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BLS Open Data · April 2026

Arkansas Unemployment Rate by County

Statewide rate: 4.3% (April 2026)

Unemployment Rate in Arkansas and Neighbouring States

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Unemployment Rate by County

Cross County, Arkansas: $3.8Izard County, Arkansas: $5Cleveland County, Arkansas: $4Pope County, Arkansas: $3.9Van Buren County, Arkansas: $4.5Drew County, Arkansas: $4.3Saline County, Arkansas: $3Little River County, Arkansas: $3.8Washington County, Arkansas: $2.7Pulaski County, Arkansas: $3.9Lonoke County, Arkansas: $3.1Conway County, Arkansas: $3.7Montgomery County, Arkansas: $4.4Cleburne County, Arkansas: $4.2Searcy County, Arkansas: $3.1Monroe County, Arkansas: $4.9Poinsett County, Arkansas: $3.8Benton County, Arkansas: $2.7Mississippi County, Arkansas: $4.2Fulton County, Arkansas: $4.3Scott County, Arkansas: $3.5Howard County, Arkansas: $4.4Woodruff County, Arkansas: $3.1Logan County, Arkansas: $3.5Nevada County, Arkansas: $5.1Pike County, Arkansas: $3.6Bradley County, Arkansas: $4.9Independence County, Arkansas: $2.9Jackson County, Arkansas: $3.4Jefferson County, Arkansas: $5.5Lawrence County, Arkansas: $3.4Prairie County, Arkansas: $3.7Perry County, Arkansas: $3.9Polk County, Arkansas: $4Carroll County, Arkansas: $3.3Phillips County, Arkansas: $6.9Ashley County, Arkansas: $4.9Chicot County, Arkansas: $6Boone County, Arkansas: $3.2Crawford County, Arkansas: $3.6Madison County, Arkansas: $2.7Franklin County, Arkansas: $3.7Hot Spring County, Arkansas: $3.8Sharp County, Arkansas: $3.7Lafayette County, Arkansas: $4.1Baxter County, Arkansas: $3.8Calhoun County, Arkansas: $3.3Randolph County, Arkansas: $3.4White County, Arkansas: $3.4Clay County, Arkansas: $3.6Lee County, Arkansas: $5.3St. Francis County, Arkansas: $4.9Columbia County, Arkansas: $4Ouachita County, Arkansas: $4.1Craighead County, Arkansas: $3.2Dallas County, Arkansas: $4.1Faulkner County, Arkansas: $3.2Sebastian County, Arkansas: $3.5Hempstead County, Arkansas: $3.8Yell County, Arkansas: $3.4Clark County, Arkansas: $3.6Garland County, Arkansas: $3.6Sevier County, Arkansas: $2.8Stone County, Arkansas: $4.5Johnson County, Arkansas: $4.4Greene County, Arkansas: $4Crittenden County, Arkansas: $4.9Lincoln County, Arkansas: $5Marion County, Arkansas: $5Grant County, Arkansas: $3Arkansas County, Arkansas: $4.4Desha County, Arkansas: $6.3Union County, Arkansas: $4.5Miller County, Arkansas: $4.2Newton County, Arkansas: $3.9

How Arkansas Compares to Other States

Average county unemployment rate ranked against all states with BLS data.

Lower unemployment than 46% of states · 29th of 52

Lowest: North Dakota(2.4%)
Highest: Alaska(7.1%)
#StateValue
1South Dakota1.9%
2Iowa2.4%
3North Dakota2.4%
… 25 more …
29Arkansas(you are here)4.0%
… 20 more …
50California6.0%
51Puerto Rico6.5%
52Alaska7.1%

Highest & Lowest Unemployment Rate by County

#CountyValue
1Phillips County6.9%
2Desha County6.3%
3Chicot County6.0%
73Benton County2.7%
74Madison County2.7%
75Washington County2.7%

Counties in Arkansas (75)

CountyUnemployment Rate
Arkansas County, Arkansas4.4%
Ashley County, Arkansas4.9%
Baxter County, Arkansas3.8%
Benton County, Arkansas2.7%
Boone County, Arkansas3.2%
Bradley County, Arkansas4.9%
Calhoun County, Arkansas3.3%
Carroll County, Arkansas3.3%
Chicot County, Arkansas6%
Clark County, Arkansas3.6%
Clay County, Arkansas3.6%
Cleburne County, Arkansas4.2%
Cleveland County, Arkansas4%
Columbia County, Arkansas4%
Conway County, Arkansas3.7%
Craighead County, Arkansas3.2%
Crawford County, Arkansas3.6%
Crittenden County, Arkansas4.9%
Cross County, Arkansas3.8%
Dallas County, Arkansas4.1%
Desha County, Arkansas6.3%
Drew County, Arkansas4.3%
Faulkner County, Arkansas3.2%
Franklin County, Arkansas3.7%
Fulton County, Arkansas4.3%
Garland County, Arkansas3.6%
Grant County, Arkansas3%
Greene County, Arkansas4%
Hempstead County, Arkansas3.8%
Hot Spring County, Arkansas3.8%
Howard County, Arkansas4.4%
Independence County, Arkansas2.9%
Izard County, Arkansas5%
Jackson County, Arkansas3.4%
Jefferson County, Arkansas5.5%
Johnson County, Arkansas4.4%
Lafayette County, Arkansas4.1%
Lawrence County, Arkansas3.4%
Lee County, Arkansas5.3%
Lincoln County, Arkansas5%
Little River County, Arkansas3.8%
Logan County, Arkansas3.5%
Lonoke County, Arkansas3.1%
Madison County, Arkansas2.7%
Marion County, Arkansas5%
Miller County, Arkansas4.2%
Mississippi County, Arkansas4.2%
Monroe County, Arkansas4.9%
Montgomery County, Arkansas4.4%
Nevada County, Arkansas5.1%
Newton County, Arkansas3.9%
Ouachita County, Arkansas4.1%
Perry County, Arkansas3.9%
Phillips County, Arkansas6.9%
Pike County, Arkansas3.6%
Poinsett County, Arkansas3.8%
Polk County, Arkansas4%
Pope County, Arkansas3.9%
Prairie County, Arkansas3.7%
Pulaski County, Arkansas3.9%
Randolph County, Arkansas3.4%
Saline County, Arkansas3%
Scott County, Arkansas3.5%
Searcy County, Arkansas3.1%
Sebastian County, Arkansas3.5%
Sevier County, Arkansas2.8%
Sharp County, Arkansas3.7%
St. Francis County, Arkansas4.9%
Stone County, Arkansas4.5%
Union County, Arkansas4.5%
Van Buren County, Arkansas4.5%
Washington County, Arkansas2.7%
White County, Arkansas3.4%
Woodruff County, Arkansas3.1%
Yell County, Arkansas3.4%

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Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (LAUS), public domain. Reference month: April 2026.