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Jobless rates in seven of the eight metro areas within or including parts of Arkansas were down compared with July 2021, and all areas posted year-over-year job gains. The largest job growth was in Northwest Arkansas which added an estimated 13,455 since July 2021.
July jobless rates ranged from 2.8% in Northwest Arkansas to 6.7% in the Pine Bluff metro, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The July report is preliminary and subject to revisions.
Arkansas’ three largest metro regions – areas with most of the workforce in the state – accounted for 80% the state’s 33,357 year-over-year job gains in July, with the Northwest Arkansas metro accounting for 40.3% of the increase.
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