Unemployment Rate in Ashley County, AR
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.4%
Rank #2,284/3,222 · #39 in AR
29th
Ashley 5.4%
AR 4.9% +10.8%
US 5.3% +2.7%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Ashley County's unemployment rate of 5.4% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Ashley County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,281 | Bladen County, NC | 5.4% |
| #2,282 | Ocean County, NJ | 5.4% |
| #2,283 | Columbia County, NY | 5.4% |
| #2,284 | Ashley County, AR | 5.4% |
| #2,285 | Effingham County, GA | 5.4% |
| #2,286 | Stephens County, TX | 5.4% |
| #2,287 | Sumter County, FL | 5.4% |
About Unemployment Rate
Ashley County, Arkansas has a unemployment rate of 5.4%, ranking #2,284 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 2.7% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Arkansas, it ranks #39 of 75. This places it in the 29th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.