Data / Rankings / Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate) / Cities in Arkansas

Cities in Arkansas by labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate)

Centerton, AR had the highest labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate) of 39 cities in 2022, at 77%. Forrest City, AR had the lowest, at 39%. The median was 62.2% and the figure for Arkansas was 58.2%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest77Centerton, AR
Lowest39Forrest City, AR
Median62.239 cities
Arkansas58.2History

All cities, 2022

Centerton, AR: 77 %Centerton, AR77Bentonville, AR: 72.7 %Bentonville, AR72.7Rogers, AR: 70.4 %Rogers, AR70.4Marion, AR: 70.1 %Marion, AR70.1Bryant, AR: 69.6 %Bryant, AR69.6Pea Ridge, AR: 69.2 %Pea Ridge, AR69.2Springdale, AR: 68.2 %Springdale, AR68.2Benton, AR: 66.6 %Benton, AR66.6Lowell, AR: 65.8 %Lowell, AR65.8Fayetteville, AR: 65.7 %Fayetteville, AR65.7North Little Rock, AR: 65 %North Little Rock, AR65Little Rock, AR: 64.8 %Little Rock, AR64.8Blytheville, AR: 64.5 %Blytheville, AR64.5Cabot, AR: 64.4 %Cabot, AR64.4Maumelle, AR: 64.3 %Maumelle, AR64.3Jacksonville, AR: 63.8 %Jacksonville, AR63.8Jonesboro, AR: 63 %Jonesboro, AR63Sherwood, AR: 62.6 %Sherwood, AR62.6Siloam Springs, AR: 62.5 %Siloam Springs, AR62.5Conway, AR: 62.2 %Conway, AR62.2Fort Smith, AR: 61.4 %Fort Smith, AR61.4Paragould, AR: 60.2 %Paragould, AR60.2West Memphis, AR: 59.8 %West Memphis, AR59.8Farmington, AR: 59.8 %Farmington, AR59.8Russellville, AR: 59.4 %Russellville, AR59.4Van Buren, AR: 58.4 %Van Buren, AR58.4El Dorado, AR: 55.9 %El Dorado, AR55.9Harrison, AR: 54.9 %Harrison, AR54.9Batesville, AR: 54.7 %Batesville, AR54.7Hot Springs, AR: 54.5 %Hot Springs, AR54.5Texarkana, AR: 53.8 %Texarkana, AR53.8Bella Vista, AR: 53.4 %Bella Vista, AR53.4Camden, AR: 52.5 %Camden, AR52.5Pine Bluff, AR: 52.2 %Pine Bluff, AR52.2Magnolia, AR: 51.7 %Magnolia, AR51.7Searcy, AR: 49.8 %Searcy, AR49.8Mountain Home, AR: 49.5 %Mountain Home, AR49.5Malvern, AR: 44 %Malvern, AR44Forrest City, AR: 39 %Forrest City, AR39Centerton, AR: 77 %Centerton, AR77Bentonville, AR: 72.7 %Bentonville, AR72.7Rogers, AR: 70.4 %Rogers, AR70.4Marion, AR: 70.1 %Marion, AR70.1Bryant, AR: 69.6 %Bryant, AR69.6Pea Ridge, AR: 69.2 %Pea Ridge, AR69.2Springdale, AR: 68.2 %Springdale, AR68.2Benton, AR: 66.6 %Benton, AR66.6Lowell, AR: 65.8 %Lowell, AR65.8Fayetteville, AR: 65.7 %Fayetteville, AR65.7North Little Rock, AR: 65 %North Little Rock, AR65Little Rock, AR: 64.8 %Little Rock, AR64.8Blytheville, AR: 64.5 %Blytheville, AR64.5Cabot, AR: 64.4 %Cabot, AR64.4Maumelle, AR: 64.3 %Maumelle, AR64.3Jacksonville, AR: 63.8 %Jacksonville, AR63.8Jonesboro, AR: 63 %Jonesboro, AR63Sherwood, AR: 62.6 %Sherwood, AR62.6Siloam Springs, AR: 62.5 %Siloam Springs, AR62.5Conway, AR: 62.2 %Conway, AR62.2Fort Smith, AR: 61.4 %Fort Smith, AR61.4Paragould, AR: 60.2 %Paragould, AR60.2West Memphis, AR: 59.8 %West Memphis, AR59.8Farmington, AR: 59.8 %Farmington, AR59.8Russellville, AR: 59.4 %Russellville, AR59.4Van Buren, AR: 58.4 %Van Buren, AR58.4El Dorado, AR: 55.9 %El Dorado, AR55.9Harrison, AR: 54.9 %Harrison, AR54.9Batesville, AR: 54.7 %Batesville, AR54.7Hot Springs, AR: 54.5 %Hot Springs, AR54.5Texarkana, AR: 53.8 %Texarkana, AR53.8Bella Vista, AR: 53.4 %Bella Vista, AR53.4Camden, AR: 52.5 %Camden, AR52.5Pine Bluff, AR: 52.2 %Pine Bluff, AR52.2Magnolia, AR: 51.7 %Magnolia, AR51.7Searcy, AR: 49.8 %Searcy, AR49.8Mountain Home, AR: 49.5 %Mountain Home, AR49.5Malvern, AR: 44 %Malvern, AR44Forrest City, AR: 39 %Forrest City, AR39
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Centerton, AR77+1.6 pts
2Bentonville, AR72.7+1.3 pts
3Rogers, AR70.4-1 pts
4Marion, AR70.1-2.5 pts
5Bryant, AR69.6-2.8 pts
6Pea Ridge, AR69.2+0.9 pts
7Springdale, AR68.2-0.7 pts
8Benton, AR66.6-0.2 pts
9Lowell, AR65.8-0.3 pts
10Fayetteville, AR65.7-0.1 pts
11North Little Rock, AR65-0.1 pts
12Little Rock, AR64.8-1.1 pts
13Blytheville, AR64.5-1 pts
14Cabot, AR64.4-0.8 pts
15Maumelle, AR64.3-0.7 pts
16Jacksonville, AR63.8+0.6 pts
17Jonesboro, AR63-0.8 pts
18Sherwood, AR62.6-1.4 pts
19Siloam Springs, AR62.5+0.4 pts
20Conway, AR62.2-1.9 pts
21Fort Smith, AR61.4-0.6 pts
22Paragould, AR60.2-0.3 pts
23West Memphis, AR59.8+0.2 pts
24Farmington, AR59.8-2.8 pts
25Russellville, AR59.4-0.3 pts
26Van Buren, AR58.4-0.5 pts
27El Dorado, AR55.9+2.2 pts
28Harrison, AR54.9-2.5 pts
29Batesville, AR54.7-2.6 pts
30Hot Springs, AR54.5+0.8 pts
31Texarkana, AR53.8-0.8 pts
32Bella Vista, AR53.4+0.1 pts
33Camden, AR52.5-1.1 pts
34Pine Bluff, AR52.2-0.3 pts
35Magnolia, AR51.7+0.8 pts
36Searcy, AR49.8-1.2 pts
37Mountain Home, AR49.5+1 pts
38Malvern, AR44+1.4 pts
39Forrest City, AR39-0.5 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

People aged 16 and over in the labor force (employed, unemployed or in the Armed Forces) as a percentage of all people aged 16 and over, including people in group quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

The Census Bureau definition used in its data profiles. It differs from the BLS labor_force_participation_rate, which counts the civilian noninstitutional population only.

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. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Arkansas by labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b23025.dat

MLA 9

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Arkansas by labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b23025.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/labor-force-participation-rate-acs/arkansas-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Arkansas by labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b23025.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/labor-force-participation-rate-acs/arkansas-cities?period=2022.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Arkansas by labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b23025.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/labor-force-participation-rate-acs/arkansas-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_cities_in_arkansas_by_2022,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Arkansas by labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2022}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b23025.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/labor-force-participation-rate-acs/arkansas-cities?period=2022. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Arkansas by labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2022
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/01/29
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b23025.dat
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/labor-force-participation-rate-acs/arkansas-cities?period=2022
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/labor-force-participation-rate-acs/arkansas-cities?period=2022.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Cities in Arkansas by labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate) using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"labor_force_participation_rate_acs","level":"municipality","within":"Arkansas","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=labor_force_participation_rate_acs&level=municipality&within=Arkansas&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which city has the highest labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate)?

Centerton, AR, with 77% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate)?

Forrest City, AR, with 39% in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate): other rankings

Cities in Arkansas: more rankings