Unemployment numbers for August 2025 are up for Livingston County, while the numbers are mixed across the remaining local counties compared to the July figures. The Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development released the most recent unemployment figures.
Looking at the area counties, from lowest to highest…
Daviess…………. 3.9%, down from 4.0% in July
Livingston………. 4.2%, up from 4.0% in July
Sullivan………….. 4.3%, up from 4.1 in July
Chariton…………. 4.4%, down from 4.6% in July
Caldwell…………. 4.6%, down from 5.2% in July
Linn………………. 4.8%, down from 5.0% in July
Carroll…………… 5.0%, unchanged from July
Grundy………….. 5.3%, unchanged from July
The State of Missouri is at 4.5%, down from 4.7%.
The US unemployment figure is at 4.5%, down from 4.6%.