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Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Arkansas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Fayetteville fell 0.0 percentage points in November 2020 to 4.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.5 percentage points lower than the Arkansas rate. The unemployment rate in Fayetteville peaked in April 2020 at 8.6% and is now 3.9 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.7% in October 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Fayetteville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
National 6.7% -0.2 +3.1
Arkansas 6.2% 0.0 +2.7
Fayetteville 4.7% 0.0 +2.2
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2020 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Fayetteville, Arkansas, National

Fayetteville, Arkansas monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Fayetteville, Arkansas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Fayetteville peaked in April 2020 at 22,908. There are now 10,025 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Fayetteville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Fayetteville, Arkansas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
Fayetteville 12,883 -101 +5,784

Number of Unemployed Persons

Fayetteville, Arkansas Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Arkansas
Unemployment Rate		 Fayetteville
Unemployment Rate		 Fayetteville
Unemployed
December
2020		 6.7% — — —
November
2020		 6.7% 6.2% 4.7% 12,883
October
2020		 6.9% 6.2% 4.7% 12,984
September
2020		 7.8% 7.2% 5.6% 15,545
August
2020		 8.4% 7.4% 5.7% 15,678
July
2020		 10.2% 7.1% 5.4% 14,582
June
2020		 11.1% 8.1% 6.3% 17,156
May
2020		 13.3% 9.6% 7.4% 20,394
April
2020		 14.8% 10.8% 8.6% 22,908
March
2020		 4.4% 5.0% 3.6% 10,306
February
2020		 3.5% 3.5% 2.5% 7,032
January
2020		 3.5% 3.5% 2.5% 7,113

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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