Labor Force and Unemployment

Current City Civilian Labor Force and Unemployment - May 2006 (Preliminary)

Cities (KS)

Civilian Labor Force

Unemployment Rate (%)

Kansas City

71,251

8.8

Lawrence

50,322

4.7

Leavenworth

15,420

7.9

Lenexa

28,153

5.0

Shawnee

32,495

3.7

Historical Averages - Annual Labor Force & Annual Unemployment

Historical Average Annual Labor Force*

Counties

Civilian Labor Force 05

Civilian Labor
Force
0
4

Civilian Labor
Force
03

Civilian Labor
Force
02

Civilian Labor
Force
01

Atchison (KS) 8,576 8,582 8,491

8,397

8,575
Douglas (KS) 62,929 60,388 58,116

57,396

56,150
Jefferson (KS) 10,118 10,997 10,685

10,596

8,812
Johnson (KS) 289,072 288,380 280,910

272,483

266,953
Leavenworth (KS) 33,255 28,862 28,005

27,595

29,042
Wyandotte (KS) 75,045 NA 79,542

77,656

76,074
Clay (MO) 111,799 NA 114,314

111,776

111,256
Jackson (MO) 344,501 NA 372,046

367,023

378,979
Platte (MO) 47,938 NA 48,152

47,155

46,023
 
Historical Average Annual Unemployment Rate (%)*

Counties

2005 2004

2003

2002

2001

Atchison (KS) 5.6 4.5 4.8

5.1

5.0
Douglas (KS) 4.0 4.1 4.7

4.8

4.4
Jefferson (KS) 5.2 3.9 4.6

4.2

4.4
Johnson (KS) 4.5 3.6 4.5

4.3

3.4
Leavenworth (KS) 6.2 6.3 6.9

6.7

5.3
Wyandotte (KS) 8.8 8.0 11.9

10.7

8.3
Clay (MO) 4.5 3.9 4.5

4.2

3.1
Jackson (MO) 6.3 6.0 6.8

6.5

4.9
Platte (MO) 4.2 3.6 4.1

4.2

2.8

* All past years in Kansas revised March 2003.

Source: Kansas and Missouri Departments of Human Resources, Labor Market Information Services in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics.
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