Pope County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Pope County economy
4.7%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.1% the month before
28,306
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
63,830
people in Pope County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$54,606
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Pope County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Pope 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 Pope 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.
- Conagra Brands4 open roles
- Grace Manufacturing2 open roles
- Rivalia Chemical2 open roles
- Arisa Health1 open role
- Bank OZK1 open role
- Custom Automated Manufacturing, Inc. ("CAM, Inc.")1 open role
- Pro Staff1 open role
Colleges in Pope County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Tech University | Russellville | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Pope 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
Arkansas Workforce Center at Russellville
Russellville · Comprehensive · 479-968-2784
8:00 AM to 4:30 PM Monday to Friday
Cities in Pope County
- Russellville12 jobs
Other Arkansas counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.