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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%+5.3 pts

02Phillips County, ARAR14,25514.5%+0.1 pts

03Cross County, ARAR16,18610.7%+3.7 pts

04Crittenden County, ARAR46,21010.2%+0.9 pts

05Monroe County, ARAR6,2449.8%+3.6 pts

06Jackson County, ARAR16,7419.8%−0.8 pts

07St. Francis County, ARAR21,8009.2%+3.2 pts

08Chicot County, ARAR9,1079.1%−1.8 pts

09Dallas County, ARAR6,0118.2%+1.3 pts

10Sharp County, ARAR18,1228.1%+2.9 pts

11Arkansas County, ARAR15,8368.1%+3.4 pts

12Jefferson County, ARAR62,9878.1%−0.5 pts

13Desha County, ARAR9,9848.0%+3.0 pts

14Little River County, ARAR11,7637.3%−0.6 pts

15Polk County, ARAR19,4867.3%−3.2 pts

16Izard County, ARAR14,4057.2%−3.5 pts

17Miller County, ARAR42,3577.1%−1.0 pts

18Mississippi County, ARAR37,8286.9%−2.0 pts

19Bradley County, ARAR9,8286.6%+0.9 pts

20Cleburne County, ARAR25,6726.4%+1.3 pts

21Conway County, ARAR21,3936.4%−0.9 pts

22Poinsett County, ARAR22,4836.4%+1.7 pts

23Baxter County, ARAR42,9826.3%+0.9 pts

24Clay County, ARAR14,0526.3%+0.5 pts

25Scott County, ARAR9,9656.2%+0.4 pts

26Drew County, ARAR17,0545.9%+3.1 pts

27Greene County, ARAR47,4115.9%−1.6 pts

28White County, ARAR80,0855.8%+0.9 pts

29Lawrence County, ARAR16,2735.8%−2.0 pts

30Montgomery County, ARAR8,5795.8%−1.7 pts

31Garland County, ARAR99,6955.7%−0.6 pts

32Logan County, ARAR21,6335.6%−0.5 pts

33Calhoun County, ARAR4,6325.6%−2.4 pts

34Hempstead County, ARAR19,0805.6%−0.1 pts

35Craighead County, ARAR116,9575.6%−0.3 pts

36Ashley County, ARAR17,8315.5%+1.0 pts

37Union County, ARAR36,9265.5%+1.6 pts

38Sebastian County, ARAR130,6415.5%+0.5 pts

39Howard County, ARAR12,3065.4%−1.2 pts

40Madison County, ARAR18,4105.3%−2.4 pts

41Lafayette County, ARAR5,8885.3%−1.4 pts

42Randolph County, ARAR18,8765.3%+1.0 pts

43Ouachita County, ARAR21,7315.2%−2.3 pts

44Pope County, ARAR64,9765.1%−0.6 pts

45Woodruff County, ARAR5,7105.0%−0.8 pts

46Marion County, ARAR17,5934.9%−1.1 pts

47Sevier County, ARAR15,7584.9%+0.0 pts

48Franklin County, ARAR17,7254.9%−0.6 pts

49Pulaski County, ARAR404,6114.7%−0.2 pts

50Carroll County, ARAR29,2634.7%+0.2 pts

51Nevada County, ARAR7,9424.6%−1.0 pts

52Johnson County, ARAR26,2254.6%+0.7 pts

53Fulton County, ARAR12,4924.6%−0.5 pts

54Grant County, ARAR18,7564.5%+1.3 pts

55Lonoke County, ARAR76,6644.4%−0.3 pts

56Perry County, ARAR10,3094.1%−1.2 pts

57Newton County, ARAR7,0264.1%−1.2 pts

58Crawford County, ARAR62,6574.1%−0.7 pts

59Saline County, ARAR133,2883.9%−0.0 pts

60Independence County, ARAR38,7853.9%−0.4 pts

61Pike County, ARAR9,9643.9%+0.1 pts

62Clark County, ARAR20,9383.8%+0.2 pts

63Van Buren County, ARAR16,2383.8%−3.3 pts

64Hot Spring County, ARAR33,4513.7%−1.8 pts

65Searcy County, ARAR7,8483.7%+0.0 pts

66Washington County, ARAR271,2133.4%−1.0 pts

67Faulkner County, ARAR133,9793.4%−0.2 pts

68Yell County, ARAR19,9563.4%−0.2 pts

69Stone County, ARAR12,7033.2%−5.0 pts

70Columbia County, ARAR21,8943.2%−3.3 pts

71Benton County, ARAR332,5543.1%+0.5 pts

72Prairie County, ARAR7,9233.0%−3.0 pts

73Lincoln County, ARAR12,7642.7%+1.0 pts

74Boone County, ARAR38,6282.5%−2.0 pts

75Cleveland County, ARAR7,2242.2%−0.9 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES