Clark County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Clark County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 2 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Clark County economy

4.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.3% the month before
9,851
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
21,378
people in Clark County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$50,985
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Clark County layoffs

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

Employers hiring most in Clark County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Arkansas State University1 open role
Siplast1 open role

Colleges in Clark County

Colleges in Clark County
College	City	Type	Students
Henderson State University	Arkadelphia	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999
Ouachita Baptist University	Arkadelphia	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

West Central Arkansas Workforce Development Board
Clark, Conway, Garland, Hot Spring, Johnson, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Pope, Yell

Cities in Clark County

Arkadelphia2 jobs

Other Arkansas counties

All of Arkansas

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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.