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Cities in Arkansas by employed residents

Little Rock, AR had the highest employed residents of 20 cities in 2017, at 96,337. West Memphis, AR had the lowest, at 9,337. The median was 16,381. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest96,337Little Rock, AR
Lowest9,337West Memphis, AR
Median16,38120 cities

All cities, 2017

Little Rock, AR: 96,337 personsLittle Rock, AR96,337Fayetteville, AR: 46,264 personsFayetteville, AR46,264Fort Smith, AR: 40,628 personsFort Smith, AR40,628Springdale, AR: 39,850 personsSpringdale, AR39,850Rogers, AR: 33,696 personsRogers, AR33,696Jonesboro, AR: 33,636 personsJonesboro, AR33,636Conway, AR: 31,079 personsConway, AR31,079North Little Rock, AR: 30,593 personsNorth Little Rock, AR30,593Bentonville, AR: 24,768 personsBentonville, AR24,768Benton, AR: 17,082 personsBenton, AR17,082Pine Bluff, AR: 15,679 personsPine Bluff, AR15,679Hot Springs, AR: 15,613 personsHot Springs, AR15,613Sherwood, AR: 15,245 personsSherwood, AR15,245Russellville, AR: 12,823 personsRussellville, AR12,823Cabot, AR: 12,351 personsCabot, AR12,351Bella Vista, AR: 12,282 personsBella Vista, AR12,282Paragould, AR: 12,079 personsParagould, AR12,079Jacksonville, AR: 11,981 personsJacksonville, AR11,981Texarkana, AR: 11,858 personsTexarkana, AR11,858West Memphis, AR: 9,337 personsWest Memphis, AR9,337Little Rock, AR: 96,337 personsLittle Rock, AR96,337Fayetteville, AR: 46,264 personsFayetteville, AR46,264Fort Smith, AR: 40,628 personsFort Smith, AR40,628Springdale, AR: 39,850 personsSpringdale, AR39,850Rogers, AR: 33,696 personsRogers, AR33,696Jonesboro, AR: 33,636 personsJonesboro, AR33,636Conway, AR: 31,079 personsConway, AR31,079North Little Rock, AR: 30,593 personsNorth Little Rock, AR30,593Bentonville, AR: 24,768 personsBentonville, AR24,768Benton, AR: 17,082 personsBenton, AR17,082Pine Bluff, AR: 15,679 personsPine Bluff, AR15,679Hot Springs, AR: 15,613 personsHot Springs, AR15,613Sherwood, AR: 15,245 personsSherwood, AR15,245Russellville, AR: 12,823 personsRussellville, AR12,823Cabot, AR: 12,351 personsCabot, AR12,351Bella Vista, AR: 12,282 personsBella Vista, AR12,282Paragould, AR: 12,079 personsParagould, AR12,079Jacksonville, AR: 11,981 personsJacksonville, AR11,981Texarkana, AR: 11,858 personsTexarkana, AR11,858West Memphis, AR: 9,337 personsWest Memphis, AR9,337
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2017
persons		Change on 2016
1Little Rock, AR96,337+0.5%
2Fayetteville, AR46,264+2.6%
3Fort Smith, AR40,628-0.2%
4Springdale, AR39,850+1.7%
5Rogers, AR33,696+2.3%
6Jonesboro, AR33,636+3.1%
7Conway, AR31,079+1.6%
8North Little Rock, AR30,593+0.2%
9Bentonville, AR24,768+5.2%
10Benton, AR17,082+2.3%
11Pine Bluff, AR15,679-2%
12Hot Springs, AR15,613+0.5%
13Sherwood, AR15,245+1.4%
14Russellville, AR12,823-1.7%
15Cabot, AR12,351+1.3%
16Bella Vista, AR12,282+0.8%
17Paragould, AR12,079+0.5%
18Jacksonville, AR11,981+0.2%
19Texarkana, AR11,858-1.1%
20West Memphis, AR9,337-1%

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 2017 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Questions

Which city has the highest employed residents?

Little Rock, AR, with 96,337 in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

West Memphis, AR, with 9,337 in 2017.

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 2017 and are not ranked.

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