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Unemployed people in Fayetteville, AR

Unemployed people in Fayetteville, AR was 2,004 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 26.7% from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 21 cities in 2025.

2025, persons2,004
Change on 2024+26.7%
Rank2nd of 21Cities in Arkansas ranked
Series high2,6892020
Series low7131995

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Unemployed people in Fayetteville, AR, 1990 to 2025

5001,0001,5002,0002,5003,00019901996200220082014202020251990: 908 persons1991: 958 persons1992: 930 persons1993: 797 persons1994: 721 persons1995: 713 persons1996: 832 persons1997: 924 persons1998: 947 persons1999: 789 persons2000: 913 persons2001: 964 persons2002: 1,111 persons2003: 1,306 persons2004: 1,356 persons2005: 1,294 persons2006: 1,421 persons2007: 1,548 persons2008: 1,636 persons2009: 2,348 persons2010: 2,616 persons2011: 2,386 persons2012: 2,252 persons2013: 2,182 persons2014: 1,886 persons2015: 1,615 persons2016: 1,348 persons2017: 1,325 persons2018: 1,315 persons2019: 1,266 persons2020: 2,689 persons2021: 1,659 persons2022: 1,351 persons2023: 1,418 persons2024: 1,582 persons2025: 2,004 persons5001,0001,5002,0002,5003,00019902002201420251990: 908 persons1991: 958 persons1992: 930 persons1993: 797 persons1994: 721 persons1995: 713 persons1996: 832 persons1997: 924 persons1998: 947 persons1999: 789 persons2000: 913 persons2001: 964 persons2002: 1,111 persons2003: 1,306 persons2004: 1,356 persons2005: 1,294 persons2006: 1,421 persons2007: 1,548 persons2008: 1,636 persons2009: 2,348 persons2010: 2,616 persons2011: 2,386 persons2012: 2,252 persons2013: 2,182 persons2014: 1,886 persons2015: 1,615 persons2016: 1,348 persons2017: 1,325 persons2018: 1,315 persons2019: 1,266 persons2020: 2,689 persons2021: 1,659 persons2022: 1,351 persons2023: 1,418 persons2024: 1,582 persons2025: 2,004 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
20252,004
20241,582
20231,418
20221,351
20211,659
20202,689
20191,266
20181,315
20171,325
20161,348
20151,615
20141,886
20132,182
20122,252
20112,386
20102,616
20092,348
20081,636
20071,548
20061,421
20051,294
20041,356
20031,306
20021,111
2001964
2000913
1999789
1998947
1997924
1996832
1995713
1994721
1993797
1992930
1991958
1990908

Rankings

Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, Fayetteville, AR, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Fayetteville, AR, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/fayetteville-ar. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Fayetteville, AR, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/fayetteville-ar.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Fayetteville, AR, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/fayetteville-ar (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the unemployed people in Fayetteville, AR?

Unemployed people in Fayetteville, AR was 2,004 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 26.7% from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 21 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Fayetteville, AR?

2,689 in 2020, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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