# Counties in Arkansas by unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 75 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed civilians aged 16 and over as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate-acs/arkansas-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Lee County | 19.1 |
| 2 | Phillips County | 14.5 |
| 3 | Cross County | 10.7 |
| 4 | Crittenden County | 10.2 |
| 5 | Monroe County | 9.8 |
| 6 | Jackson County | 9.8 |
| 7 | St. Francis County | 9.2 |
| 8 | Chicot County | 9.1 |
| 9 | Dallas County | 8.3 |
| 10 | Arkansas County | 8.1 |
| 10 | Sharp County | 8.1 |
| 12 | Jefferson County | 8.1 |
| 13 | Desha County | 8 |
| 14 | Little River County | 7.3 |
| 15 | Polk County | 7.3 |
| 16 | Izard County | 7.2 |
| 17 | Miller County | 7.1 |
| 18 | Mississippi County | 6.9 |
| 19 | Bradley County | 6.6 |
| 20 | Cleburne County | 6.4 |
| 21 | Conway County | 6.4 |
| 22 | Poinsett County | 6.4 |
| 23 | Baxter County | 6.3 |
| 24 | Clay County | 6.3 |
| 25 | Scott County | 6.2 |
| 26 | Drew County | 5.9 |
| 27 | Greene County | 5.9 |
| 28 | White County | 5.8 |
| 29 | Lawrence County | 5.8 |
| 30 | Montgomery County | 5.8 |
| 31 | Garland County | 5.7 |
| 32 | Logan County | 5.6 |
| 33 | Calhoun County | 5.6 |
| 34 | Hempstead County | 5.6 |
| 35 | Craighead County | 5.6 |
| 36 | Ashley County | 5.5 |
| 36 | Union County | 5.5 |
| 38 | Sebastian County | 5.5 |
| 39 | Howard County | 5.4 |
| 40 | Lafayette County | 5.3 |
| 40 | Madison County | 5.3 |
| 42 | Randolph County | 5.3 |
| 43 | Ouachita County | 5.2 |
| 44 | Pope County | 5.2 |
| 45 | Woodruff County | 5 |
| 46 | Marion County | 5 |
| 47 | Sevier County | 4.9 |
| 48 | Franklin County | 4.9 |
| 49 | Pulaski County | 4.8 |
| 50 | Carroll County | 4.7 |
| 51 | Nevada County | 4.6 |
| 52 | Johnson County | 4.6 |
| 53 | Fulton County | 4.6 |
| 54 | Grant County | 4.5 |
| 55 | Lonoke County | 4.4 |
| 56 | Perry County | 4.1 |
| 57 | Newton County | 4.1 |
| 58 | Crawford County | 4.1 |
| 59 | Saline County | 3.9 |
| 60 | Independence County | 3.9 |
| 60 | Pike County | 3.9 |
| 62 | Clark County | 3.8 |
| 63 | Van Buren County | 3.8 |
| 64 | Hot Spring County | 3.7 |
| 65 | Searcy County | 3.7 |
| 66 | Washington County | 3.4 |
| 67 | Faulkner County | 3.4 |
| 68 | Yell County | 3.4 |
| 69 | Stone County | 3.2 |
| 70 | Columbia County | 3.2 |
| 71 | Benton County | 3.1 |
| 72 | Prairie County | 3 |
| 73 | Lincoln County | 2.7 |
| 74 | Boone County | 2.5 |
| 75 | Cleveland County | 2.2 |