Arkansas Unemployment Rate Falls To 9.5% In May

By SARAH KELLOGG

For the first time in months, Arkansas’s unemployment has dropped, though the number of those unemployed still remains higher than before the coronavirus pandemic hit the state. 

Arkansas’s unemployment rate dropped to 9.5% in May, around 1.3% lower than its April percentage of 10.8%. The decrease in unemployment follows the national trend, though the United States’ jobless rate is almost 4% higher at a rate of 13.3%.

According to numbers from the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services, over 46,000 Arkansans gained employment in the month of May, a result the division says is due to the partial re-opening of the state’s economy.

Arkansas Unemployment Rate Falls To 9.5% In May

For the first time in months, Arkansas's unemployment has dropped, though the number of those unemployed still remains higher than before the coronavirus pandemic hit the state. Arkansas's unemployment rate dropped to 9.5% in May, around 1.3% lower than its April percentage of 10.8%.