High Unemployment Area
Banks, AR Current Unemployment - 5.4%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Banks, AR Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2022
4.7%
3.8%
4.0%
2 / 2022
4.7%
3.8%
3.8%
3 / 2022
3.9%
3.2%
3.6%
4 / 2022
4.1%
3.2%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.0%
3.2%
3.6%
6 / 2022
4.7%
3.8%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.2%
4.2%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.4%
3.5%
3.7%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2021
5.5%
5.1%
6.3%
2 / 2021
5.7%
5.4%
6.2%
3 / 2021
5.0%
4.8%
6.0%
4 / 2021
4.9%
4.3%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.1%
4.5%
5.8%
6 / 2021
5.9%
5.0%
5.9%
7 / 2021
5.5%
4.4%
5.4%
8 / 2021
4.5%
3.8%
5.2%
9 / 2021
3.7%
3.2%
4.7%
10 / 2021
3.2%
2.7%
4.6%
11 / 2021
3.1%
2.6%
4.2%
12 / 2021
3.2%
2.7%
3.9%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2020
4.6%
4.1%
3.6%
2 / 2020
4.3%
3.9%
3.5%
3 / 2020
5.3%
4.9%
4.4%
4 / 2020
10.9%
10.3%
14.7%
5 / 2020
8.2%
9.4%
13.3%
6 / 2020
7.6%
8.3%
11.1%
7 / 2020
6.9%
7.5%
10.2%
8 / 2020
6.2%
7.4%
8.4%
9 / 2020
6.0%
7.0%
7.9%
10 / 2020
5.0%
5.7%
6.9%
11 / 2020
5.6%
4.8%
6.7%
12 / 2020
3.9%
4.7%
6.7%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2019
5.3%
4.2%
4.0%
2 / 2019
5.2%
4.1%
3.8%
3 / 2019
4.5%
3.5%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.0%
3.0%
3.6%
5 / 2019
3.9%
3.4%
3.6%
6 / 2019
4.4%
3.8%
3.7%
7 / 2019
4.5%
4.1%
3.7%
8 / 2019
4.1%
3.6%
3.7%
9 / 2019
3.5%
3.3%
3.5%
10 / 2019
3.4%
3.1%
3.6%
11 / 2019
3.3%
3.1%
3.5%
12 / 2019
3.5%
3.4%
3.5%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2018
4.8%
4.3%
4.1%
2 / 2018
5.4%
4.3%
4.1%
3 / 2018
5.0%
3.7%
4.0%
4 / 2018
4.0%
3.3%
3.9%
5 / 2018
3.9%
3.5%
3.8%
6 / 2018
4.5%
3.9%
4.0%
7 / 2018
4.5%
4.0%
3.9%
8 / 2018
4.1%
3.6%
3.8%
9 / 2018
3.8%
3.4%
3.7%
10 / 2018
3.7%
3.2%
3.8%
11 / 2018
3.6%
3.1%
3.7%
12 / 2018
4.4%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2017
5.8%
4.3%
4.7%
2 / 2017
5.7%
4.2%
4.7%
3 / 2017
5.0%
3.5%
4.4%
4 / 2017
4.2%
3.2%
4.4%
5 / 2017
4.7%
3.5%
4.4%
6 / 2017
4.5%
3.9%
4.3%
7 / 2017
4.9%
4.2%
4.3%
8 / 2017
4.6%
3.9%
4.4%
9 / 2017
4.2%
3.5%
4.2%
10 / 2017
3.8%
3.2%
4.1%
11 / 2017
3.7%
3.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
3.9%
3.6%
4.1%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2016
5.2%
4.8%
4.9%
2 / 2016
5.0%
4.7%
4.9%
3 / 2016
4.4%
4.1%
5.0%
4 / 2016
3.8%
3.6%
5.0%
5 / 2016
4.1%
3.8%
4.8%
6 / 2016
5.9%
4.3%
4.9%
7 / 2016
6.5%
4.4%
4.8%
8 / 2016
6.0%
4.0%
4.9%
9 / 2016
5.2%
3.7%
5.0%
10 / 2016
4.6%
3.4%
4.9%
11 / 2016
4.4%
3.3%
4.7%
12 / 2016
5.0%
3.6%
4.7%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2015
7.2%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2015
7.0%
6.0%
5.5%
3 / 2015
7.0%
5.5%
5.4%
4 / 2015
5.9%
5.0%
5.4%
5 / 2015
5.8%
5.2%
5.6%
6 / 2015
5.5%
5.4%
5.3%
7 / 2015
6.3%
5.4%
5.2%
8 / 2015
5.8%
4.8%
5.1%
9 / 2015
5.6%
4.4%
5.0%
10 / 2015
4.6%
4.1%
5.0%
11 / 2015
4.6%
4.0%
5.1%
12 / 2015
4.6%
4.2%
5.0%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2014
10.2%
7.5%
6.6%
2 / 2014
10.7%
7.2%
6.7%
3 / 2014
9.2%
6.6%
6.7%
4 / 2014
8.7%
5.8%
6.2%
5 / 2014
8.4%
6.1%
6.3%
6 / 2014
8.8%
6.2%
6.1%
7 / 2014
9.2%
6.5%
6.2%
8 / 2014
8.3%
5.9%
6.1%
9 / 2014
7.6%
5.6%
5.9%
10 / 2014
7.1%
5.2%
5.7%
11 / 2014
6.8%
5.3%
5.8%
12 / 2014
6.9%
5.6%
5.6%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2013
11.4%
8.5%
8.0%
2 / 2013
11.3%
8.0%
7.7%
3 / 2013
10.2%
7.4%
7.5%
4 / 2013
10.0%
7.1%
7.6%
5 / 2013
9.8%
7.4%
7.5%
6 / 2013
9.9%
7.7%
7.5%
7 / 2013
10.5%
7.8%
7.3%
8 / 2013
9.9%
7.2%
7.2%
9 / 2013
9.2%
6.9%
7.2%
10 / 2013
8.8%
6.7%
7.2%
11 / 2013
9.2%
6.5%
6.9%
12 / 2013
9.2%
6.8%
6.7%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2012
13.0%
8.6%
8.3%
2 / 2012
12.5%
8.2%
8.3%
3 / 2012
12.0%
7.7%
8.2%
4 / 2012
11.2%
7.1%
8.2%
5 / 2012
10.8%
7.4%
8.2%
6 / 2012
11.0%
7.7%
8.2%
7 / 2012
11.5%
8.1%
8.2%
8 / 2012
11.1%
7.5%
8.1%
9 / 2012
10.4%
7.2%
7.8%
10 / 2012
9.7%
7.0%
7.8%
11 / 2012
9.7%
6.9%
7.7%
12 / 2012
10.1%
7.4%
7.9%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2011
14.6%
9.5%
9.1%
2 / 2011
14.3%
9.2%
9.0%
3 / 2011
13.1%
8.6%
9.0%
4 / 2011
13.0%
8.1%
9.1%
5 / 2011
12.8%
8.3%
9.0%
6 / 2011
12.6%
8.6%
9.1%
7 / 2011
13.7%
8.7%
9.0%
8 / 2011
12.2%
8.1%
9.0%
9 / 2011
11.4%
7.9%
9.0%
10 / 2011
10.5%
7.5%
8.8%
11 / 2011
10.8%
7.4%
8.6%
12 / 2011
11.4%
7.8%
8.5%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2010
11.2%
9.0%
9.8%
2 / 2010
11.4%
9.0%
9.8%
3 / 2010
11.0%
8.3%
9.9%
4 / 2010
10.6%
7.8%
9.9%
5 / 2010
10.3%
8.0%
9.6%
6 / 2010
10.2%
8.1%
9.4%
7 / 2010
11.3%
8.4%
9.4%
8 / 2010
10.8%
8.1%
9.5%
9 / 2010
10.6%
7.9%
9.5%
10 / 2010
9.7%
7.6%
9.4%
11 / 2010
11.0%
7.9%
9.8%
12 / 2010
11.4%
8.2%
9.3%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2009
11.4%
8.0%
7.8%
2 / 2009
10.5%
8.1%
8.3%
3 / 2009
10.2%
7.8%
8.7%
4 / 2009
9.9%
7.5%
9.0%
5 / 2009
10.7%
7.9%
9.4%
6 / 2009
9.8%
8.1%
9.5%
7 / 2009
9.4%
8.2%
9.5%
8 / 2009
8.6%
7.7%
9.6%
9 / 2009
8.0%
7.6%
9.8%
10 / 2009
9.3%
7.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
9.3%
7.6%
9.9%
12 / 2009
9.8%
8.1%
9.9%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2008
7.0%
5.7%
5.0%
2 / 2008
6.5%
5.4%
4.9%
3 / 2008
6.0%
5.0%
5.1%
4 / 2008
5.8%
4.7%
5.0%
5 / 2008
6.4%
5.1%
5.4%
6 / 2008
6.6%
5.4%
5.6%
7 / 2008
6.9%
5.6%
5.8%
8 / 2008
6.7%
5.4%
6.1%
9 / 2008
7.0%
5.4%
6.1%
10 / 2008
8.4%
5.4%
6.5%
11 / 2008
9.5%
5.9%
6.8%
12 / 2008
10.2%
6.6%
7.3%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2007
7.8%
5.9%
4.6%
2 / 2007
6.5%
5.8%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.7%
5.2%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.4%
5.0%
4.5%
5 / 2007
6.2%
5.3%
4.4%
6 / 2007
6.4%
5.6%
4.6%
7 / 2007
6.9%
5.9%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.9%
5.2%
4.6%
9 / 2007
5.4%
5.1%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.1%
4.7%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.4%
4.8%
4.7%
12 / 2007
6.3%
5.2%
5.0%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2006
8.0%
5.5%
4.7%
2 / 2006
8.2%
5.5%
4.8%
3 / 2006
7.9%
5.1%
4.7%
4 / 2006
7.2%
5.0%
4.7%
5 / 2006
7.4%
5.2%
4.6%
6 / 2006
6.8%
5.4%
4.6%
7 / 2006
7.0%
5.7%
4.7%
8 / 2006
6.4%
5.2%
4.7%
9 / 2006
5.4%
4.9%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.0%
4.5%
4.4%
11 / 2006
8.2%
4.9%
4.5%
12 / 2006
6.4%
5.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2005
9.8%
6.1%
5.3%
2 / 2005
9.6%
6.0%
5.4%
3 / 2005
8.2%
5.3%
5.2%
4 / 2005
8.4%
5.0%
5.2%
5 / 2005
7.5%
5.3%
5.1%
6 / 2005
7.7%
5.5%
5.0%
7 / 2005
8.2%
5.7%
5.0%
8 / 2005
7.9%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2005
7.0%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2005
6.3%
4.5%
5.0%
11 / 2005
6.5%
4.6%
5.0%
12 / 2005
7.3%
4.9%
4.9%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2004
7.8%
6.6%
5.7%
2 / 2004
8.4%
6.4%
5.6%
3 / 2004
8.3%
6.1%
5.8%
4 / 2004
7.8%
5.5%
5.6%
5 / 2004
7.4%
5.8%
5.6%
6 / 2004
7.8%
6.1%
5.6%
7 / 2004
8.2%
6.1%
5.5%
8 / 2004
7.3%
5.4%
5.4%
9 / 2004
6.8%
5.2%
5.4%
10 / 2004
6.9%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 2004
7.3%
5.0%
5.4%
12 / 2004
8.7%
5.4%
5.4%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2003
8.7%
6.4%
5.8%
2 / 2003
8.5%
6.3%
5.9%
3 / 2003
8.8%
5.9%
5.9%
4 / 2003
7.6%
5.7%
6.0%
5 / 2003
7.3%
5.9%
6.1%
6 / 2003
7.7%
6.4%
6.3%
7 / 2003
7.4%
6.5%
6.2%
8 / 2003
6.5%
5.9%
6.1%
9 / 2003
6.4%
5.7%
6.1%
10 / 2003
5.9%
5.4%
6.0%
11 / 2003
6.2%
5.5%
5.8%
12 / 2003
6.5%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2002
8.3%
6.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
8.4%
6.1%
5.7%
3 / 2002
8.2%
5.7%
5.7%
4 / 2002
8.7%
5.4%
5.9%
5 / 2002
8.1%
5.5%
5.8%
6 / 2002
7.6%
5.8%
5.8%
7 / 2002
7.4%
5.8%
5.8%
8 / 2002
6.8%
5.2%
5.7%
9 / 2002
6.6%
4.9%
5.7%
10 / 2002
6.1%
4.6%
5.7%
11 / 2002
6.8%
5.0%
5.9%
12 / 2002
7.2%
5.4%
6.0%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2001
8.9%
5.3%
4.2%
2 / 2001
9.0%
5.3%
4.2%
3 / 2001
10.0%
4.9%
4.3%
4 / 2001
8.1%
4.6%
4.4%
5 / 2001
7.7%
4.8%
4.3%
6 / 2001
7.3%
5.2%
4.5%
7 / 2001
7.9%
5.4%
4.6%
8 / 2001
6.1%
4.8%
4.9%
9 / 2001
5.5%
4.6%
5.0%
10 / 2001
5.2%
4.5%
5.3%
11 / 2001
5.8%
4.8%
5.5%
12 / 2001
6.4%
5.3%
5.7%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 2000
6.7%
5.1%
4.0%
2 / 2000
7.5%
5.0%
4.1%
3 / 2000
6.8%
4.5%
4.0%
4 / 2000
6.6%
4.0%
3.8%
5 / 2000
6.5%
4.2%
4.0%
6 / 2000
6.6%
4.4%
4.0%
7 / 2000
6.8%
4.5%
4.0%
8 / 2000
5.8%
4.1%
4.1%
9 / 2000
5.4%
3.8%
3.9%
10 / 2000
5.1%
3.5%
3.9%
11 / 2000
6.4%
3.9%
3.9%
12 / 2000
8.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 1999
12.6%
5.7%
4.3%
2 / 1999
12.1%
5.3%
4.4%
3 / 1999
10.5%
4.7%
4.2%
4 / 1999
10.7%
4.4%
4.3%
5 / 1999
9.2%
4.5%
4.2%
6 / 1999
10.0%
4.9%
4.3%
7 / 1999
9.1%
5.0%
4.3%
8 / 1999
8.0%
4.4%
4.2%
9 / 1999
7.4%
4.2%
4.2%
10 / 1999
6.5%
3.9%
4.1%
11 / 1999
6.1%
3.9%
4.1%
12 / 1999
6.6%
4.3%
4.0%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 1998
13.7%
6.2%
4.6%
2 / 1998
13.0%
5.9%
4.6%
3 / 1998
12.0%
5.6%
4.7%
4 / 1998
12.4%
4.9%
4.3%
5 / 1998
12.0%
5.0%
4.4%
6 / 1998
12.1%
5.3%
4.5%
7 / 1998
10.9%
5.4%
4.5%
8 / 1998
10.3%
5.0%
4.5%
9 / 1998
9.9%
4.9%
4.6%
10 / 1998
9.3%
4.6%
4.5%
11 / 1998
8.7%
4.5%
4.4%
12 / 1998
9.9%
4.8%
4.4%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 1997
14.3%
6.2%
5.3%
2 / 1997
13.6%
5.9%
5.2%
3 / 1997
13.1%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 1997
12.9%
4.9%
5.1%
5 / 1997
10.7%
5.0%
4.9%
6 / 1997
12.3%
5.5%
5.0%
7 / 1997
11.0%
5.7%
4.9%
8 / 1997
10.2%
5.1%
4.8%
9 / 1997
9.7%
4.9%
4.9%
10 / 1997
8.9%
4.5%
4.7%
11 / 1997
9.8%
4.6%
4.6%
12 / 1997
9.7%
5.1%
4.7%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 1996
10.0%
6.0%
5.6%
2 / 1996
11.0%
5.8%
5.5%
3 / 1996
11.7%
5.3%
5.5%
4 / 1996
11.1%
5.0%
5.6%
5 / 1996
11.4%
5.2%
5.6%
6 / 1996
11.6%
5.5%
5.3%
7 / 1996
12.0%
5.8%
5.5%
8 / 1996
10.5%
5.0%
5.1%
9 / 1996
9.3%
4.9%
5.2%
10 / 1996
8.9%
4.6%
5.2%
11 / 1996
9.9%
4.8%
5.4%
12 / 1996
10.8%
5.2%
5.4%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 1995
10.3%
5.7%
5.6%
2 / 1995
10.2%
5.7%
5.4%
3 / 1995
10.8%
4.8%
5.4%
4 / 1995
10.1%
4.5%
5.8%
5 / 1995
10.0%
4.6%
5.6%
6 / 1995
8.6%
5.0%
5.6%
7 / 1995
8.5%
5.2%
5.7%
8 / 1995
7.3%
4.7%
5.7%
9 / 1995
6.4%
4.5%
5.6%
10 / 1995
6.4%
4.2%
5.5%
11 / 1995
5.8%
4.4%
5.6%
12 / 1995
6.1%
4.8%
5.6%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 1994
12.0%
6.6%
6.6%
2 / 1994
12.7%
6.3%
6.6%
3 / 1994
11.5%
5.9%
6.5%
4 / 1994
9.7%
5.4%
6.4%
5 / 1994
9.4%
5.3%
6.1%
6 / 1994
9.0%
5.7%
6.1%
7 / 1994
8.6%
5.8%
6.1%
8 / 1994
7.9%
5.1%
6.0%
9 / 1994
7.6%
4.7%
5.9%
10 / 1994
7.1%
4.4%
5.8%
11 / 1994
8.3%
4.4%
5.6%
12 / 1994
7.7%
4.7%
5.5%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 1993
11.8%
7.5%
7.3%
2 / 1993
11.8%
7.1%
7.1%
3 / 1993
10.8%
6.5%
7.0%
4 / 1993
10.6%
6.1%
7.1%
5 / 1993
9.5%
6.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
8.5%
6.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
7.3%
6.4%
6.9%
8 / 1993
7.4%
5.8%
6.8%
9 / 1993
6.6%
5.6%
6.7%
10 / 1993
6.3%
5.3%
6.8%
11 / 1993
7.8%
5.3%
6.6%
12 / 1993
8.8%
5.6%
6.5%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 1992
13.6%
8.6%
7.3%
2 / 1992
12.8%
8.3%
7.4%
3 / 1992
11.7%
7.5%
7.4%
4 / 1992
10.7%
7.0%
7.4%
5 / 1992
9.7%
7.1%
7.6%
6 / 1992
10.3%
7.5%
7.8%
7 / 1992
9.8%
7.4%
7.7%
8 / 1992
9.2%
6.7%
7.6%
9 / 1992
8.9%
6.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
8.4%
6.0%
7.3%
11 / 1992
8.7%
6.1%
7.4%
12 / 1992
9.4%
6.5%
7.4%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 1991
13.4%
8.5%
6.4%
2 / 1991
15.0%
8.3%
6.6%
3 / 1991
15.1%
7.8%
6.8%
4 / 1991
14.5%
7.3%
6.7%
5 / 1991
13.3%
7.5%
6.9%
6 / 1991
12.1%
7.7%
6.9%
7 / 1991
12.1%
7.7%
6.8%
8 / 1991
11.6%
7.0%
6.9%
9 / 1991
10.1%
6.8%
6.9%
10 / 1991
9.2%
6.5%
7.0%
11 / 1991
9.4%
6.7%
7.0%
12 / 1991
10.5%
7.4%
7.3%
Month/Year
Banks, AR%
Arkansas%
National %
1 / 1990
10.6%
7.5%
5.4%
2 / 1990
12.6%
7.5%
5.3%
3 / 1990
11.5%
7.0%
5.2%
4 / 1990
9.9%
6.7%
5.4%
5 / 1990
9.8%
6.7%
5.4%
6 / 1990
9.3%
7.0%
5.2%
7 / 1990
9.2%
7.2%
5.5%
8 / 1990
8.3%
6.6%
5.7%
9 / 1990
7.8%
6.5%
5.9%
10 / 1990
7.0%
6.3%
5.9%
11 / 1990
7.9%
6.6%
6.2%
12 / 1990
9.2%
7.2%
6.3%