Unemployment Rate in Craighead County, AR

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
5.6% +4.9% vs nat'l
Rank #2,334 of 3,222
28th percentile

How Craighead County Compares

Craighead County
5.6%
Arkansas Average
5.6%
Rank #41 of 75 in state
National
5.3%
4.9% above

National Distribution

Where Craighead County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.

0.0% 28.6%

■ Craighead County: 5.6%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#2,331 Fayette County, WV 5.6%
#2,332 Kanawha County, WV 5.6%
#2,333 Harrison County, TX 5.6%
#2,334 Craighead County, AR 5.6%
#2,335 Calhoun County, AR 5.6%
#2,336 Richmond County, NY 5.6%
#2,337 Florence County, SC 5.6%
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Unemployment Rate in Craighead County, Arkansas

Craighead County, Arkansas has a unemployment rate of 5.6%, which ranks #2,334 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 4.9% above the national value of 5.3%.

Within Arkansas, Craighead County ranks #41 of 75 out of 75 counties. This places it in the 28th percentile nationally.

Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.