Fort Smith, Arkansas Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Fort Smith fell 0.1 percentage points in November 2020 to 6.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the Arkansas rate. The unemployment rate in Fort Smith peaked in April 2020 at 12.4% and is now 6.1 percentage points lower. You can also compare Fort Smith 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 |
Fort Smith | 6.3% | -0.1 | +2.6 |
Unemployment Rate: Fort Smith, Arkansas, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Fort Smith, Arkansas Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Fort Smith peaked in April 2020 at 14,309. There are now 7,012 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Fort Smith employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Fort Smith, Arkansas) is also available.
Unemployed Persons | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Fort Smith | 7,297 | -114 | +2,949 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Fort Smith, Arkansas Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Arkansas Unemployment Rate |
Fort Smith Unemployment Rate |
Fort Smith Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
December 2020 |
6.7% | — | — | — |
November 2020 |
6.7% | 6.2% | 6.3% | 7,297 |
October 2020 |
6.9% | 6.2% | 6.4% | 7,411 |
September 2020 |
7.8% | 7.2% | 6.9% | 8,051 |
August 2020 |
8.4% | 7.4% | 7.0% | 8,209 |
July 2020 |
10.2% | 7.1% | 7.4% | 8,382 |
June 2020 |
11.1% | 8.1% | 7.5% | 8,530 |
May 2020 |
13.3% | 9.6% | 11.9% | 14,186 |
April 2020 |
14.8% | 10.8% | 12.4% | 14,309 |
March 2020 |
4.4% | 5.0% | 4.6% | 5,448 |
February 2020 |
3.5% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 4,220 |
January 2020 |
3.5% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 4,311 |
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. ↩