Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for Arkansas by County
Workforce: Unemployed
Ages 16+, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Rank
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Unemployed)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties) 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | N/A | 5.1 | 71,269 | 30 of 52 |
| United States | N/A | 5.2 | 8,759,317 | N/A |
| Cleveland County | Rural | 2.3 | 65 | 334 |
| Lincoln County | Rural | 2.3 | 90 | 334 |
| Pike County | Rural | 2.6 | 110 | 438 |
| Benton County | Urban | 3.1 | 4,763 | 661 |
| Columbia County | Rural | 3.1 | 300 | 661 |
| Faulkner County | Urban | 3.3 | 2,025 | 755 |
| Yell County | Rural | 3.5 | 316 | 882 |
| Hot Spring County | Rural | 3.6 | 494 | 951 |
| Fulton County | Rural | 3.8 | 170 | 1,082 |
| Saline County | Urban | 3.8 | 2,393 | 1,082 |
| Boone County | Rural | 3.9 | 673 | 1,152 |
| Carroll County | Rural | 3.9 | 477 | 1,152 |
| Hempstead County | Rural | 3.9 | 305 | 1,152 |
| Newton County | Rural | 3.9 | 121 | 1,152 |
| Grant County | Urban | 4.0 | 337 | 1,219 |
| Prairie County | Rural | 4.1 | 151 | 1,291 |
| Washington County | Urban | 4.2 | 5,473 | 1,363 |
| Desha County | Rural | 4.3 | 178 | 1,433 |
| Madison County | Urban | 4.3 | 342 | 1,433 |
| Van Buren County | Rural | 4.3 | 252 | 1,433 |
| Bradley County | Rural | 4.4 | 175 | 1,487 |
| Clark County | Rural | 4.4 | 447 | 1,487 |
| Franklin County | Rural | 4.4 | 319 | 1,487 |
| Stone County | Rural | 4.4 | 188 | 1,487 |
| Union County | Rural | 4.4 | 741 | 1,487 |
| Lonoke County | Urban | 4.5 | 1,575 | 1,561 |
| Perry County | Urban | 4.5 | 186 | 1,561 |
| Independence County | Rural | 4.6 | 799 | 1,626 |
| Ouachita County | Rural | 4.6 | 412 | 1,626 |
| Pope County | Rural | 4.7 | 1,367 | 1,695 |
| Johnson County | Rural | 4.9 | 525 | 1,839 |
| Pulaski County | Urban | 4.9 | 9,611 | 1,839 |
| Sevier County | Rural | 4.9 | 336 | 1,839 |
| Drew County | Rural | 5.1 | 355 | 1,957 |
| White County | Rural | 5.1 | 1,748 | 1,957 |
| Crawford County | Urban | 5.2 | 1,369 | 2,015 |
| Poinsett County | Urban | 5.3 | 522 | 2,079 |
| Searcy County | Rural | 5.3 | 159 | 2,079 |
| Baxter County | Rural | 5.6 | 882 | 2,254 |
| Sebastian County | Urban | 5.8 | 3,564 | 2,339 |
| Garland County | Urban | 5.9 | 2,656 | 2,383 |
| Logan County | Rural | 5.9 | 571 | 2,383 |
| Craighead County | Urban | 6.0 | 3,267 | 2,428 |
| Ashley County | Rural | 6.1 | 423 | 2,471 |
| Scott County | Rural | 6.2 | 249 | 2,506 |
| Clay County | Rural | 6.3 | 418 | 2,542 |
| Lawrence County | Rural | 6.3 | 444 | 2,542 |
| Randolph County | Rural | 6.3 | 494 | 2,542 |
| Woodruff County | Rural | 6.3 | 173 | 2,542 |
| Cleburne County | Rural | 6.5 | 644 | 2,613 |
| Marion County | Rural | 6.5 | 416 | 2,613 |
| Sharp County | Rural | 6.5 | 425 | 2,613 |
| Conway County | Rural | 6.7 | 622 | 2,671 |
| Arkansas County | Rural | 6.8 | 543 | 2,695 |
| Izard County | Rural | 7.0 | 330 | 2,746 |
| Montgomery County | Rural | 7.0 | 234 | 2,746 |
| Calhoun County | Rural | 7.2 | 144 | 2,783 |
| Miller County | Urban | 7.2 | 1,284 | 2,783 |
| St. Francis County | Rural | 7.4 | 635 | 2,824 |
| Greene County | Rural | 7.5 | 1,609 | 2,842 |
| Howard County | Rural | 7.5 | 418 | 2,842 |
| Jefferson County | Rural | 7.5 | 2,051 | 2,842 |
| Nevada County | Rural | 8.3 | 278 | 2,928 |
| Mississippi County | Rural | 8.4 | 1,563 | 2,937 |
| Polk County | Rural | 8.4 | 722 | 2,937 |
| Chicot County | Rural | 8.5 | 314 | 2,956 |
| Cross County | Rural | 8.5 | 656 | 2,956 |
| Dallas County | Rural | 8.5 | 237 | 2,956 |
| Lafayette County | Rural | 8.8 | 205 | 2,979 |
| Little River County | Urban | 9.0 | 501 | 2,992 |
| Crittenden County | Urban | 9.4 | 2,088 | 3,013 |
| Monroe County | Rural | 9.4 | 254 | 3,013 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 9.7 | 629 | 3,029 |
| Phillips County | Rural | 15.8 | 962 | 3,128 |
| Lee County | Rural | 17.7 | 495 | 3,137 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/20/2025 8:19 am.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Workforce: Unemployed, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/20/2025 8:19 am.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Workforce: Unemployed, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.