Lafayette County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lafayette County’s unemployment rate is 4.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 2 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Lafayette County economy

4.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.7% the month before
2,259
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
6,211
people in Lafayette County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$37,237
median household income
Source: Census ACS
29%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lafayette County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Lafayette 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 Lafayette 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.

Flex-Tek1 open role
MK Search1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Southwest Arkansas Workforce Development Board
Calhoun, Columbia, Dallas, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada, Ouachita, Sevier, Union

Other Arkansas counties

All of Arkansas

Laid off or looking for work in Lafayette 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.