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Dave Martin, City Manager (email)

123 South Main
P.O. Box 151
Fort Scott, KS 66701
620-223-0550

Contact Information

Emergency	911
non-emergency numbers
Police Dept.	620-223-1700
Fire Dept.	620-223-2140
City Hall	620-223-0550
Water Office	620-223-8133
Public Works	620-223-4360

Fort Scott City Hall: 123 South Main P.O. Box 151 Fort Scott, KS 66701 www.fscity.org phone: 620-223-0550

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Counties	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemployment Rate
Bourbon	8,908	8,572	336	3.80%
Allen	7,445	7,209	236	3.20%
Crawford	19,216	18,326	890	4.60%
Linn	4,919	4,651	268	5.40%

Unemployment Rates (last 5 yrs.)
Year	Bourbon	Crawford	Allen	Linn
2002	4.9%	5.0%	5.3%	7.7%
2003	4.9%	5.4%	4.9%	6.9%
2004	5.0%	5.9%	5.8%	7.8%
2005	5.2%	5.6%	5.3%	7.5%
2006	4.3%	5.0%	4.6%	6.3%

Graduates Entering Workforce (25 mile radius)
High School Graduates	Fort Scott, Uniontown & Pittsburg, KS Nevada, MO:150 of 550 graduates (remainder enter college)
Vo-tech, Community Colleges	Fort Scott Community College: 120 of 240 graduates Business & Technology Institute (BTI) Pittsburg State University: included in PSU
Colleges & Universities Undergraduates	Pittsburg State University (PSU): 1,110 of 1,336 graduates

Student Enrollments (25 mile radius)
K-12 Education	Fort Scott, Uniontown & Pittsburg, KS; Nevada, MO: 7,500
Vo-tech, Community Colleges	Fort Scott Community Co. 1,710
Colleges & Universities	Pittsburg Sate Univ, 6,859

Source Kansas Department of Labor