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A1US GDP 2025 $30.86T│A2Real growth +2.3%│A3CPI, 12 mo to Sep 2026 +3.7%│A4Unemployment 2025 4.3%BEA · BLS · Census — updated October 29, 2026
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Kansas vs Missouri: two economies side by side

Kansas and Missouri share a border. Here are the two economies on the same measures, with the rank of each among 51 states and DC.

PlainsKansas leads on 3, Missouri on 8 of 11 measures
IndicatorA · KSB · MORanks
GDP, 2025$232.1B$475.4B33 · 22
Real GDP growth, 2025+1.00%+1.2%43 · 42
Real growth a year since 2015+1.2%+1.6%42 · 31
GDP per person$77,961$75,81133 · 38
Income per person, 2025$69,149$69,83633 · 31
Real income per person (2017 $)$59,172$57,85021 · 28
Price level (US = 100)90.190.842 · 39
Housing costs (US = 100)71.269.940 · 42
Unemployment, September 20263.8%3.6%25 · 21
Population2,977,2206,270,54134 · 18
Population growth a year since 2020+0.26%+0.37%36 · 32

Highlighted: the higher value, or the lower one for prices and unemployment. BEA (GDP, income, price parities), BLS (unemployment).

Fig. 1Real GDP, index 2015 = 100Chained 2017 dollars
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Fig. 2Unemployment rateMonthly, seasonally adjusted, since 2015
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Industry mix, 2025

Share of each state’s GDP. Sorted by the gap between the two.

IndustryKSMOGap, ppLarger in
Manufacturing15.1%10.7%4.4KS
Finance & insurance6.2%9.2%3.0MO
Government12.3%10.3%2.1KS
Agriculture3.0%1.2%1.8KS
Real estate11.4%12.7%1.3MO
Health care8.2%9.3%1.1MO
Information2.6%3.7%1.1MO
Transportation & warehousing4.1%3.3%0.8KS
Professional services6.0%6.8%0.8MO
Arts & recreation0.6%1.1%0.6MO
Education0.6%1.1%0.5MO
Wholesale trade6.5%7.0%0.5MO
Management of companies1.8%2.2%0.4MO
Retail trade6.2%6.5%0.3MO
Mining, oil & gas0.5%0.2%0.2KS
Accommodation & food2.8%3.0%0.2MO
Administrative & waste services3.1%2.9%0.2KS
Utilities1.8%1.6%0.2KS
Construction4.6%4.8%0.2MO
Other services2.4%2.3%0.1KS