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Pine Bluff, Arkansas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Pine Bluff fell 0.3 percentage points in January 2023 to 5.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.9 percentage points higher than the Arkansas rate. The unemployment rate in Pine Bluff peaked in June 2011 at 10.4% and is now 5.1 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.8% in June 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.5 percentage points. You can also compare Pine Bluff unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.6
Arkansas 3.4% 0.0 +0.2
Pine Bluff 5.3% -0.3 +0.1
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with January 2023 data as February metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Pine Bluff, Arkansas, National

Pine Bluff, Arkansas monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Pine Bluff, Arkansas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Pine Bluff peaked in July 2011 at 4,367. There are now 2,635 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,696 in July 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 36. Pine Bluff employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Pine Bluff, Arkansas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Pine Bluff 1,732 -107 +33

Number of Unemployed Persons

Pine Bluff, Arkansas Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Arkansas
Unemployment Rate
Pine Bluff
Unemployment Rate
Pine Bluff
Unemployed
February
2023
3.6%
January
2023
3.4% 3.4% 5.3% 1,732
December
2022
3.5% 3.4% 5.6% 1,839
November
2022
3.6% 3.5% 5.7% 1,883
October
2022
3.7% 3.5% 5.7% 1,890
September
2022
3.5% 3.5% 5.6% 1,871
August
2022
3.7% 3.4% 5.5% 1,842
July
2022
3.5% 3.3% 5.5% 1,814
June
2022
3.6% 3.2% 5.3% 1,771
May
2022
3.6% 3.2% 5.4% 1,772
April
2022
3.6% 3.1% 5.3% 1,757
March
2022
3.6% 3.1% 5.2% 1,703

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.