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Highest unemployment, Arkansas counties

Arkansas counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2024 ACS). This list covers the 75 counties in Arkansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01Lee County, ARAR8,02919.1%+38%

02Phillips County, ARAR14,25514.5%+1%

03Cross County, ARAR16,18610.7%+52%

04Crittenden County, ARAR46,21010.2%+10%

05Monroe County, ARAR6,2449.8%+58%

06Jackson County, ARAR16,7419.8%−8%

07St. Francis County, ARAR21,8009.2%+54%

08Chicot County, ARAR9,1079.1%−16%

09Dallas County, ARAR6,0118.2%+18%

10Sharp County, ARAR18,1228.1%+57%

11Arkansas County, ARAR15,8368.1%+71%

12Jefferson County, ARAR62,9878.1%−5%

13Desha County, ARAR9,9848.0%+60%

14Little River County, ARAR11,7637.3%−7%

15Polk County, ARAR19,4867.3%−31%

16Izard County, ARAR14,4057.2%−33%

17Miller County, ARAR42,3577.1%−13%

18Mississippi County, ARAR37,8286.9%−23%

19Bradley County, ARAR9,8286.6%+16%

20Cleburne County, ARAR25,6726.4%+26%

21Conway County, ARAR21,3936.4%−13%

22Poinsett County, ARAR22,4836.4%+36%

23Baxter County, ARAR42,9826.3%+16%

24Clay County, ARAR14,0526.3%+8%

25Scott County, ARAR9,9656.2%+6%

26Drew County, ARAR17,0545.9%+111%

27Greene County, ARAR47,4115.9%−21%

28White County, ARAR80,0855.8%+18%

29Lawrence County, ARAR16,2735.8%−26%

30Montgomery County, ARAR8,5795.8%−23%

31Garland County, ARAR99,6955.7%−10%

32Logan County, ARAR21,6335.6%−8%

33Calhoun County, ARAR4,6325.6%−30%

34Hempstead County, ARAR19,0805.6%−2%

35Craighead County, ARAR116,9575.6%−4%

36Ashley County, ARAR17,8315.5%+21%

37Union County, ARAR36,9265.5%+42%

38Sebastian County, ARAR130,6415.5%+11%

39Howard County, ARAR12,3065.4%−18%

40Madison County, ARAR18,4105.3%−31%

41Lafayette County, ARAR5,8885.3%−21%

42Randolph County, ARAR18,8765.3%+24%

43Ouachita County, ARAR21,7315.2%−31%

44Pope County, ARAR64,9765.1%−10%

45Woodruff County, ARAR5,7105.0%−14%

46Marion County, ARAR17,5934.9%−18%

47Sevier County, ARAR15,7584.9%+0%

48Franklin County, ARAR17,7254.9%−10%

49Pulaski County, ARAR404,6114.7%−5%

50Carroll County, ARAR29,2634.7%+5%

51Nevada County, ARAR7,9424.6%−17%

52Johnson County, ARAR26,2254.6%+17%

53Fulton County, ARAR12,4924.6%−10%

54Grant County, ARAR18,7564.5%+39%

55Lonoke County, ARAR76,6644.4%−6%

56Perry County, ARAR10,3094.1%−23%

57Newton County, ARAR7,0264.1%−23%

58Crawford County, ARAR62,6574.1%−15%

59Saline County, ARAR133,2883.9%−0%

60Independence County, ARAR38,7853.9%−10%

61Pike County, ARAR9,9643.9%+2%

62Clark County, ARAR20,9383.8%+6%

63Van Buren County, ARAR16,2383.8%−47%

64Hot Spring County, ARAR33,4513.7%−33%

65Searcy County, ARAR7,8483.7%+0%

66Washington County, ARAR271,2133.4%−22%

67Faulkner County, ARAR133,9793.4%−5%

68Yell County, ARAR19,9563.4%−5%

69Stone County, ARAR12,7033.2%−61%

70Columbia County, ARAR21,8943.2%−51%

71Benton County, ARAR332,5543.1%+20%

72Prairie County, ARAR7,9233.0%−49%

73Lincoln County, ARAR12,7642.7%+61%

74Boone County, ARAR38,6282.5%−44%

75Cleveland County, ARAR7,2242.2%−29%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES