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Little Rock

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayWorkplace fatalitiesIndustry price indexes
Little Rock Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Sep 2024
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Sep 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway — May 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2024
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Arkansas	Workplace fatalities	Table	Jan 2024
Consumer Price Index, South Region — July 2024	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Aug 2024

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

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

Data Series	Back Data	Feb 2024	Mar 2024	Apr 2024	May 2024	June 2024	July 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		369.7	372.0	375.5	375.2	383.2	(p)387.5
Employment(1)		357.6	360.3	364.4	363.6	370.0	(p)373.7
Unemployment(1)		12.1	11.7	11.1	11.6	13.2	(p)13.8
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.3	3.1	3.0	3.1	3.4	(p)3.6
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		392.2	394.5	397.3	398.4	400.8	(p)397.1
12-month % change		1.6	1.8	2.3	2.4	3.2	(p)3.0
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		21.7	21.9	22.2	22.2	22.6	(p)22.5
12-month % change		7.4	7.9	7.2	6.2	6.1	(p)5.6
Manufacturing(3)		20.0	20.2	20.4	20.4	20.5	(p)20.5
12-month % change		0.0	1.5	3.6	3.6	2.5	(p)2.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		77.5	78.1	78.1	78.2	78.5	(p)78.0
12-month % change		0.3	0.8	1.4	1.0	1.2	(p)0.5
Information(3)		5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	(p)5.3
12-month % change		-8.6	-8.6	-7.0	-5.4	-7.1	(p)-3.6
Financial Activities(3)		27.8	27.7	27.7	27.7	28.1	(p)28.4
12-month % change		-1.1	-1.4	-0.4	-0.4	0.7	(p)1.4
Professional and Business Services(3)		49.6	50.3	50.4	50.6	51.7	(p)50.6
12-month % change		1.6	2.7	2.0	2.4	6.8	(p)6.1
Education and Health Services(3)		65.7	65.4	65.9	66.5	67.2	(p)66.8
12-month % change		4.5	3.5	3.5	4.2	6.2	(p)6.4
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		33.1	34.3	35.7	36.2	36.2	(p)36.3
12-month % change		-2.6	-1.2	2.3	1.7	2.0	(p)2.3
Other Services(3)		19.7	19.5	19.7	19.8	20.1	(p)20.0
12-month % change		2.6	1.6	1.5	2.1	2.0	(p)1.0
Government(3)		71.8	71.8	71.9	71.5	70.7	(p)68.7
12-month % change		3.0	2.7	2.7	2.9	2.5	(p)2.4
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