North Central Arkansas News

Independence County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.4% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 930 people out of the 37,796 living in Independence County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Independence County has increased compared to the 4.3% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Independence County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.3%.

Of the 16,223 people who had a job during that time, 47 were employed in the Armed Forces and 16,176 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	930	5.4%
Employed	16,223	94.6%
Employed in civilian labor force	16,176	94.3%
Employed in armed forces	47	0.3%