# Cities in Arkansas by unemployed people, 2025

All 21 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployed_persons`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average. 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.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/arkansas-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Little Rock, AR | 4,382 |
| 2 | Fayetteville, AR | 2,004 |
| 3 | Fort Smith, AR | 1,683 |
| 4 | Jonesboro, AR | 1,673 |
| 5 | North Little Rock, AR | 1,457 |
| 6 | Springdale, AR | 1,453 |
| 7 | Conway, AR | 1,391 |
| 8 | Rogers, AR | 1,253 |
| 9 | Bentonville, AR | 1,048 |
| 10 | Pine Bluff, AR | 994 |
| 11 | Hot Springs, AR | 760 |
| 12 | Benton, AR | 679 |
| 13 | Sherwood, AR | 656 |
| 14 | West Memphis, AR | 655 |
| 15 | Jacksonville, AR | 641 |
| 16 | Russellville, AR | 610 |
| 17 | Bella Vista, AR | 594 |
| 18 | Texarkana, AR | 593 |
| 19 | Paragould, AR | 581 |
| 20 | Cabot, AR | 453 |
| 21 | Centerton, AR | 421 |