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Unemployment Rate in Arkansas, by County

Unemployment Rate for every county in Arkansas, ranked. The highest is Lee County at 19.1% and the lowest is Cleveland County at 2.2%.

Arkansas: 4.9% · United States: 5.2% · median county in Arkansas: 5.5%

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#County Unemployment Rate
1Lee County19.1%
2Phillips County14.5%
3Cross County10.7%
4Crittenden County10.2%
5Jackson County9.8%
6Monroe County9.8%
7St. Francis County9.2%
8Chicot County9.1%
9Dallas County8.2%
10Arkansas County8.1%
11Jefferson County8.1%
12Sharp County8.1%
13Desha County8.0%
14Little River County7.3%
15Polk County7.3%
16Izard County7.2%
17Miller County7.1%
18Mississippi County6.9%
19Bradley County6.6%
20Cleburne County6.4%
21Conway County6.4%
22Poinsett County6.4%
23Baxter County6.3%
24Clay County6.3%
25Scott County6.2%
26Drew County5.9%
27Greene County5.9%
28Lawrence County5.8%
29Montgomery County5.8%
30White County5.8%
31Garland County5.7%
32Calhoun County5.6%
33Craighead County5.6%
34Hempstead County5.6%
35Logan County5.6%
36Ashley County5.5%
37Sebastian County5.5%
38Union County5.5%
39Howard County5.4%
40Lafayette County5.3%
41Madison County5.3%
42Randolph County5.3%
43Ouachita County5.2%
44Pope County5.1%
45Woodruff County5.0%
46Franklin County4.9%
47Marion County4.9%
48Sevier County4.9%
49Carroll County4.7%
50Pulaski County4.7%
51Fulton County4.6%
52Johnson County4.6%
53Nevada County4.6%
54Grant County4.5%
55Lonoke County4.4%
56Crawford County4.1%
57Newton County4.1%
58Perry County4.1%
59Independence County3.9%
60Pike County3.9%
61Saline County3.9%
62Clark County3.8%
63Van Buren County3.8%
64Hot Spring County3.7%
65Searcy County3.7%
66Faulkner County3.4%
67Washington County3.4%
68Yell County3.4%
69Columbia County3.2%
70Stone County3.2%
71Benton County3.1%
72Prairie County3.0%
73Lincoln County2.7%
74Boone County2.5%
75Cleveland County2.2%

Small populations produce wide margins: Lee County is 19.1% with a margin of error of ±6.4%; Cleveland County is 2.2% with a margin of error of ±1.5%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of the civilian labour force who are out of work and looking. People not looking for work are excluded from the denominator.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Arkansas ranks 25th of 52 states for unemployment rate.

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