# Counties in Arkansas by covered employment (QCEW), 2025

All 75 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `covered_employment`
- Unit: jobs
- Definition: Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/arkansas-counties

| Rank | Place | jobs |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Pulaski County | 262,676 |
| 2 | Benton County | 150,665 |
| 3 | Washington County | 122,001 |
| 4 | Sebastian County | 67,700 |
| 5 | Craighead County | 55,451 |
| 6 | Faulkner County | 45,993 |
| 7 | Garland County | 38,517 |
| 8 | Saline County | 28,549 |
| 9 | Pope County | 26,837 |
| 10 | White County | 26,591 |
| 11 | Jefferson County | 24,907 |
| 12 | Mississippi County | 19,773 |
| 13 | Crittenden County | 17,907 |
| 14 | Crawford County | 17,862 |
| 15 | Independence County | 17,752 |
| 16 | Baxter County | 16,448 |
| 17 | Union County | 16,056 |
| 18 | Lonoke County | 15,977 |
| 19 | Greene County | 15,401 |
| 20 | Boone County | 14,123 |
| 21 | Miller County | 12,088 |
| 22 | Carroll County | 10,708 |
| 23 | Arkansas County | 9,093 |
| 24 | Clark County | 8,716 |
| 25 | Columbia County | 7,979 |
| 26 | Johnson County | 7,860 |
| 27 | Hempstead County | 7,764 |
| 28 | Hot Spring County | 7,627 |
| 29 | Ouachita County | 6,807 |
| 30 | St. Francis County | 6,705 |
| 31 | Cleburne County | 6,575 |
| 32 | Randolph County | 6,419 |
| 33 | Yell County | 6,405 |
| 34 | Conway County | 6,346 |
| 35 | Drew County | 6,325 |
| 36 | Ashley County | 6,040 |
| 37 | Polk County | 5,758 |
| 38 | Howard County | 5,732 |
| 39 | Poinsett County | 5,347 |
| 40 | Jackson County | 5,084 |
| 41 | Logan County | 5,055 |
| 42 | Sevier County | 4,936 |
| 43 | Franklin County | 4,924 |
| 44 | Cross County | 4,711 |
| 45 | Grant County | 4,601 |
| 46 | Phillips County | 4,333 |
| 47 | Lawrence County | 4,131 |
| 48 | Desha County | 3,967 |
| 49 | Sharp County | 3,950 |
| 50 | Van Buren County | 3,705 |
| 51 | Madison County | 3,619 |
| 52 | Calhoun County | 3,439 |
| 53 | Bradley County | 3,401 |
| 54 | Marion County | 3,078 |
| 55 | Little River County | 3,041 |
| 56 | Clay County | 3,023 |
| 57 | Scott County | 2,980 |
| 58 | Izard County | 2,949 |
| 59 | Chicot County | 2,670 |
| 60 | Dallas County | 2,657 |
| 61 | Stone County | 2,632 |
| 62 | Lincoln County | 2,510 |
| 63 | Pike County | 2,453 |
| 64 | Woodruff County | 2,039 |
| 65 | Nevada County | 1,970 |
| 66 | Fulton County | 1,796 |
| 67 | Monroe County | 1,737 |
| 68 | Lee County | 1,558 |
| 69 | Searcy County | 1,490 |
| 70 | Prairie County | 1,437 |
| 71 | Montgomery County | 1,283 |
| 72 | Perry County | 1,077 |
| 73 | Cleveland County | 1,051 |
| 74 | Lafayette County | 1,047 |
| 75 | Newton County | 1,032 |