Subscribe via RSS
   Membership Directory  |  Community Info  |  Economic Development  |  Your Chamber  |  Members-Only  |  Community Calendar 
Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce

Workforce Numbers
 

Workforce Numbers
March 2012

 

Civilian Labor Force

Employed

Unemployed

Unemployment Rate

Craighead County

49,025

45,700

3,325

6.8%

Jonesboro MSA

59,850

55,650

4,200

7.0%

Arkansas

1,389,600

1,286,200

103,400

7.4%

United States

154,707,000

142,034,000

12,673,000

8.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Source:  Arkansas Department of Workforce, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, March 2012; data provided May 9, 2012.

Jonesboro MSA
(Craighead & Poinsett Counties)
Non-Farm Payroll Jobs
March 2012

Total Non-Farm Workers 49,600
Total Service Providing
 41,100
Total Goods Producing 8,500
Total Private
 40,900
Government 8,700
 

Source:  Arkansas Department of Workforce, Non-Farm Payroll Jobs, Jonesboro MSA, March 2012; data provided May 9, 2012.