Randolph County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Randolph County’s unemployment rate is 3.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

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Randolph County economy

3.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.1% the month before
8,228
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
18,733
people in Randolph County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$52,838
median household income
Source: Census ACS
27%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Randolph County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Randolph 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 Randolph 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

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.