Arkansas Economic Data
Arkansas county labor force, employment and unemployment
data sorted by unemployment rate.
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County Labor Force, Employment
& Unemployment Rate
| Rank |
Click on an X to view the graph |
Labor Force & Employment |
Unemployment Rate |
Employment 12 months |
Unemployment 12 months |
| 1 | Benton County | X | X | 63,042 | 2.9% |
| 2 | Scott County | X | X | 4,753 | 3.0% |
| 3 | Saline County | X | X | 38,725 | 3.1% |
| 4 | Washington County | X | X | 73,922 | 3.3% |
| 5 | Franklin County | X | X | 8,190 | 3.5% |
| 6 | Lonoke County | X | X | 22,997 | 3.7% |
| 7 | Clark County | X | X | 11,229 | 3.7% |
| 8 | Pulaski County | X | X | 189,609 | 3.8% |
| 9 | Montgomery County | X | X | 3,808 | 4.0% |
| 10 | Johnson County | X | X | 10,106 | 4.1% |
| 11 | Craighead County | X | X | 39,645 | 4.2% |
| 12 | Madison County | X | X | 6,295 | 4.2% |
| 13 | Baxter County | X | X | 14,075 | 4.3% |
| 14 | Yell County | X | X | 9,080 | 4.4% |
| 15 | Marion County | X | X | 5,836 | 4.4% |
| 16 | Sebastian County | X | X | 53,508 | 4.6% |
| 17 | Pope County | X | X | 25,796 | 4.6% |
| 18 | Garland County | X | X | 34,246 | 4.7% |
| 19 | Cleburne County | X | X | 8,864 | 4.7% |
| 20 | Crawford County | X | X | 22,616 | 4.8% |
| 21 | Grant County | X | X | 7,049 | 4.8% |
| 22 | Fulton County | X | X | 4,307 | 4.8% |
| 23 | Crittenden County | X | X | 21,626 | 4.9% |
| 24 | Polk County | X | X | 8,644 | 4.9% |
| 25 | Logan County | X | X | 9,810 | 5.0% |
| 26 | Conway County | X | X | 9,546 | 5.1% |
| 27 | Faulkner County | X | X | 37,570 | 5.2% |
| 28 | Stone County | X | X | 4,848 | 5.2% |
| 29 | Howard County | X | X | 6,863 | 5.3% |
| 30 | Pike County | X | X | 4,857 | 5.4% |
| 31 | Hot Spring County | X | X | 11,537 | 5.5% |
| 32 | Boone County | X | X | 13,943 | 5.6% |
| 33 | White County | X | X | 28,447 | 5.7% |
| 34 | Greene County | X | X | 17,217 | 5.8% |
| 35 | Miller County | X | X | 16,173 | 5.8% |
| 36 | Cross County | X | X | 8,217 | 5.8% |
| 37 | Clay County | X | X | 7,686 | 5.8% |
| 38 | Cleveland County | X | X | 3,568 | 5.8% |
| 39 | Carroll County | X | X | 10,944 | 5.9% |
| 40 | Arkansas County | X | X | 9,932 | 5.9% |
| 41 | Independence County | X | X | 16,065 | 6.1% |
| 42 | Sevier County | X | X | 6,661 | 6.4% |
| 43 | Sharp County | X | X | 5,580 | 6.5% |
| 44 | Poinsett County | X | X | 10,418 | 6.6% |
| 45 | Nevada County | X | X | 4,730 | 6.8% |
| 46 | Lincoln County | X | X | 4,960 | 6.9% |
| 47 | Perry County | X | X | 3,709 | 6.9% |
| 48 | Lafayette County | X | X | 3,289 | 6.9% |
| 49 | Union County | X | X | 19,764 | 7.0% |
| 50 | Ashley County | X | X | 10,760 | 7.2% |
| 51 | Columbia County | X | X | 10,778 | 7.3% |
| 52 | Lawrence County | X | X | 7,301 | 7.4% |
| 53 | Van Buren County | X | X | 5,994 | 7.5% |
| 54 | Dallas County | X | X | 3,482 | 7.5% |
| 55 | Hempstead County | X | X | 11,037 | 7.6% |
| 56 | Izard County | X | X | 3,666 | 7.6% |
| 57 | Drew County | X | X | 9,450 | 8.0% |
| 58 | Little River County | X | X | 5,335 | 8.0% |
| 59 | Chicot County | X | X | 5,942 | 8.3% |
| 60 | Woodruff County | X | X | 3,957 | 8.3% |
| 61 | Searcy County | X | X | 2,735 | 8.3% |
| 62 | Calhoun County | X | X | 2,102 | 8.4% |
| 63 | Monroe County | X | X | 4,009 | 8.5% |
| 64 | Desha County | X | X | 6,485 | 9.0% |
| 65 | Newton County | X | X | 2,745 | 9.1% |
| 66 | Prairie County | X | X | 3,595 | 9.3% |
| 67 | Mississippi County | X | X | 24,773 | 9.4% |
| 68 | Ouachita County | X | X | 10,736 | 9.5% |
| 69 | St. Francis County | X | X | 11,763 | 9.7% |
| 70 | Phillips County | X | X | 9,443 | 9.7% |
| 71 | Jackson County | X | X | 7,290 | 11.0% |
| 72 | Bradley County | X | X | 4,584 | 11.3% |
| 73 | Randolph County | X | X | 6,939 | 11.6% |
| 74 | Lee County | X | X | 4,038 | 12.1% |
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