Mississippi County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Mississippi County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 8 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Mississippi County economy

3.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.3% the month before
20,612
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
39,749
people in Mississippi County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$53,428
median household income
Source: Census ACS
28%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Mississippi County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Mississippi 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 Mississippi 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.

Roehm2 open roles
AllSearch Professional Staffing1 open role
American Greetings1 open role
Kagome1 open role
St. Bernards Healthcare1 open role
United States Steel1 open role
Zekelman Industries1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Northeast Arkansas Workforce Development Board
Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett, Randolph

Cities in Mississippi County

Osceola5 jobs
Blytheville3 jobs

Other Arkansas counties

All of Arkansas

Laid off or looking for work in Mississippi 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.