Van Buren County, AR Unemployment Rate Report

Van Buren County, AR Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Van Buren County, Arkansas has ranged from 3.0% in November 2021 to 13.4% in January 2011. The current unemployment rate for Van Buren County is 4.4% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Van Buren County, AR Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Van Buren County, AR Current Unemployment - 4.4%

Van Buren County, AR Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2022	4.9%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.9%	3.8%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.2%	3.2%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.7%	3.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.8%	3.2%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.8%	3.8%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.3%	4.2%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.4%	3.5%	3.7%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2021	6.8%	5.1%	6.3%
2 / 2021	7.0%	5.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.1%	4.8%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.1%	4.3%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.2%	4.5%	5.8%
6 / 2021	5.5%	5.0%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.1%	4.4%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.3%	3.8%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.7%	3.2%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.1%	2.7%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.0%	2.6%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.3%	2.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2020	6.0%	4.1%	3.6%
2 / 2020	5.8%	3.9%	3.5%
3 / 2020	6.7%	4.9%	4.4%
4 / 2020	11.6%	10.3%	14.7%
5 / 2020	10.7%	9.4%	13.3%
6 / 2020	9.2%	8.3%	11.1%
7 / 2020	7.9%	7.5%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.2%	7.4%	8.4%
9 / 2020	7.6%	7.0%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.6%	5.7%	6.9%
11 / 2020	7.2%	4.8%	6.7%
12 / 2020	5.5%	4.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2019	6.5%	4.2%	4.0%
2 / 2019	6.0%	4.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.0%	3.5%	3.8%
4 / 2019	4.3%	3.0%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.6%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.8%	3.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	5.5%	4.1%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.9%	3.6%	3.7%
9 / 2019	4.5%	3.3%	3.5%
10 / 2019	4.3%	3.1%	3.6%
11 / 2019	4.4%	3.1%	3.5%
12 / 2019	5.0%	3.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2018	6.4%	4.3%	4.1%
2 / 2018	6.2%	4.3%	4.1%
3 / 2018	5.2%	3.7%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.9%	3.3%	3.9%
5 / 2018	5.0%	3.5%	3.8%
6 / 2018	5.3%	3.9%	4.0%
7 / 2018	5.6%	4.0%	3.9%
8 / 2018	5.1%	3.6%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.7%	3.4%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.4%	3.2%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.6%	3.1%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.3%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2017	6.9%	4.3%	4.7%
2 / 2017	6.8%	4.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	5.7%	3.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	5.0%	3.2%	4.4%
5 / 2017	5.2%	3.5%	4.4%
6 / 2017	5.2%	3.9%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.9%	4.2%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.2%	3.9%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.9%	3.5%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.7%	3.2%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.7%	3.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	5.2%	3.6%	4.1%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2016	7.4%	4.8%	4.9%
2 / 2016	7.7%	4.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	7.0%	4.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	7.1%	3.6%	5.0%
5 / 2016	7.2%	3.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	7.5%	4.3%	4.9%
7 / 2016	7.9%	4.4%	4.8%
8 / 2016	7.0%	4.0%	4.9%
9 / 2016	6.2%	3.7%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.8%	3.4%	4.9%
11 / 2016	5.4%	3.3%	4.7%
12 / 2016	6.1%	3.6%	4.7%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2015	8.4%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2015	8.1%	6.0%	5.5%
3 / 2015	7.1%	5.5%	5.4%
4 / 2015	6.7%	5.0%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.6%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 2015	6.7%	5.4%	5.3%
7 / 2015	7.1%	5.4%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.3%	4.8%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.8%	4.4%	5.0%
10 / 2015	5.6%	4.1%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.7%	4.0%	5.1%
12 / 2015	6.2%	4.2%	5.0%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2014	10.6%	7.5%	6.6%
2 / 2014	10.1%	7.2%	6.7%
3 / 2014	8.9%	6.6%	6.7%
4 / 2014	8.1%	5.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	8.0%	6.1%	6.3%
6 / 2014	8.1%	6.2%	6.1%
7 / 2014	8.7%	6.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	7.6%	5.9%	6.1%
9 / 2014	7.1%	5.6%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.7%	5.2%	5.7%
11 / 2014	6.8%	5.3%	5.8%
12 / 2014	7.6%	5.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2013	12.0%	8.5%	8.0%
2 / 2013	10.9%	8.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	10.2%	7.4%	7.5%
4 / 2013	9.7%	7.1%	7.6%
5 / 2013	9.5%	7.4%	7.5%
6 / 2013	9.7%	7.7%	7.5%
7 / 2013	10.1%	7.8%	7.3%
8 / 2013	9.5%	7.2%	7.2%
9 / 2013	8.9%	6.9%	7.2%
10 / 2013	8.7%	6.7%	7.2%
11 / 2013	8.9%	6.5%	6.9%
12 / 2013	9.6%	6.8%	6.7%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2012	11.2%	8.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	10.6%	8.2%	8.3%
3 / 2012	9.8%	7.7%	8.2%
4 / 2012	9.4%	7.1%	8.2%
5 / 2012	9.7%	7.4%	8.2%
6 / 2012	10.1%	7.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	11.1%	8.1%	8.2%
8 / 2012	10.2%	7.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	9.8%	7.2%	7.8%
10 / 2012	9.4%	7.0%	7.8%
11 / 2012	9.7%	6.9%	7.7%
12 / 2012	10.7%	7.4%	7.9%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2011	13.4%	9.5%	9.1%
2 / 2011	13.3%	9.2%	9.0%
3 / 2011	11.9%	8.6%	9.0%
4 / 2011	10.9%	8.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	10.9%	8.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	10.9%	8.6%	9.1%
7 / 2011	11.7%	8.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	10.5%	8.1%	9.0%
9 / 2011	9.9%	7.9%	9.0%
10 / 2011	9.7%	7.5%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.5%	7.4%	8.6%
12 / 2011	10.2%	7.8%	8.5%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2010	12.8%	9.0%	9.8%
2 / 2010	12.8%	9.0%	9.8%
3 / 2010	11.6%	8.3%	9.9%
4 / 2010	10.7%	7.8%	9.9%
5 / 2010	10.7%	8.0%	9.6%
6 / 2010	10.3%	8.1%	9.4%
7 / 2010	11.3%	8.4%	9.4%
8 / 2010	11.0%	8.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	10.9%	7.9%	9.5%
10 / 2010	10.1%	7.6%	9.4%
11 / 2010	10.8%	7.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	11.3%	8.2%	9.3%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2009	11.8%	8.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	11.5%	8.1%	8.3%
3 / 2009	10.9%	7.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	10.7%	7.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	10.2%	7.9%	9.4%
6 / 2009	9.7%	8.1%	9.5%
7 / 2009	10.3%	8.2%	9.5%
8 / 2009	9.9%	7.7%	9.6%
9 / 2009	9.9%	7.6%	9.8%
10 / 2009	10.0%	7.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	9.8%	7.6%	9.9%
12 / 2009	10.8%	8.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2008	6.0%	5.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	6.5%	5.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.7%	5.0%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.2%	4.7%	5.0%
5 / 2008	5.5%	5.1%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.6%	5.4%	5.6%
7 / 2008	6.2%	5.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.6%	5.4%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.9%	5.4%	6.1%
10 / 2008	8.4%	5.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	9.0%	5.9%	6.8%
12 / 2008	10.1%	6.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2007	7.2%	5.9%	4.6%
2 / 2007	6.9%	5.8%	4.5%
3 / 2007	5.8%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	5.5%	5.0%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.7%	5.3%	4.4%
6 / 2007	6.0%	5.6%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.4%	5.9%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.8%	5.2%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.8%	5.1%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.2%	4.7%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.2%	4.8%	4.7%
12 / 2007	5.4%	5.2%	5.0%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2006	6.4%	5.5%	4.7%
2 / 2006	6.5%	5.5%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.8%	5.1%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.4%	5.0%	4.7%
5 / 2006	5.9%	5.2%	4.6%
6 / 2006	6.7%	5.4%	4.6%
7 / 2006	6.6%	5.7%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.7%	5.2%	4.7%
9 / 2006	5.6%	4.9%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.1%	4.5%	4.4%
11 / 2006	6.0%	4.9%	4.5%
12 / 2006	6.5%	5.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2005	8.0%	6.1%	5.3%
2 / 2005	7.9%	6.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.5%	5.3%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.9%	5.0%	5.2%
5 / 2005	6.1%	5.3%	5.1%
6 / 2005	6.2%	5.5%	5.0%
7 / 2005	6.4%	5.7%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.6%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.5%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.9%	4.5%	5.0%
11 / 2005	5.2%	4.6%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.7%	4.9%	4.9%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2004	8.7%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2004	8.3%	6.4%	5.6%
3 / 2004	7.6%	6.1%	5.8%
4 / 2004	6.8%	5.5%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.9%	5.8%	5.6%
6 / 2004	7.1%	6.1%	5.6%
7 / 2004	6.9%	6.1%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.4%	5.4%	5.4%
9 / 2004	6.3%	5.2%	5.4%
10 / 2004	6.0%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.3%	5.0%	5.4%
12 / 2004	7.2%	5.4%	5.4%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2003	7.8%	6.4%	5.8%
2 / 2003	7.6%	6.3%	5.9%
3 / 2003	7.0%	5.9%	5.9%
4 / 2003	6.9%	5.7%	6.0%
5 / 2003	7.0%	5.9%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.6%	6.4%	6.3%
7 / 2003	7.4%	6.5%	6.2%
8 / 2003	7.2%	5.9%	6.1%
9 / 2003	7.2%	5.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.6%	5.4%	6.0%
11 / 2003	7.0%	5.5%	5.8%
12 / 2003	7.4%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2002	8.7%	6.4%	5.7%
2 / 2002	8.3%	6.1%	5.7%
3 / 2002	7.2%	5.7%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.9%	5.4%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.7%	5.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.7%	5.8%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.5%	5.8%	5.8%
8 / 2002	5.8%	5.2%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.5%	4.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.0%	4.6%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.7%	5.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	6.4%	5.4%	6.0%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2001	7.7%	5.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	8.2%	5.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	7.0%	4.9%	4.3%
4 / 2001	6.0%	4.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	6.1%	4.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	6.1%	5.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	6.1%	5.4%	4.6%
8 / 2001	5.7%	4.8%	4.9%
9 / 2001	5.2%	4.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.0%	4.5%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.8%	4.8%	5.5%
12 / 2001	6.8%	5.3%	5.7%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 2000	6.4%	5.1%	4.0%
2 / 2000	6.6%	5.0%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.5%	4.5%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.9%	4.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	5.1%	4.2%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.3%	4.4%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.3%	4.5%	4.0%
8 / 2000	4.9%	4.1%	4.1%
9 / 2000	4.5%	3.8%	3.9%
10 / 2000	4.6%	3.5%	3.9%
11 / 2000	5.3%	3.9%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.9%	4.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 1999	8.6%	5.7%	4.3%
2 / 1999	8.0%	5.3%	4.4%
3 / 1999	6.3%	4.7%	4.2%
4 / 1999	5.5%	4.4%	4.3%
5 / 1999	5.8%	4.5%	4.2%
6 / 1999	5.4%	4.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	5.4%	5.0%	4.3%
8 / 1999	4.7%	4.4%	4.2%
9 / 1999	4.3%	4.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	4.0%	3.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	4.3%	3.9%	4.1%
12 / 1999	7.7%	4.3%	4.0%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 1998	9.9%	6.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	9.5%	5.9%	4.6%
3 / 1998	8.6%	5.6%	4.7%
4 / 1998	7.3%	4.9%	4.3%
5 / 1998	7.6%	5.0%	4.4%
6 / 1998	8.3%	5.3%	4.5%
7 / 1998	8.4%	5.4%	4.5%
8 / 1998	7.4%	5.0%	4.5%
9 / 1998	7.2%	4.9%	4.6%
10 / 1998	6.9%	4.6%	4.5%
11 / 1998	6.8%	4.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	7.6%	4.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 1997	9.6%	6.2%	5.3%
2 / 1997	8.8%	5.9%	5.2%
3 / 1997	7.5%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 1997	6.4%	4.9%	5.1%
5 / 1997	6.4%	5.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	6.9%	5.5%	5.0%
7 / 1997	7.3%	5.7%	4.9%
8 / 1997	6.8%	5.1%	4.8%
9 / 1997	6.8%	4.9%	4.9%
10 / 1997	6.9%	4.5%	4.7%
11 / 1997	7.5%	4.6%	4.6%
12 / 1997	8.4%	5.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 1996	8.4%	6.0%	5.6%
2 / 1996	7.8%	5.8%	5.5%
3 / 1996	6.3%	5.3%	5.5%
4 / 1996	5.3%	5.0%	5.6%
5 / 1996	5.7%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 1996	6.1%	5.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	6.5%	5.8%	5.5%
8 / 1996	5.3%	5.0%	5.1%
9 / 1996	6.2%	4.9%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.5%	4.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	6.9%	4.8%	5.4%
12 / 1996	7.7%	5.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 1995	8.8%	5.7%	5.6%
2 / 1995	8.1%	5.7%	5.4%
3 / 1995	7.1%	4.8%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.7%	4.5%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.6%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	6.5%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 1995	7.0%	5.2%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.3%	4.7%	5.7%
9 / 1995	5.8%	4.5%	5.6%
10 / 1995	5.5%	4.2%	5.5%
11 / 1995	6.1%	4.4%	5.6%
12 / 1995	6.5%	4.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 1994	10.4%	6.6%	6.6%
2 / 1994	10.4%	6.3%	6.6%
3 / 1994	9.2%	5.9%	6.5%
4 / 1994	8.2%	5.4%	6.4%
5 / 1994	7.4%	5.3%	6.1%
6 / 1994	7.9%	5.7%	6.1%
7 / 1994	8.0%	5.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	7.8%	5.1%	6.0%
9 / 1994	7.4%	4.7%	5.9%
10 / 1994	6.6%	4.4%	5.8%
11 / 1994	7.1%	4.4%	5.6%
12 / 1994	7.3%	4.7%	5.5%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 1993	11.1%	7.5%	7.3%
2 / 1993	10.1%	7.1%	7.1%
3 / 1993	9.0%	6.5%	7.0%
4 / 1993	8.7%	6.1%	7.1%
5 / 1993	8.3%	6.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	7.8%	6.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	7.8%	6.4%	6.9%
8 / 1993	7.1%	5.8%	6.8%
9 / 1993	6.9%	5.6%	6.7%
10 / 1993	6.8%	5.3%	6.8%
11 / 1993	7.7%	5.3%	6.6%
12 / 1993	8.7%	5.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 1992	12.8%	8.6%	7.3%
2 / 1992	13.2%	8.3%	7.4%
3 / 1992	11.6%	7.5%	7.4%
4 / 1992	10.0%	7.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	9.8%	7.1%	7.6%
6 / 1992	9.0%	7.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	8.7%	7.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	8.3%	6.7%	7.6%
9 / 1992	8.5%	6.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	8.5%	6.0%	7.3%
11 / 1992	8.8%	6.1%	7.4%
12 / 1992	9.2%	6.5%	7.4%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 1991	13.2%	8.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	12.4%	8.3%	6.6%
3 / 1991	10.8%	7.8%	6.8%
4 / 1991	10.1%	7.3%	6.7%
5 / 1991	9.1%	7.5%	6.9%
6 / 1991	9.3%	7.7%	6.9%
7 / 1991	10.4%	7.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	8.6%	7.0%	6.9%
9 / 1991	8.7%	6.8%	6.9%
10 / 1991	8.2%	6.5%	7.0%
11 / 1991	9.6%	6.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	11.3%	7.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, AR%	Arkansas%	National %
1 / 1990	9.7%	7.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	10.5%	7.5%	5.3%
3 / 1990	9.4%	7.0%	5.2%
4 / 1990	8.2%	6.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	8.6%	6.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	8.5%	7.0%	5.2%
7 / 1990	7.8%	7.2%	5.5%
8 / 1990	8.0%	6.6%	5.7%
9 / 1990	8.7%	6.5%	5.9%
10 / 1990	8.5%	6.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	10.7%	6.6%	6.2%
12 / 1990	11.0%	7.2%	6.3%