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Jonesboro, Arkansas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Jonesboro fell 0.1 percentage points in May 2023 to 2.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points lower than the Arkansas rate. The unemployment rate in Jonesboro peaked in April 2020 at 9.2% and is now 6.9 percentage points lower. You can also compare Jonesboro unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% +0.3 +0.1
Arkansas 2.7% -0.1 -0.5
Jonesboro 2.3% -0.1 -0.6
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with May 2023 data as June metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Jonesboro, Arkansas, National

Jonesboro, Arkansas monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Jonesboro, Arkansas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Jonesboro peaked in April 2020 at 5,949. There are now 4,365 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Jonesboro employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Jonesboro, Arkansas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Jonesboro 1,584 -45 -380

Number of Unemployed Persons

Jonesboro, Arkansas Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Arkansas
Unemployment Rate		 Jonesboro
Unemployment Rate		 Jonesboro
Unemployed
June
2023		 3.6% — — —
May
2023		 3.7% 2.7% 2.3% 1,584
April
2023		 3.4% 2.8% 2.4% 1,629
March
2023		 3.5% 3.0% 2.4% 1,661
February
2023		 3.6% 3.2% 2.6% 1,751
January
2023		 3.4% 3.4% 2.8% 1,894
December
2022		 3.5% 3.4% 2.9% 1,945
November
2022		 3.6% 3.5% 2.9% 1,949
October
2022		 3.7% 3.5% 2.9% 1,964
September
2022		 3.5% 3.5% 2.9% 1,989
August
2022		 3.7% 3.4% 3.0% 2,008
July
2022		 3.5% 3.3% 3.0% 2,011

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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