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Cities in Arkansas by employed residents

Little Rock, AR had the highest employed residents of 20 cities in 2018, at 95,998. West Memphis, AR had the lowest, at 9,277. The median was 16,531. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest95,998Little Rock, AR
Lowest9,277West Memphis, AR
Median16,53120 cities

All cities, 2018

Little Rock, AR: 95,998 personsLittle Rock, AR95,998Fayetteville, AR: 46,629 personsFayetteville, AR46,629Fort Smith, AR: 40,465 personsFort Smith, AR40,465Springdale, AR: 40,201 personsSpringdale, AR40,201Jonesboro, AR: 34,392 personsJonesboro, AR34,392Rogers, AR: 34,013 personsRogers, AR34,013Conway, AR: 31,434 personsConway, AR31,434North Little Rock, AR: 30,690 personsNorth Little Rock, AR30,690Bentonville, AR: 25,516 personsBentonville, AR25,516Benton, AR: 17,275 personsBenton, AR17,275Hot Springs, AR: 15,787 personsHot Springs, AR15,787Pine Bluff, AR: 15,474 personsPine Bluff, AR15,474Sherwood, AR: 15,311 personsSherwood, AR15,311Russellville, AR: 12,751 personsRussellville, AR12,751Cabot, AR: 12,390 personsCabot, AR12,390Bella Vista, AR: 12,244 personsBella Vista, AR12,244Paragould, AR: 12,221 personsParagould, AR12,221Jacksonville, AR: 11,891 personsJacksonville, AR11,891Texarkana, AR: 11,675 personsTexarkana, AR11,675West Memphis, AR: 9,277 personsWest Memphis, AR9,277Little Rock, AR: 95,998 personsLittle Rock, AR95,998Fayetteville, AR: 46,629 personsFayetteville, AR46,629Fort Smith, AR: 40,465 personsFort Smith, AR40,465Springdale, AR: 40,201 personsSpringdale, AR40,201Jonesboro, AR: 34,392 personsJonesboro, AR34,392Rogers, AR: 34,013 personsRogers, AR34,013Conway, AR: 31,434 personsConway, AR31,434North Little Rock, AR: 30,690 personsNorth Little Rock, AR30,690Bentonville, AR: 25,516 personsBentonville, AR25,516Benton, AR: 17,275 personsBenton, AR17,275Hot Springs, AR: 15,787 personsHot Springs, AR15,787Pine Bluff, AR: 15,474 personsPine Bluff, AR15,474Sherwood, AR: 15,311 personsSherwood, AR15,311Russellville, AR: 12,751 personsRussellville, AR12,751Cabot, AR: 12,390 personsCabot, AR12,390Bella Vista, AR: 12,244 personsBella Vista, AR12,244Paragould, AR: 12,221 personsParagould, AR12,221Jacksonville, AR: 11,891 personsJacksonville, AR11,891Texarkana, AR: 11,675 personsTexarkana, AR11,675West Memphis, AR: 9,277 personsWest Memphis, AR9,277
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2018
persons		Change on 2017
1Little Rock, AR95,998-0.4%
2Fayetteville, AR46,629+0.8%
3Fort Smith, AR40,465-0.4%
4Springdale, AR40,201+0.9%
5Jonesboro, AR34,392+2.2%
6Rogers, AR34,013+0.9%
7Conway, AR31,434+1.1%
8North Little Rock, AR30,690+0.3%
9Bentonville, AR25,516+3%
10Benton, AR17,275+1.1%
11Hot Springs, AR15,787+1.1%
12Pine Bluff, AR15,474-1.3%
13Sherwood, AR15,311+0.4%
14Russellville, AR12,751-0.6%
15Cabot, AR12,390+0.3%
16Bella Vista, AR12,244-0.3%
17Paragould, AR12,221+1.2%
18Jacksonville, AR11,891-0.8%
19Texarkana, AR11,675-1.5%
20West Memphis, AR9,277-0.6%

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 2018 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Questions

Which city has the highest employed residents?

Little Rock, AR, with 95,998 in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

West Memphis, AR, with 9,277 in 2018.

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 2018 and are not ranked.

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