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Unemployment rate in Kirkwood

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points section.rank · Towns of St. Louis section.updated Oct 21, 2026

section.source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Kirkwood · Missouri · United States · section.levels.world
±0.0 pp section.change_since
Kirkwood Missouri United States section.levels.world

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

section.compare Unemployment rate · percent
Kirkwood
3.5%
Missouri
4.0%
United States
3.6% · 2023
section.levels.world
4.8%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Kirkwood · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 3.5% · 2025
First value 3.1% · 1990
Highest 6.5% · 2009
Lowest 1.8% · 1999
Data points 36

By year

section.all_years · 1990 – 2025

YearKirkwoodChange MissouriUnited Statessection.levels.world
2025 3.5% +0.3 pp 4.0% — 4.8%
2024 3.2% +0.4 pp 3.7% — 4.8%
2023 2.8% +0.7 pp 3.1% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 2.1% −1.1 pp 2.6% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 3.2% −1.8 pp 4.1% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 5.0% +2.6 pp 6.1% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 2.4% −0.2 pp 3.2% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 2.6% −0.3 pp 3.2% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 2.9% −0.5 pp 3.8% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 3.4% −0.1 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 3.5% −0.8 pp 5.1% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 4.3% −0.1 pp 6.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 4.4% −0.2 pp 6.8% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 4.6% −0.9 pp 7.1% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 5.5% −0.8 pp 8.6% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 6.3% −0.2 pp 9.4% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 6.5% +2.4 pp 9.1% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 4.1% +0.8 pp 6.1% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 3.3% +0.1 pp 5.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 3.2% −0.3 pp 4.9% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 3.5% −0.3 pp 5.4% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 3.8% +0.2 pp 5.9% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 3.6% +0.3 pp 5.7% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 3.3% +0.6 pp 5.3% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 2.7% +0.7 pp 4.5% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 2.0% +0.2 pp 3.4% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 1.8% −0.4 pp 3.2% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 2.2% ±0.0 pp 4.1% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 2.2% −0.3 pp 4.4% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 2.5% ±0.0 pp 4.7% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 2.5% −0.1 pp 4.8% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 2.6% −0.5 pp 5.1% — 5.8%
1993 3.1% −0.2 pp 6.1% — 5.5%
1992 3.3% −0.3 pp 6.1% — 5.3%
1991 3.6% +0.5 pp 6.6% — 5.1%
1990 3.1% 5.9% — —

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of St. Louis

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 East St Louis 12.8%
2 Belleville 7.3%
3 Alton 7.0%
4 Hazelwood 5.6%
5 St. Louis 5.5%
6 Florissant 5.3%
7 Collinsville 5.1%
8 O'Fallon 4.4%
9 Edwardsville 3.7%
10 Maryland Heights 3.5%
11 St Charles 3.5%
12 Kirkwood 3.2%
13 Chesterfield 3.0%
14 Columbia 2.9%
15 Ballwin 2.8%

section.source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2021

section.what

The share of people who want a job and are looking for one but do not have one.

section.how

Unemployed people divided by the labour force (employed plus unemployed), following the international definition; annual average.