White County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

White County’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

White County economy

3.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.2% the month before
35,533
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
77,395
people in White County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$53,435
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

White County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming White 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 White 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.

Arkansas State University Beebe1 open role

Colleges in White County

Colleges in White County
College	City	Type	Students
Harding University	Searcy	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

North Central Arkansas Workforce Development Board
Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Sharp, Stone, Van Buren, White, Woodruff

Arkansas Workforce Center at Searcy
Searcy · Comprehensive · 844-908-2178
8:00am to 5:00pm Monday - Friday

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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.