# Counties in Arkansas by unemployment rate, August 2026

All 75 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/arkansas-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/unemployment-rate/arkansas-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Phillips County | 7.2 |
| 2 | Desha County | 6.6 |
| 3 | Nevada County | 6 |
| 4 | Chicot County | 5.8 |
| 5 | Jefferson County | 5.5 |
| 6 | Izard County | 5.3 |
| 7 | Lee County | 5.2 |
| 8 | Johnson County | 5.1 |
| 8 | Marion County | 5.1 |
| 8 | St. Francis County | 5.1 |
| 11 | Ashley County | 5 |
| 11 | Lincoln County | 5 |
| 13 | Crittenden County | 4.9 |
| 14 | Bradley County | 4.8 |
| 15 | Howard County | 4.7 |
| 15 | Monroe County | 4.7 |
| 15 | Pope County | 4.7 |
| 15 | Van Buren County | 4.7 |
| 19 | Fulton County | 4.6 |
| 19 | Union County | 4.6 |
| 21 | Hempstead County | 4.5 |
| 21 | Lafayette County | 4.5 |
| 21 | Ouachita County | 4.5 |
| 24 | Columbia County | 4.4 |
| 24 | Newton County | 4.4 |
| 24 | Stone County | 4.4 |
| 27 | Miller County | 4.3 |
| 28 | Clark County | 4.2 |
| 28 | Montgomery County | 4.2 |
| 28 | Polk County | 4.2 |
| 31 | Drew County | 4.1 |
| 31 | Perry County | 4.1 |
| 33 | Arkansas County | 4 |
| 33 | Cleveland County | 4 |
| 33 | Pike County | 4 |
| 33 | Pulaski County | 4 |
| 37 | Cleburne County | 3.9 |
| 37 | Dallas County | 3.9 |
| 37 | Franklin County | 3.9 |
| 37 | Greene County | 3.9 |
| 37 | Jackson County | 3.9 |
| 37 | Little River County | 3.9 |
| 37 | Logan County | 3.9 |
| 37 | Mississippi County | 3.9 |
| 37 | Sharp County | 3.9 |
| 46 | Baxter County | 3.8 |
| 46 | Clay County | 3.8 |
| 46 | Cross County | 3.8 |
| 46 | Hot Spring County | 3.8 |
| 46 | Searcy County | 3.8 |
| 46 | Yell County | 3.8 |
| 52 | Boone County | 3.7 |
| 52 | Calhoun County | 3.7 |
| 52 | Lawrence County | 3.7 |
| 52 | Poinsett County | 3.7 |
| 56 | Conway County | 3.6 |
| 56 | Crawford County | 3.6 |
| 56 | Garland County | 3.6 |
| 56 | Scott County | 3.6 |
| 56 | Sebastian County | 3.6 |
| 56 | White County | 3.6 |
| 62 | Craighead County | 3.5 |
| 62 | Prairie County | 3.5 |
| 64 | Carroll County | 3.4 |
| 65 | Faulkner County | 3.3 |
| 66 | Lonoke County | 3.2 |
| 66 | Randolph County | 3.2 |
| 68 | Grant County | 3.1 |
| 68 | Saline County | 3.1 |
| 68 | Woodruff County | 3.1 |
| 71 | Independence County | 3 |
| 71 | Sevier County | 3 |
| 73 | Benton County | 2.9 |
| 73 | Washington County | 2.9 |
| 75 | Madison County | 2.8 |