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Little Rock

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Little Rock Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jun 2017
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jul 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2017
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Arkansas Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2016
Consumer Price Index, South Region – June 2017 Consumer price indexes News Release Jul 2017

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Economy at a Glance:

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
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2017

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 343.5 348.3 349.4 350.2 (p)352.5  

Employment(1)

 331.0 334.8 338.1 340.3 (p)341.7  

Unemployment(1)

 12.5 13.4 11.3 9.8 (p)10.9  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.6 3.9 3.2 2.8 (p)3.1  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 352.1 354.6 355.9 354.7 354.3 (p)356.5

12-month % change

 0.8 0.9 0.7 -0.2 -0.4 (p)0.8

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 16.2 16.5 16.5 16.5 16.8 (p)17.1

12-month % change

 -3.6 -2.4 -2.9 -4.1 -3.4 (p)-2.8

Manufacturing(3)

 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 (p)20.0

12-month % change

 -1.0 -1.0 -0.5 -1.0 -1.0 (p)-1.5

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 71.3 70.6 70.5 70.4 70.1 (p)70.6

12-month % change

 2.1 1.7 1.0 0.7 0.3 (p)1.1

Information(3)

 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.1 (p)6.1

12-month % change

 -4.7 -4.7 -4.7 -4.7 -3.2 (p)-4.7

Financial Activities(3)

 20.4 20.3 20.4 20.4 20.5 (p)20.6

12-month % change

 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 (p)1.0

Professional and Business Services(3)

 46.6 47.5 47.9 47.5 46.7 (p)45.9

12-month % change

 1.5 0.6 1.1 -0.6 -1.5 (p)-1.1

Education and Health Services(3)

 55.6 56.2 56.2 55.9 55.3 (p)56.6

12-month % change

 5.5 5.8 6.0 4.3 3.2 (p)6.4

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 31.6 32.4 32.7 32.7 33.6 (p)35.2

12-month % change

 -1.6 0.0 -1.5 -3.3 -2.9 (p)1.7

Other Services(3)

 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.7 14.9 (p)15.1

12-month % change

 1.4 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.8 (p)1.3

Government(3)

 69.8 70.4 70.9 70.5 70.3 (p)69.3

12-month % change

 -1.4 -1.3 -1.4 -1.5 -1.4 (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