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Cities in Arkansas by employed residents, 2025

Little Rock, AR had the highest employed residents of 21 cities in 2025, at 102,416. West Memphis, AR had the lowest, at 8,833. The median was 16,629. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest102,416Little Rock, AR
Lowest8,833West Memphis, AR
Median16,62921 cities

All cities, 2025

Little Rock, AR: 102,416 personsLittle Rock, AR102,416Fayetteville, AR: 54,970 personsFayetteville, AR54,970Springdale, AR: 43,276 personsSpringdale, AR43,276Fort Smith, AR: 40,361 personsFort Smith, AR40,361Rogers, AR: 39,872 personsRogers, AR39,872Jonesboro, AR: 38,528 personsJonesboro, AR38,528Conway, AR: 36,796 personsConway, AR36,796Bentonville, AR: 34,070 personsBentonville, AR34,070North Little Rock, AR: 32,371 personsNorth Little Rock, AR32,371Benton, AR: 20,114 personsBenton, AR20,114Hot Springs, AR: 16,629 personsHot Springs, AR16,629Sherwood, AR: 16,628 personsSherwood, AR16,628Centerton, AR: 14,577 personsCenterton, AR14,577Bella Vista, AR: 14,460 personsBella Vista, AR14,460Pine Bluff, AR: 14,076 personsPine Bluff, AR14,076Cabot, AR: 13,461 personsCabot, AR13,461Russellville, AR: 12,930 personsRussellville, AR12,930Paragould, AR: 12,672 personsParagould, AR12,672Jacksonville, AR: 12,403 personsJacksonville, AR12,403Texarkana, AR: 11,664 personsTexarkana, AR11,664West Memphis, AR: 8,833 personsWest Memphis, AR8,833Little Rock, AR: 102,416 personsLittle Rock, AR102,416Fayetteville, AR: 54,970 personsFayetteville, AR54,970Springdale, AR: 43,276 personsSpringdale, AR43,276Fort Smith, AR: 40,361 personsFort Smith, AR40,361Rogers, AR: 39,872 personsRogers, AR39,872Jonesboro, AR: 38,528 personsJonesboro, AR38,528Conway, AR: 36,796 personsConway, AR36,796Bentonville, AR: 34,070 personsBentonville, AR34,070North Little Rock, AR: 32,371 personsNorth Little Rock, AR32,371Benton, AR: 20,114 personsBenton, AR20,114Hot Springs, AR: 16,629 personsHot Springs, AR16,629Sherwood, AR: 16,628 personsSherwood, AR16,628Centerton, AR: 14,577 personsCenterton, AR14,577Bella Vista, AR: 14,460 personsBella Vista, AR14,460Pine Bluff, AR: 14,076 personsPine Bluff, AR14,076Cabot, AR: 13,461 personsCabot, AR13,461Russellville, AR: 12,930 personsRussellville, AR12,930Paragould, AR: 12,672 personsParagould, AR12,672Jacksonville, AR: 12,403 personsJacksonville, AR12,403Texarkana, AR: 11,664 personsTexarkana, AR11,664West Memphis, AR: 8,833 personsWest Memphis, AR8,833
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2025
persons		Change on 2024
1Little Rock, AR102,416+1.2%
2Fayetteville, AR54,970+3%
3Springdale, AR43,276+3.1%
4Fort Smith, AR40,361-0.3%
5Rogers, AR39,872+3.1%
6Jonesboro, AR38,528+1.5%
7Conway, AR36,796+1.2%
8Bentonville, AR34,070+3.1%
9North Little Rock, AR32,371+1.2%
10Benton, AR20,114+1.3%
11Hot Springs, AR16,629+1.7%
12Sherwood, AR16,628+1.2%
13Centerton, AR14,577+3.1%
14Bella Vista, AR14,460+3.1%
15Pine Bluff, AR14,076-0.3%
16Cabot, AR13,461+1.4%
17Russellville, AR12,930+0.1%
18Paragould, AR12,672-0.1%
19Jacksonville, AR12,403+1.2%
20Texarkana, AR11,664+0.4%
21West Memphis, AR8,833-0.2%

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About this ranking

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, 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, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. 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: employment (measure 05), 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: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Arkansas by employed residents, 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: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Arkansas by employed residents, 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/employed-residents/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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in Arkansas by employed residents, 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/employed-residents/arkansas-cities.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Arkansas by employed residents, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/arkansas-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Little Rock, AR, with 102,416 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

West Memphis, AR, with 8,833 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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