NW Arkansas News

Boone County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 792 people out of the 37,445 living in Boone County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Boone County has increased compared to the 4.5% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Boone County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.3%.

Of the 16,274 people who had a job during that time, 11 were employed in the Armed Forces and 16,263 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	792	4.6%
Employed	16,274	95.4%
Employed in civilian labor force	16,263	95.3%
Employed in armed forces	11	0.1%