Year	Overland Park (%)	Kansas (%)	United States (%)
1975	4.7	4.8	8.5
1976	4.1	4.2	7.7
1977	4.0	4.1	7.0
1978	3.0	3.0	6.0
1979	3.2	3.4	6.8
1980	3.4	4.5	7.1
1981	3.3	4.2	7.6
1982	3.9	6.3	9.7
1983	3.6	6.1	9.6
1984	3.3	5.2	7.5
1985	2.8	5.0	7.1
1986	2.5	5.4	7.0
1987	2.7	4.9	6.2
1988	2.9	4.8	5.4
1989	2.4	4.0	5.3
1990	2.8	4.4	5.5
1991	3.0	4.4	6.6
1992	2.6	4.0	7.4
1993	2.9	5.0	6.7
1994	2.9	5.3	6.1
1995	2.6	4.4	5.6
1996	2.7	4.5	5.4
1997	2.1	3.8	4.9
1998	2.4	3.8	4.5
1999	1.7	3.0	4.2
2000	2.1	3.7	4.0
2001	3.0	4.3	4.7
2002	3.9	5.1	5.8
2003	4.0	5.4	6.0
2004	5.0	5.5	5.5
2005	4.6	5.1	5.1
2006	4.3	4.5	4.6
2007	4.0	4.1	4.6

Source: Kansas Dept. of Human Resources