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Cities in Arkansas by civilian labor force

Little Rock, AR had the highest civilian labor force of 21 cities in 2021, at 98,527. West Memphis, AR had the lowest, at 9,392. The median was 16,792. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest98,527Little Rock, AR
Lowest9,392West Memphis, AR
Median16,79221 cities

All cities, 2021

Little Rock, AR: 98,527 personsLittle Rock, AR98,527Fayetteville, AR: 50,045 personsFayetteville, AR50,045Fort Smith, AR: 41,008 personsFort Smith, AR41,008Springdale, AR: 40,758 personsSpringdale, AR40,758Jonesboro, AR: 37,231 personsJonesboro, AR37,231Rogers, AR: 36,058 personsRogers, AR36,058Conway, AR: 32,953 personsConway, AR32,953North Little Rock, AR: 31,382 personsNorth Little Rock, AR31,382Bentonville, AR: 29,999 personsBentonville, AR29,999Benton, AR: 17,990 personsBenton, AR17,990Hot Springs, AR: 16,792 personsHot Springs, AR16,792Sherwood, AR: 15,889 personsSherwood, AR15,889Pine Bluff, AR: 15,599 personsPine Bluff, AR15,599Bella Vista, AR: 12,916 personsBella Vista, AR12,916Paragould, AR: 12,592 personsParagould, AR12,592Cabot, AR: 12,450 personsCabot, AR12,450Russellville, AR: 12,357 personsRussellville, AR12,357Jacksonville, AR: 12,213 personsJacksonville, AR12,213Texarkana, AR: 11,957 personsTexarkana, AR11,957Centerton, AR: 10,818 personsCenterton, AR10,818West Memphis, AR: 9,392 personsWest Memphis, AR9,392Little Rock, AR: 98,527 personsLittle Rock, AR98,527Fayetteville, AR: 50,045 personsFayetteville, AR50,045Fort Smith, AR: 41,008 personsFort Smith, AR41,008Springdale, AR: 40,758 personsSpringdale, AR40,758Jonesboro, AR: 37,231 personsJonesboro, AR37,231Rogers, AR: 36,058 personsRogers, AR36,058Conway, AR: 32,953 personsConway, AR32,953North Little Rock, AR: 31,382 personsNorth Little Rock, AR31,382Bentonville, AR: 29,999 personsBentonville, AR29,999Benton, AR: 17,990 personsBenton, AR17,990Hot Springs, AR: 16,792 personsHot Springs, AR16,792Sherwood, AR: 15,889 personsSherwood, AR15,889Pine Bluff, AR: 15,599 personsPine Bluff, AR15,599Bella Vista, AR: 12,916 personsBella Vista, AR12,916Paragould, AR: 12,592 personsParagould, AR12,592Cabot, AR: 12,450 personsCabot, AR12,450Russellville, AR: 12,357 personsRussellville, AR12,357Jacksonville, AR: 12,213 personsJacksonville, AR12,213Texarkana, AR: 11,957 personsTexarkana, AR11,957Centerton, AR: 10,818 personsCenterton, AR10,818West Memphis, AR: 9,392 personsWest Memphis, AR9,392
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

RankCities2021
persons		Change on 2020
1Little Rock, AR98,527-1.1%
2Fayetteville, AR50,045+1.4%
3Fort Smith, AR41,008-1.7%
4Springdale, AR40,758-0.2%
5Jonesboro, AR37,231+0.4%
6Rogers, AR36,058+0.6%
7Conway, AR32,953+1.8%
8North Little Rock, AR31,382-2.3%
9Bentonville, AR29,999+3.3%
10Benton, AR17,990+1.1%
11Hot Springs, AR16,792-0.5%
12Sherwood, AR15,889-0.2%
13Pine Bluff, AR15,599-3.4%
14Bella Vista, AR12,916+0.7%
15Paragould, AR12,592-0.8%
16Cabot, AR12,450-0.2%
17Russellville, AR12,357-1.3%
18Jacksonville, AR12,213-2%
19Texarkana, AR11,957-2.4%
20Centerton, AR10,818+8.8%
21West Memphis, AR9,392-4.5%

Other periods

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.CurrentU20-24. 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, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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, 2021. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/arkansas-cities?period=2021. 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, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/arkansas-cities?period=2021.

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, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/arkansas-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Little Rock, AR, with 98,527 in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

West Memphis, AR, with 9,392 in 2021.

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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