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Arkansas Employment

Date Employment Unemployment
Total % Change
Year Ago
Rate Unit Change
Year Ago
1978 884,000-6.5-
1979 926,0004.86.2-0.3
1980 924,000-0.27.61.4
1981 939,0001.69.11.5
1982 925,000-1.59.80.7
1983 924,000-0.110.10.4
1984 948,0002.68.9-1.2
1985 961,0001.48.7-0.3
1986 979,0001.98.80.1
1987 1,001,0002.28.1-0.7
1988 1,024,0002.37.7-0.4
1989 1,053,0002.87.2-0.4
1990 1,047,784-0.57.0-0.3
1991 1,033,376-1.47.40.5
1992 1,069,4983.57.3-0.1
1993 1,092,8782.26.2-1.1
1994 1,142,9414.65.3-0.9
1995 1,170,5932.44.8-0.5
1996 1,179,0200.75.10.3
1997 1,177,143-0.25.10.0
1998 1,179,3380.25.0-0.1
1999 1,198,0161.64.4-0.6
2000 1,207,3520.84.2-0.2
2001 1,194,024-1.14.70.5
2002 1,204,4670.95.30.7
2003 1,195,942-0.75.80.5
2004 1,223,4462.35.6-0.2
2005 1,270,3213.85.1-0.5
2006 1,287,5431.45.30.1
2007 1,293,8520.55.40.1
Monthly Data
1995-Jan1,133,0784.45.7-0.7
Feb1,149,9604.65.6-0.6
Mar1,163,8054.04.8-1.1
Apr1,171,4963.24.6-0.9
May1,171,6572.14.5-0.9
Jun1,184,9681.85.0-0.5
Jul1,185,2821.65.2-0.4
Aug1,178,8211.34.6-0.6
Sep1,179,9241.44.4-0.3
Oct1,181,7561.64.1-0.3
Nov1,178,2181.64.3-0.2
Dec1,168,1551.84.7-0.2
1996-Jan1,139,5590.66.10.4
Feb1,157,0300.65.80.3
Mar1,167,2790.35.30.5
Apr1,178,4980.65.00.4
May1,184,1831.15.10.6
Jun1,197,0801.05.40.4
Jul1,196,5010.95.70.4
Aug1,190,9021.04.80.1
Sep1,190,6950.94.60.2
Oct1,190,0660.74.40.3
Nov1,184,3310.54.60.3
Dec1,172,1120.35.00.3
1997-Jan1,141,8000.26.20.1
Feb1,156,7010.05.90.1
Mar1,173,8440.65.40.1
Apr1,184,7240.54.8-0.1
May1,188,4900.44.8-0.2
Jun1,193,764-0.35.60.2
Jul1,192,707-0.35.6-0.1
Aug1,186,276-0.44.90.1
Sep1,182,639-0.74.60.1
Oct1,178,063-1.04.2-0.2
Nov1,178,678-0.54.3-0.3
Dec1,168,027-0.34.8-0.2
1998-Jan1,140,672-0.16.0-0.2
Feb1,154,187-0.25.8-0.1
Mar1,166,284-0.65.50.1
Apr1,181,812-0.24.7-0.1
May1,184,366-0.34.90.1
Jun1,193,9890.05.4-0.2
Jul1,193,0930.05.4-0.2
Aug1,186,9610.14.90.0
Sep1,189,1250.54.60.0
Oct1,188,5480.94.30.1
Nov1,189,0950.94.2-0.1
Dec1,183,9241.44.5-0.3
1999-Jan1,160,3251.75.4-0.6
Feb1,174,8541.85.2-0.6
Mar1,186,2871.74.5-1.0
Apr1,197,8701.44.2-0.5
May1,203,9621.74.2-0.7
Jun1,215,1081.84.9-0.5
Jul1,211,4871.54.9-0.5
Aug1,204,2571.54.3-0.6
Sep1,207,0911.54.0-0.6
Oct1,207,2261.63.7-0.6
Nov1,207,1891.53.8-0.4
Dec1,200,5351.44.2-0.3
2000-Jan1,182,4301.95.3-0.2
Feb1,195,0971.75.30.1
Mar1,206,8861.74.70.2
Apr1,220,9631.94.0-0.2
May1,215,3250.94.1-0.1
Jun1,229,2811.24.4-0.5
Jul1,219,7230.74.5-0.4
Aug1,209,7210.54.0-0.3
Sep1,207,0920.03.5-0.5
Oct1,207,1830.03.3-0.4
Nov1,201,333-0.53.5-0.3
Dec1,193,185-0.63.9-0.3
2001-Jan1,167,312-1.35.0-0.2
Feb1,180,588-1.25.0-0.2
Mar1,190,447-1.44.60.0
Apr1,200,505-1.74.30.4
May1,199,065-1.34.30.2
Jun1,209,691-1.65.00.6
Jul1,211,174-0.75.00.5
Aug1,194,407-1.34.70.6
Sep1,201,768-0.44.30.8
Oct1,198,286-0.74.20.9
Nov1,191,718-0.84.51.0
Dec1,183,325-0.85.11.2
2002-Jan1,159,922-0.66.21.1
Feb1,182,8570.26.01.0
Mar1,195,4770.45.61.0
Apr1,207,6300.65.30.9
May1,212,6051.15.10.8
Jun1,219,2230.85.80.7
Jul1,215,7960.45.70.7
Aug1,213,9671.65.10.4
Sep1,223,2141.84.60.3
Oct1,216,8811.64.40.3
Nov1,207,8071.44.80.3
Dec1,198,2261.35.40.3
2003-Jan1,172,8291.16.30.2
Feb1,184,0790.16.30.3
Mar1,191,295-0.35.80.2
Apr1,201,093-0.55.60.3
May1,197,271-1.35.70.5
Jun1,206,333-1.16.50.7
Jul1,200,866-1.26.40.7
Aug1,196,731-1.45.70.7
Sep1,199,813-1.95.50.9
Oct1,200,719-1.35.20.7
Nov1,201,440-0.55.30.5
Dec1,198,8300.15.50.1
2004-Jan1,178,0590.46.50.2
Feb1,191,0450.66.50.1
Mar1,204,9111.16.10.2
Apr1,221,5461.75.5-0.1
May1,222,1752.15.5-0.1
Jun1,231,2392.16.1-0.4
Jul1,236,2222.96.1-0.4
Aug1,234,4893.25.3-0.4
Sep1,238,0723.25.0-0.5
Oct1,241,3923.44.8-0.4
Nov1,243,4423.55.0-0.3
Dec1,238,7613.35.4-0.1
2005-Jan1,216,0403.26.1-0.4
Feb1,233,1853.56.2-0.3
Mar1,251,2563.85.4-0.7
Apr1,271,3164.14.9-0.5
May1,276,1544.44.9-0.6
Jun1,286,5444.55.4-0.7
Jul1,290,4604.45.5-0.6
Aug1,285,2134.14.8-0.5
Sep1,285,3493.84.7-0.3
Oct1,288,2973.84.3-0.5
Nov1,284,6633.34.5-0.5
Dec1,275,3703.04.8-0.6
2006-Jan1,255,6203.35.6-0.5
Feb1,266,5862.75.9-0.3
Mar1,281,8722.45.30.0
Apr1,290,4721.55.20.3
May1,290,1061.15.20.3
Jun1,301,2561.15.70.3
Jul1,295,2890.46.00.5
Aug1,290,7160.45.20.4
Sep1,293,8840.74.90.2
Oct1,298,3230.84.40.1
Nov1,296,1010.94.70.3
Dec1,290,2921.25.00.3
2007-Jan1,263,3790.66.00.4
Feb1,276,7850.85.90.0
Mar1,294,1181.05.2-0.1
Apr1,298,3940.65.0-0.2
May1,298,8730.75.1-0.1
Jun1,308,4610.65.6-0.1
Jul1,302,9500.66.00.0
Aug1,293,7540.25.40.2
Sep1,303,3330.75.10.2
Oct1,298,3120.04.90.5
Nov1,299,9020.35.00.2
Dec1,287,961-0.25.60.6
2008-Jan1,266,2140.26.40.4
Feb1,272,977-0.35.7-0.2
Mar1,296,1870.25.0-0.2
Apr1,311,9351.04.5-0.5
May1,319,5251.65.0-0.1
Jun1,322,9331.15.3-0.3
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.


 
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