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Cities in Arkansas by unemployed people

Little Rock, AR had the highest unemployed people of 21 cities in 2020, at 7,413. Centerton, AR had the lowest, at 405. The median was 1,148. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest7,413Little Rock, AR
Lowest405Centerton, AR
Median1,14821 cities

All cities, 2020

Little Rock, AR: 7,413 personsLittle Rock, AR7,413Fayetteville, AR: 2,689 personsFayetteville, AR2,689North Little Rock, AR: 2,609 personsNorth Little Rock, AR2,609Fort Smith, AR: 2,402 personsFort Smith, AR2,402Jonesboro, AR: 2,220 personsJonesboro, AR2,220Conway, AR: 1,892 personsConway, AR1,892Springdale, AR: 1,768 personsSpringdale, AR1,768Rogers, AR: 1,604 personsRogers, AR1,604Pine Bluff, AR: 1,534 personsPine Bluff, AR1,534Hot Springs, AR: 1,490 personsHot Springs, AR1,490Bentonville, AR: 1,148 personsBentonville, AR1,148West Memphis, AR: 1,040 personsWest Memphis, AR1,040Jacksonville, AR: 1,034 personsJacksonville, AR1,034Texarkana, AR: 1,033 personsTexarkana, AR1,033Sherwood, AR: 1,014 personsSherwood, AR1,014Benton, AR: 911 personsBenton, AR911Paragould, AR: 855 personsParagould, AR855Bella Vista, AR: 699 personsBella Vista, AR699Russellville, AR: 696 personsRussellville, AR696Cabot, AR: 659 personsCabot, AR659Centerton, AR: 405 personsCenterton, AR405Little Rock, AR: 7,413 personsLittle Rock, AR7,413Fayetteville, AR: 2,689 personsFayetteville, AR2,689North Little Rock, AR: 2,609 personsNorth Little Rock, AR2,609Fort Smith, AR: 2,402 personsFort Smith, AR2,402Jonesboro, AR: 2,220 personsJonesboro, AR2,220Conway, AR: 1,892 personsConway, AR1,892Springdale, AR: 1,768 personsSpringdale, AR1,768Rogers, AR: 1,604 personsRogers, AR1,604Pine Bluff, AR: 1,534 personsPine Bluff, AR1,534Hot Springs, AR: 1,490 personsHot Springs, AR1,490Bentonville, AR: 1,148 personsBentonville, AR1,148West Memphis, AR: 1,040 personsWest Memphis, AR1,040Jacksonville, AR: 1,034 personsJacksonville, AR1,034Texarkana, AR: 1,033 personsTexarkana, AR1,033Sherwood, AR: 1,014 personsSherwood, AR1,014Benton, AR: 911 personsBenton, AR911Paragould, AR: 855 personsParagould, AR855Bella Vista, AR: 699 personsBella Vista, AR699Russellville, AR: 696 personsRussellville, AR696Cabot, AR: 659 personsCabot, AR659Centerton, AR: 405 personsCenterton, AR405
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2020
persons		Change on 2019
1Little Rock, AR7,413+130.6%
2Fayetteville, AR2,689+112.4%
3North Little Rock, AR2,609+142.2%
4Fort Smith, AR2,402+84.8%
5Jonesboro, AR2,220+102.4%
6Conway, AR1,892+98.7%
7Springdale, AR1,768+80%
8Rogers, AR1,604+84.2%
9Pine Bluff, AR1,534+51.3%
10Hot Springs, AR1,490+143.5%
11Bentonville, AR1,148+87.6%
12West Memphis, AR1,040+105.5%
13Jacksonville, AR1,034+100%
14Texarkana, AR1,033+76%
15Sherwood, AR1,014+105.7%
16Benton, AR911+91.8%
17Paragould, AR855+81.5%
18Bella Vista, AR699+66.4%
19Russellville, AR696+41.5%
20Cabot, AR659+75.3%
21Centerton, AR405n/a

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

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. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. 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: unemployment (measure 04), 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Cities in Arkansas by unemployed people, 2020) [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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Arkansas by unemployed people, 2020. 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/unemployed-people/arkansas-cities?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Cities in Arkansas by unemployed people, 2020. 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/unemployed-people/arkansas-cities?period=2020.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Arkansas by unemployed people, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/arkansas-cities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Little Rock, AR, with 7,413 in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Centerton, AR, with 405 in 2020.

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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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