Arkansas Economic Data

Arkansas city and labor market area labor force, employment and unemployment data sorted by employment.
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County Labor Force, Employment & Unemployment

Rank
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the graph
 Labor Force &
Employment		 Unemployment
Rate		 Employment
12 months		 Unemployment
12 months
1  Arkansas Statewide X X 1,177,837  5.3% 
2  Little Rock-North Little Rock X X 288,902  3.9% 
3  Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers X X 136,965  3.1% 
4  Little Rock City X X 99,515  3.8% 
5  Fort Smith, AR-OK MSA X X 91,511  5.0% 
6  Fort Smith, AR-OK MSA (AR Part) X X 76,124  4.6% 
7  Garland-Hot Spring LMA X X 45,783  4.9% 
8  Fort Smith City X X 39,354  4.6% 
9  Pope-Yell LMA X X 34,876  4.5% 
10  Pine Bluff MSA (Jefferson Co) X X 34,527  7.8% 
11  North Little Rock City X X 31,583  3.9% 
12  Fayetteville City X X 28,114  3.4% 
13  Jonesboro City X X 27,784  4.1% 
14  Pine Bluff City X X 22,525  8.7% 
15  Independence-Sharp LMA X X 21,646  6.2% 
16  Baxter-Marion LMA X X 19,912  4.3% 
17  Springdale City X X 19,866  2.9% 
18  Boone-Searcy-Newton LMA X X 19,424  6.5% 
19  Springdale City (Washington Co) X X 19,128  2.9% 
20  Rogers City X X 16,990  2.8% 
21  Conway City X X 16,982  5.3% 
22  Ouachita-Dallas-Calhoun LMA X X 16,321  8.9% 
23  Hempstead-Nevada LMA X X 15,768  7.4% 
24  Hot Springs City X X 14,432  5.9% 
25  West Memphis City X X 13,020  4.3% 
26  Jacksonville City X X 12,122  5.9% 
27  Howard-Pike LMA X X 11,720  5.3% 
28  El Dorado City X X 9,624  7.6% 
29  Texarkana City X X 9,539  5.4% 
30  Springdale City (Benton County) X X 737  2.3% 

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