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Unemployed people in Fort Smith, AR

Unemployed people in Fort Smith, AR was 1,683 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 18.1% from 2024. That is the 3rd highest of 21 cities in 2025.

2025, persons1,683
Change on 2024+18.1%
Rank3rd of 21Cities in Arkansas ranked
Series high3,5652009
Series low1,1602022

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Unemployed people in Fort Smith, AR, 1990 to 2025

1,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,00019901996200220082014202020251990: 2,805 persons1991: 2,869 persons1992: 2,791 persons1993: 2,424 persons1994: 1,994 persons1995: 1,900 persons1996: 1,974 persons1997: 1,798 persons1998: 1,646 persons1999: 1,424 persons2000: 1,461 persons2001: 1,713 persons2002: 1,920 persons2003: 2,138 persons2004: 2,110 persons2005: 1,992 persons2006: 2,191 persons2007: 2,519 persons2008: 2,357 persons2009: 3,565 persons2010: 3,127 persons2011: 3,470 persons2012: 3,063 persons2013: 2,971 persons2014: 2,260 persons2015: 1,907 persons2016: 1,480 persons2017: 1,437 persons2018: 1,415 persons2019: 1,300 persons2020: 2,402 persons2021: 1,435 persons2022: 1,160 persons2023: 1,331 persons2024: 1,425 persons2025: 1,683 persons1,0002,0003,0004,00019902002201420251990: 2,805 persons1991: 2,869 persons1992: 2,791 persons1993: 2,424 persons1994: 1,994 persons1995: 1,900 persons1996: 1,974 persons1997: 1,798 persons1998: 1,646 persons1999: 1,424 persons2000: 1,461 persons2001: 1,713 persons2002: 1,920 persons2003: 2,138 persons2004: 2,110 persons2005: 1,992 persons2006: 2,191 persons2007: 2,519 persons2008: 2,357 persons2009: 3,565 persons2010: 3,127 persons2011: 3,470 persons2012: 3,063 persons2013: 2,971 persons2014: 2,260 persons2015: 1,907 persons2016: 1,480 persons2017: 1,437 persons2018: 1,415 persons2019: 1,300 persons2020: 2,402 persons2021: 1,435 persons2022: 1,160 persons2023: 1,331 persons2024: 1,425 persons2025: 1,683 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
20251,683
20241,425
20231,331
20221,160
20211,435
20202,402
20191,300
20181,415
20171,437
20161,480
20151,907
20142,260
20132,971
20123,063
20113,470
20103,127
20093,565
20082,357
20072,519
20062,191
20051,992
20042,110
20032,138
20021,920
20011,713
20001,461
19991,424
19981,646
19971,798
19961,974
19951,900
19941,994
19932,424
19922,791
19912,869
19902,805

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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, Fort Smith, 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, Fort Smith, 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/fort-smith-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, Fort Smith, 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/fort-smith-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, Fort Smith, 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/fort-smith-ar (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the unemployed people in Fort Smith, AR?

Unemployed people in Fort Smith, AR was 1,683 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 18.1% from 2024. That is the 3rd highest of 21 cities in 2025.

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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. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Fort Smith, AR?

3,565 in 2009, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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