Missouri, Kansas unemployment rates below national average. See your county’s rate
October unemployment rates in both Missouri and Kansas fell below the national, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 4.6%, according to data released from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday.
At 3.7% and 3.9% respectively, Missouri and Kansas are two of 19 states where unemployment rates fell significantly from the national rate.
California and Nevada had the highest unemployment rates at 7.3% each. Nebraska’s unemployment rate fell to 1.9% last month — the lowest any state has reached since data collection began in 1976, the Associated Press reported.
Hover over the maps below to explore what unemployment rates look like at the county level.