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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Arkansas > Jonesboro

Jonesboro

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published

Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Feb 2023
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Arkansas	Workplace fatalities	Table	Dec 2022
Consumer Price Index, South Region — December 2022	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Jan 2023

Jonesboro, AR Economy at a Glance:

Jonesboro, AR
Data Series	Back Data	July 2022	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		67.9	66.1	66.0	66.2	66.3	(p)66.6
Employment(1)		65.5	64.0	64.0	64.6	64.6	(p)65.0
Unemployment(1)		2.3	2.0	2.1	1.6	1.7	(p)1.6
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.5	3.1	3.1	2.4	2.5	(p)2.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		61.6	61.1	61.8	62.5	63.0	(p)63.2
12-month % change		3.9	2.7	2.0	1.6	2.1	(p)1.9
Government(3)		7.9	7.9	8.3	8.6	8.6	(p)8.6
12-month % change		-2.5	-3.7	-3.5	-1.1	-1.1	(p)-1.1
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary