Unemployment Rate in Monroe County, AR
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
9.8%
Rank #3,084/3,222 · #71 in AR
4th
Monroe 9.8%
AR 4.9% +100.0%
US 5.3% +85.4%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Monroe 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 Monroe County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,081 | Petersburg city, VA | 9.8% |
| #3,082 | Evangeline Parish, LA | 9.8% |
| #3,083 | Mineral County, NV | 9.8% |
| #3,084 | Monroe County, AR | 9.8% |
| #3,085 | Colleton County, SC | 9.8% |
| #3,086 | Mahnomen County, MN | 9.8% |
| #3,087 | Kings County, CA | 9.9% |
About Unemployment Rate
Monroe County, Arkansas has a unemployment rate of 9.8%, ranking #3,084 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 85.4% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Arkansas, it ranks #71 of 75. This places it in the 4th 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.