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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	Oct 2019
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway – May 2018	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2019
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Arkansas	Workplace fatalities	Table	Dec 2018
Consumer Price Index, South Region – October 2019	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Nov 2019

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

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

Data Series	Back Data	Dec 2021	Jan 2022	Feb 2022	Mar 2022	Apr 2022	May 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)350.7	349.9	353.3	351.7	355.1	(p)354.8
Employment(1)		(2)341.1	336.8	339.9	340.2	343.7	(p)343.6
Unemployment(1)		(2)9.6	13.1	13.4	11.5	11.4	(p)11.2
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)2.7	3.8	3.8	3.3	3.2	(p)3.1
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		366.4	361.9	362.9	363.6	366.6	(p)367.9
12-month % change		3.2	3.1	3.6	2.7	2.8	(p)3.0
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		18.3	17.9	17.9	17.9	17.9	(p)17.9
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	1.1	-1.6	-3.2	(p)-2.7
Manufacturing(4)		19.3	19.3	19.5	19.6	19.9	(p)19.7
12-month % change		3.8	4.9	5.4	4.8	6.4	(p)5.9
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		76.0	74.6	74.4	74.9	75.1	(p)75.7
12-month % change		7.8	8.9	9.4	9.5	9.8	(p)10.0
Information(4)		5.5	5.5	5.4	5.5	5.5	(p)5.5
12-month % change		5.8	7.8	5.9	7.8	5.8	(p)3.8
Financial Activities(4)		22.7	22.7	22.7	22.5	22.9	(p)23.1
12-month % change		1.3	2.3	1.8	1.4	2.7	(p)3.6
Professional and Business Services(4)		47.7	46.4	45.6	45.7	45.5	(p)45.4
12-month % change		3.0	1.5	0.2	-1.1	-2.8	(p)-3.0
Education and Health Services(4)		58.2	58.0	59.0	58.3	59.0	(p)59.3
12-month % change		1.9	0.2	2.3	0.3	1.2	(p)2.1
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		32.4	32.1	32.5	33.1	34.6	(p)35.4
12-month % change		8.7	9.9	12.1	9.2	10.2	(p)9.9
Other Services(4)		18.0	17.9	17.9	17.9	18.1	(p)18.3
12-month % change		1.7	0.6	0.6	-0.6	0.6	(p)1.1
Government(4)		68.3	67.5	68.0	68.2	68.1	(p)67.6
12-month % change		-1.4	-1.0	-1.2	-1.2	-1.3	(p)-1.3
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary