# Cities in Arkansas by employed residents, 2025

All 21 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employed_residents`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/arkansas-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Little Rock, AR | 102,416 |
| 2 | Fayetteville, AR | 54,970 |
| 3 | Springdale, AR | 43,276 |
| 4 | Fort Smith, AR | 40,361 |
| 5 | Rogers, AR | 39,872 |
| 6 | Jonesboro, AR | 38,528 |
| 7 | Conway, AR | 36,796 |
| 8 | Bentonville, AR | 34,070 |
| 9 | North Little Rock, AR | 32,371 |
| 10 | Benton, AR | 20,114 |
| 11 | Hot Springs, AR | 16,629 |
| 12 | Sherwood, AR | 16,628 |
| 13 | Centerton, AR | 14,577 |
| 14 | Bella Vista, AR | 14,460 |
| 15 | Pine Bluff, AR | 14,076 |
| 16 | Cabot, AR | 13,461 |
| 17 | Russellville, AR | 12,930 |
| 18 | Paragould, AR | 12,672 |
| 19 | Jacksonville, AR | 12,403 |
| 20 | Texarkana, AR | 11,664 |
| 21 | West Memphis, AR | 8,833 |