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Cities in Arkansas by civilian labor force, 2025

Little Rock, AR had the highest civilian labor force of 21 cities in 2025, at 106,798. West Memphis, AR had the lowest, at 9,488. The median was 17,389. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest106,798Little Rock, AR
Lowest9,488West Memphis, AR
Median17,38921 cities

All cities, 2025

Little Rock, AR: 106,798 personsLittle Rock, AR106,798Fayetteville, AR: 56,974 personsFayetteville, AR56,974Springdale, AR: 44,729 personsSpringdale, AR44,729Fort Smith, AR: 42,044 personsFort Smith, AR42,044Rogers, AR: 41,125 personsRogers, AR41,125Jonesboro, AR: 40,201 personsJonesboro, AR40,201Conway, AR: 38,187 personsConway, AR38,187Bentonville, AR: 35,118 personsBentonville, AR35,118North Little Rock, AR: 33,828 personsNorth Little Rock, AR33,828Benton, AR: 20,793 personsBenton, AR20,793Hot Springs, AR: 17,389 personsHot Springs, AR17,389Sherwood, AR: 17,284 personsSherwood, AR17,284Pine Bluff, AR: 15,070 personsPine Bluff, AR15,070Bella Vista, AR: 15,054 personsBella Vista, AR15,054Centerton, AR: 14,998 personsCenterton, AR14,998Cabot, AR: 13,914 personsCabot, AR13,914Russellville, AR: 13,540 personsRussellville, AR13,540Paragould, AR: 13,253 personsParagould, AR13,253Jacksonville, AR: 13,044 personsJacksonville, AR13,044Texarkana, AR: 12,257 personsTexarkana, AR12,257West Memphis, AR: 9,488 personsWest Memphis, AR9,488Little Rock, AR: 106,798 personsLittle Rock, AR106,798Fayetteville, AR: 56,974 personsFayetteville, AR56,974Springdale, AR: 44,729 personsSpringdale, AR44,729Fort Smith, AR: 42,044 personsFort Smith, AR42,044Rogers, AR: 41,125 personsRogers, AR41,125Jonesboro, AR: 40,201 personsJonesboro, AR40,201Conway, AR: 38,187 personsConway, AR38,187Bentonville, AR: 35,118 personsBentonville, AR35,118North Little Rock, AR: 33,828 personsNorth Little Rock, AR33,828Benton, AR: 20,793 personsBenton, AR20,793Hot Springs, AR: 17,389 personsHot Springs, AR17,389Sherwood, AR: 17,284 personsSherwood, AR17,284Pine Bluff, AR: 15,070 personsPine Bluff, AR15,070Bella Vista, AR: 15,054 personsBella Vista, AR15,054Centerton, AR: 14,998 personsCenterton, AR14,998Cabot, AR: 13,914 personsCabot, AR13,914Russellville, AR: 13,540 personsRussellville, AR13,540Paragould, AR: 13,253 personsParagould, AR13,253Jacksonville, AR: 13,044 personsJacksonville, AR13,044Texarkana, AR: 12,257 personsTexarkana, AR12,257West Memphis, AR: 9,488 personsWest Memphis, AR9,488
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2025
persons		Change on 2024
1Little Rock, AR106,798+1.8%
2Fayetteville, AR56,974+3.7%
3Springdale, AR44,729+3.6%
4Fort Smith, AR42,044+0.3%
5Rogers, AR41,125+3.5%
6Jonesboro, AR40,201+2.3%
7Conway, AR38,187+1.9%
8Bentonville, AR35,118+3.5%
9North Little Rock, AR33,828+1.9%
10Benton, AR20,793+1.8%
11Hot Springs, AR17,389+2.3%
12Sherwood, AR17,284+1.9%
13Pine Bluff, AR15,070+0.8%
14Bella Vista, AR15,054+3.7%
15Centerton, AR14,998+3.6%
16Cabot, AR13,914+1.9%
17Russellville, AR13,540+1%
18Paragould, AR13,253+0.5%
19Jacksonville, AR13,044+2.2%
20Texarkana, AR12,257+0.8%
21West Memphis, AR9,488+1.5%

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About this ranking

Employed plus unemployed residents, 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. Counts people where they live, not jobs: for wage and salary jobs by state use oews_employment. 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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Cities in Arkansas by civilian labor force, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Arkansas by civilian labor force, 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/rankings/civilian-labor-force/arkansas-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Cities in Arkansas by civilian labor force, 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/rankings/civilian-labor-force/arkansas-cities.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Arkansas by civilian labor force, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/arkansas-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Little Rock, AR, with 106,798 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

West Memphis, AR, with 9,488 in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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