Unemployment Rate in Jackson County, AR
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
9.8%
Rank #3,077/3,222 · #70 in AR
5th
Jackson 9.8%
AR 4.9% +99.0%
US 5.3% +84.5%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Jackson County's unemployment rate of 9.8% 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 Jackson County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,074 | Cataño Municipio, PR | 9.7% |
| #3,075 | Richmond County, NC | 9.7% |
| #3,076 | Choctaw County, MS | 9.8% |
| #3,077 | Jackson County, AR | 9.8% |
| #3,078 | Colusa County, CA | 9.8% |
| #3,079 | Allen Parish, LA | 9.8% |
| #3,080 | Hardeman County, TN | 9.8% |
About Unemployment Rate
Jackson County, Arkansas has a unemployment rate of 9.8%, ranking #3,077 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 84.5% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Arkansas, it ranks #70 of 75. This places it in the 5th 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.