The unemployment rate in Northeast Arkansas remains low.
The Jonesboro Sun reports, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday released its report of their most recent jobless rate data.
Employment in nonfarm jobs in the Jonesboro Metropolitan Area rose by about 1,300 with over 55,300 people employed since November 2015. Last year, the sector saw an increase in November with around 56,800 residents employed, bringing the jobless rate in the area to 2.9%.
Unemployment in the Jonesboro Metro Area which includes Craighead and Poinsett counties remains below the statewidejobless rate of 3.5%. The Fayetteville-Springdale-Rodgers area has the lowest jobless rate in the state at 2.6%. Unemployment in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway region was at 3.2%. Pine Bluff was the highest in the state with a 4.7% jobless rate.
Nationwide, Ames, Iowa had the lowest unemployment rate at 1.7%. El Centro, California was the highest at 20.3%.
