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Cities in Arkansas by employed residents

Little Rock, AR had the highest employed residents of 20 cities in 2015, at 91,508. West Memphis, AR had the lowest, at 9,898. The median was 15,727. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest91,508Little Rock, AR
Lowest9,898West Memphis, AR
Median15,72720 cities

All cities, 2015

Little Rock, AR: 91,508 personsLittle Rock, AR91,508Fayetteville, AR: 42,889 personsFayetteville, AR42,889Fort Smith, AR: 38,304 personsFort Smith, AR38,304Springdale, AR: 35,556 personsSpringdale, AR35,556Jonesboro, AR: 34,285 personsJonesboro, AR34,285Conway, AR: 31,350 personsConway, AR31,350Rogers, AR: 31,245 personsRogers, AR31,245North Little Rock, AR: 28,218 personsNorth Little Rock, AR28,218Bentonville, AR: 21,994 personsBentonville, AR21,994Pine Bluff, AR: 15,939 personsPine Bluff, AR15,939Benton, AR: 15,514 personsBenton, AR15,514Sherwood, AR: 14,797 personsSherwood, AR14,797Russellville, AR: 13,172 personsRussellville, AR13,172Hot Springs, AR: 13,141 personsHot Springs, AR13,141Texarkana, AR: 13,076 personsTexarkana, AR13,076Paragould, AR: 11,838 personsParagould, AR11,838Cabot, AR: 11,132 personsCabot, AR11,132Bella Vista, AR: 11,066 personsBella Vista, AR11,066Jacksonville, AR: 11,004 personsJacksonville, AR11,004West Memphis, AR: 9,898 personsWest Memphis, AR9,898Little Rock, AR: 91,508 personsLittle Rock, AR91,508Fayetteville, AR: 42,889 personsFayetteville, AR42,889Fort Smith, AR: 38,304 personsFort Smith, AR38,304Springdale, AR: 35,556 personsSpringdale, AR35,556Jonesboro, AR: 34,285 personsJonesboro, AR34,285Conway, AR: 31,350 personsConway, AR31,350Rogers, AR: 31,245 personsRogers, AR31,245North Little Rock, AR: 28,218 personsNorth Little Rock, AR28,218Bentonville, AR: 21,994 personsBentonville, AR21,994Pine Bluff, AR: 15,939 personsPine Bluff, AR15,939Benton, AR: 15,514 personsBenton, AR15,514Sherwood, AR: 14,797 personsSherwood, AR14,797Russellville, AR: 13,172 personsRussellville, AR13,172Hot Springs, AR: 13,141 personsHot Springs, AR13,141Texarkana, AR: 13,076 personsTexarkana, AR13,076Paragould, AR: 11,838 personsParagould, AR11,838Cabot, AR: 11,132 personsCabot, AR11,132Bella Vista, AR: 11,066 personsBella Vista, AR11,066Jacksonville, AR: 11,004 personsJacksonville, AR11,004West Memphis, AR: 9,898 personsWest Memphis, AR9,898
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2015
persons		Change on 2014
1Little Rock, AR91,508+1.4%
2Fayetteville, AR42,889+5.6%
3Fort Smith, AR38,304+1.5%
4Springdale, AR35,556+4.5%
5Jonesboro, AR34,285+4.2%
6Conway, AR31,350+2%
7Rogers, AR31,245+5.6%
8North Little Rock, AR28,218+0.8%
9Bentonville, AR21,994+9.9%
10Pine Bluff, AR15,939-1.4%
11Benton, AR15,514+2.9%
12Sherwood, AR14,797+1.6%
13Russellville, AR13,172+1%
14Hot Springs, AR13,141-0.6%
15Texarkana, AR13,076+3.1%
16Paragould, AR11,838+2.8%
17Cabot, AR11,132+0.9%
18Bella Vista, AR11,066+3.9%
19Jacksonville, AR11,004+0.7%
20West Memphis, AR9,898+0.4%

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 2015 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.CurrentU15-19. 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, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Arkansas by employed residents, 2015. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/arkansas-cities?period=2015. 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, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/arkansas-cities?period=2015.

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, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/arkansas-cities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Questions

Which city has the highest employed residents?

Little Rock, AR, with 91,508 in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

West Memphis, AR, with 9,898 in 2015.

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 2015 and are not ranked.

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