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Jonesboro, Arkansas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Jonesboro fell 0.1 percentage points in November 2020 to 5.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.8 percentage points lower than the Arkansas rate. The unemployment rate in Jonesboro peaked in April 2020 at 9.3% and is now 3.9 percentage points lower. You can also compare Jonesboro 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
Jonesboro 5.4% -0.1 +2.6
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: 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 6,059. There are now 2,459 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Jonesboro employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Jonesboro, Arkansas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
Jonesboro 3,600 -79 +1,705

Number of Unemployed Persons

Jonesboro, Arkansas Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Arkansas
Unemployment Rate		 Jonesboro
Unemployment Rate		 Jonesboro
Unemployed
December
2020		 6.7% — — —
November
2020		 6.7% 6.2% 5.4% 3,600
October
2020		 6.9% 6.2% 5.5% 3,679
September
2020		 7.8% 7.2% 6.5% 4,443
August
2020		 8.4% 7.4% 6.8% 4,512
July
2020		 10.2% 7.1% 6.4% 4,165
June
2020		 11.1% 8.1% 7.6% 4,911
May
2020		 13.3% 9.6% 8.6% 5,688
April
2020		 14.8% 10.8% 9.3% 6,059
March
2020		 4.4% 5.0% 4.0% 2,730
February
2020		 3.5% 3.5% 2.8% 1,875
January
2020		 3.5% 3.5% 2.8% 1,899

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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