The Local Area Unemployment Statistics release include monthly and annual-average estimates of civilian labor force, employed people, unemployed people, and unemployment rates for different geographies. These data are based on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the household survey that is the source of the national unemployment rate. For more details, see the frequently asked questions here: https://www.bls.gov/lau/laufaq.htm.


   

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Persons
Name May 2026 Apr 2026 May 2025
Arkansas County
7,280 7,158 7,324
Ashley County
7,211 7,145 6,820
Baxter County
17,600 17,471 16,920
Benton County
174,805 173,910 168,192
Boone County
16,737 16,645 16,646
Bradley County
3,759 3,720 3,808
Calhoun County
2,217 2,182 2,114
Cleburne County
10,542 10,405 10,285
Chicot County
3,305 3,251 3,238
Craighead County
58,189 57,982 56,733
Clark County
9,979 9,895 9,976
Conway County
9,493 9,372 9,199
Columbia County
9,151 9,118 9,148
Carroll County
12,548 12,278 12,036
Cross County
7,664 7,570 7,490
Crittenden County
20,806 20,726 20,480
Cleveland County
3,053 3,007 3,004
Crawford County
26,331 26,172 26,119
Clay County
6,103 5,995 5,978
Dallas County
2,842 2,791 2,788
Desha County
3,943 3,878 3,962
Drew County
8,071 7,948 7,984
Faulkner County
68,710 68,536 67,645
Franklin County
7,523 7,430 7,396
Fulton County
4,210 4,138 4,027
Garland County
45,050 44,829 44,616
Greene County
20,290 20,120 20,554
Grant County
9,143 9,080 8,938
Hempstead County
8,836 8,713 8,584
Hot Spring County
13,362 13,279 13,349
Howard County
4,796 4,719 4,775
Independence County
19,088 18,893 18,288
Izard County
4,453 4,376 4,300
Jackson County
5,840 5,717 5,679
Jefferson County
24,641 24,554 24,708
Johnson County
10,267 10,188 10,042
Lafayette County
2,366 2,331 2,294
Lee County
2,411 2,362 2,321
Lincoln County
3,221 3,181 3,205
Lonoke County
38,100 37,913 37,373
Logan County
9,137 9,036 8,972
Little River County
5,200 5,142 5,100
Lawrence County
7,181 7,152 6,972
Madison County
8,692 8,621 8,262
Miller County
17,286 17,098 17,044
Montgomery County
3,251 3,153 3,149
Monroe County
2,654 2,628 2,642
Marion County
5,490 5,460 5,285
Mississippi County
20,670 20,539 20,938
Nevada County
2,671 2,660 2,625
Newton County
2,780 2,759 2,699
Ouachita County
9,251 9,154 9,140
Perry County
4,475 4,434 4,382
Phillips County
4,745 4,696 4,773
Pike County
4,265 4,213 4,198
Polk County
7,559 7,459 7,399
Poinsett County
10,208 10,144 9,879
Pope County
28,689 28,516 28,198
Prairie County
3,647 3,576 3,520
Pulaski County
205,777 205,583 202,587
Randolph County
8,296 8,181 8,054
Saline County
68,801 68,578 67,705
Sebastian County
60,245 59,889 59,617
Scott County
4,174 4,134 4,098
Searcy County
3,477 3,348 3,446
Sharp County
6,884 6,790 6,636
Stone County
4,244 4,163 4,127
St. Francis County
7,859 7,780 7,702
Sevier County
7,291 7,176 7,137
Union County
15,805 15,762 15,781
Van Buren County
6,061 6,012 5,949
Washington County
143,247 142,371 137,740
White County
35,916 35,907 35,541
Woodruff County
3,130 3,070 2,971
Yell County
9,534 9,445 9,421
   

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