The unemployment rate for Kansas, as a whole, increased 0.1 percentage point from November to December. The Kansas MSAs experienced increases, also, with a 0.1 percentage point increase in both the Wichita MSA and Manhattan, to 0.2 percentage point in the Topeka MSA. The Lawrence MSA experienced no change in its unemployment rate.
A slide presentation is available with additional employment and unemployment data for Kansas and its four metro areas.
