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Cities in Arkansas by employed residents

Little Rock, AR had the highest employed residents of 20 cities in 2014, at 90,234. West Memphis, AR had the lowest, at 9,857. The median was 15,623. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest90,234Little Rock, AR
Lowest9,857West Memphis, AR
Median15,62320 cities

All cities, 2014

Little Rock, AR: 90,234 personsLittle Rock, AR90,234Fayetteville, AR: 40,623 personsFayetteville, AR40,623Fort Smith, AR: 37,734 personsFort Smith, AR37,734Springdale, AR: 34,024 personsSpringdale, AR34,024Jonesboro, AR: 32,911 personsJonesboro, AR32,911Conway, AR: 30,742 personsConway, AR30,742Rogers, AR: 29,587 personsRogers, AR29,587North Little Rock, AR: 27,993 personsNorth Little Rock, AR27,993Bentonville, AR: 20,013 personsBentonville, AR20,013Pine Bluff, AR: 16,172 personsPine Bluff, AR16,172Benton, AR: 15,074 personsBenton, AR15,074Sherwood, AR: 14,559 personsSherwood, AR14,559Hot Springs, AR: 13,215 personsHot Springs, AR13,215Russellville, AR: 13,038 personsRussellville, AR13,038Texarkana, AR: 12,679 personsTexarkana, AR12,679Paragould, AR: 11,518 personsParagould, AR11,518Cabot, AR: 11,032 personsCabot, AR11,032Jacksonville, AR: 10,930 personsJacksonville, AR10,930Bella Vista, AR: 10,648 personsBella Vista, AR10,648West Memphis, AR: 9,857 personsWest Memphis, AR9,857Little Rock, AR: 90,234 personsLittle Rock, AR90,234Fayetteville, AR: 40,623 personsFayetteville, AR40,623Fort Smith, AR: 37,734 personsFort Smith, AR37,734Springdale, AR: 34,024 personsSpringdale, AR34,024Jonesboro, AR: 32,911 personsJonesboro, AR32,911Conway, AR: 30,742 personsConway, AR30,742Rogers, AR: 29,587 personsRogers, AR29,587North Little Rock, AR: 27,993 personsNorth Little Rock, AR27,993Bentonville, AR: 20,013 personsBentonville, AR20,013Pine Bluff, AR: 16,172 personsPine Bluff, AR16,172Benton, AR: 15,074 personsBenton, AR15,074Sherwood, AR: 14,559 personsSherwood, AR14,559Hot Springs, AR: 13,215 personsHot Springs, AR13,215Russellville, AR: 13,038 personsRussellville, AR13,038Texarkana, AR: 12,679 personsTexarkana, AR12,679Paragould, AR: 11,518 personsParagould, AR11,518Cabot, AR: 11,032 personsCabot, AR11,032Jacksonville, AR: 10,930 personsJacksonville, AR10,930Bella Vista, AR: 10,648 personsBella Vista, AR10,648West Memphis, AR: 9,857 personsWest Memphis, AR9,857
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Little Rock, AR90,234-0.3%
2Fayetteville, AR40,623+4.3%
3Fort Smith, AR37,734+0.3%
4Springdale, AR34,024+4%
5Jonesboro, AR32,911+1.4%
6Conway, AR30,742+0.6%
7Rogers, AR29,587+4.5%
8North Little Rock, AR27,993+0.7%
9Bentonville, AR20,013+5.8%
10Pine Bluff, AR16,172-3.6%
11Benton, AR15,074+1%
12Sherwood, AR14,559+0.8%
13Hot Springs, AR13,215-0%
14Russellville, AR13,038+1.6%
15Texarkana, AR12,679-0.4%
16Paragould, AR11,518+2.9%
17Cabot, AR11,032+0.5%
18Jacksonville, AR10,930-0.2%
19Bella Vista, AR10,648+2.3%
20West Memphis, AR9,857+0.5%

Other periods

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. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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.CurrentU10-14. 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, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Arkansas by employed residents, 2014. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/arkansas-cities?period=2014. 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, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/arkansas-cities?period=2014.

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, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/arkansas-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Questions

Which city has the highest employed residents?

Little Rock, AR, with 90,234 in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

West Memphis, AR, with 9,857 in 2014.

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. 1 cities have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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