 | 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
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