Crittenden County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Crittenden County’s unemployment rate is 4.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Crittenden County economy

4.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.9% the month before
20,899
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
47,609
people in Crittenden County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$54,271
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Crittenden County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Crittenden 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 Crittenden County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Eastern Arkansas Workforce Development Area
Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis

Arkansas Workforce Center at West Memphis
West Memphis · Comprehensive · 870-400-2269
Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm

Cities in Crittenden County

West Memphis

Other Arkansas counties

All of Arkansas

Laid off or looking for work in Crittenden County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

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.