Carroll County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Carroll County’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Carroll County economy

3.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.0% the month before
12,543
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
28,526
people in Carroll County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$55,187
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Carroll County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Carroll County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Carroll County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Northwest Arkansas Workforce Development Board
Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Marion, Newton, Searcy, Washington

Other Arkansas counties

All of Arkansas

Laid off or looking for work in Carroll County?

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See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Arkansas’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.