Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Arkansas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Fayetteville fell 0.2 percentage points in March 2012 to 5.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.8 percentage points lower than the Arkansas rate. The unemployment rate in Fayetteville peaked in October 2011 at 6.8% and is now 1.2 percentage points lower. You can also compare Fayetteville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.2%	-0.1	-0.7
Arkansas	7.4%	-0.2	-0.6
Fayetteville	5.6%	-0.2	-0.4

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with March 2012 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Fayetteville, Arkansas, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Fayetteville, Arkansas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Fayetteville peaked in December 2010 at 15,394. There are now 1,996 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Fayetteville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Fayetteville, Arkansas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
Fayetteville	13,398	-234	-432

Number of Unemployed Persons

Fayetteville, Arkansas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Arkansas Unemployment Rate	Fayetteville Unemployment Rate	Fayetteville Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	7.2%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	7.4%	5.6%	13,398
February 2012	8.3%	7.6%	5.8%	13,632
January 2012	8.3%	7.6%	6.0%	13,932
December 2011	8.5%	7.8%	6.4%	14,576
November 2011	8.7%	7.9%	6.6%	14,966
October 2011	8.9%	8.0%	6.8%	15,288
September 2011	9.0%	8.1%	6.7%	14,981
August 2011	9.1%	8.1%	6.5%	14,607
July 2011	9.1%	8.2%	6.4%	14,352
June 2011	9.1%	8.1%	6.2%	14,109
May 2011	9.0%	8.1%	6.0%	13,919
April 2011	9.0%	8.0%	6.0%	13,771