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Cities in Arkansas by employed residents

Little Rock, AR had the highest employed residents of 21 cities in 2021, at 93,642. West Memphis, AR had the lowest, at 8,759. The median was 15,887. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest93,642Little Rock, AR
Lowest8,759West Memphis, AR
Median15,88721 cities

All cities, 2021

Little Rock, AR: 93,642 personsLittle Rock, AR93,642Fayetteville, AR: 48,386 personsFayetteville, AR48,386Springdale, AR: 39,600 personsSpringdale, AR39,600Fort Smith, AR: 39,573 personsFort Smith, AR39,573Jonesboro, AR: 35,894 personsJonesboro, AR35,894Rogers, AR: 35,082 personsRogers, AR35,082Conway, AR: 31,780 personsConway, AR31,780North Little Rock, AR: 29,830 personsNorth Little Rock, AR29,830Bentonville, AR: 29,264 personsBentonville, AR29,264Benton, AR: 17,458 personsBenton, AR17,458Hot Springs, AR: 15,887 personsHot Springs, AR15,887Sherwood, AR: 15,283 personsSherwood, AR15,283Pine Bluff, AR: 14,433 personsPine Bluff, AR14,433Bella Vista, AR: 12,451 personsBella Vista, AR12,451Paragould, AR: 12,117 personsParagould, AR12,117Cabot, AR: 12,051 personsCabot, AR12,051Russellville, AR: 11,893 personsRussellville, AR11,893Jacksonville, AR: 11,529 personsJacksonville, AR11,529Texarkana, AR: 11,242 personsTexarkana, AR11,242Centerton, AR: 10,556 personsCenterton, AR10,556West Memphis, AR: 8,759 personsWest Memphis, AR8,759Little Rock, AR: 93,642 personsLittle Rock, AR93,642Fayetteville, AR: 48,386 personsFayetteville, AR48,386Springdale, AR: 39,600 personsSpringdale, AR39,600Fort Smith, AR: 39,573 personsFort Smith, AR39,573Jonesboro, AR: 35,894 personsJonesboro, AR35,894Rogers, AR: 35,082 personsRogers, AR35,082Conway, AR: 31,780 personsConway, AR31,780North Little Rock, AR: 29,830 personsNorth Little Rock, AR29,830Bentonville, AR: 29,264 personsBentonville, AR29,264Benton, AR: 17,458 personsBenton, AR17,458Hot Springs, AR: 15,887 personsHot Springs, AR15,887Sherwood, AR: 15,283 personsSherwood, AR15,283Pine Bluff, AR: 14,433 personsPine Bluff, AR14,433Bella Vista, AR: 12,451 personsBella Vista, AR12,451Paragould, AR: 12,117 personsParagould, AR12,117Cabot, AR: 12,051 personsCabot, AR12,051Russellville, AR: 11,893 personsRussellville, AR11,893Jacksonville, AR: 11,529 personsJacksonville, AR11,529Texarkana, AR: 11,242 personsTexarkana, AR11,242Centerton, AR: 10,556 personsCenterton, AR10,556West Memphis, AR: 8,759 personsWest Memphis, AR8,759
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021
persons		Change on 2020
1Little Rock, AR93,642+1.6%
2Fayetteville, AR48,386+3.7%
3Springdale, AR39,600+1.4%
4Fort Smith, AR39,573+0.6%
5Jonesboro, AR35,894+2.9%
6Rogers, AR35,082+2.5%
7Conway, AR31,780+4.3%
8North Little Rock, AR29,830+1%
9Bentonville, AR29,264+4.9%
10Benton, AR17,458+3.4%
11Hot Springs, AR15,887+3.2%
12Sherwood, AR15,283+2.5%
13Pine Bluff, AR14,433-1.2%
14Bella Vista, AR12,451+2.7%
15Paragould, AR12,117+2.3%
16Cabot, AR12,051+2%
17Russellville, AR11,893+0.6%
18Jacksonville, AR11,529+0.9%
19Texarkana, AR11,242+0.2%
20Centerton, AR10,556+10.7%
21West Memphis, AR8,759-0.4%

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. 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.CurrentU20-24. 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, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Arkansas by employed residents, 2021. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/arkansas-cities?period=2021. 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, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/arkansas-cities?period=2021.

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, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/arkansas-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Questions

Which city has the highest employed residents?

Little Rock, AR, with 93,642 in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

West Memphis, AR, with 8,759 in 2021.

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.

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