East Little Rock Times

Lonoke County recorded an unemployment rate of 5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 1,797 people out of the 73,824 living in Lonoke County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Lonoke County has increased compared to the 4.6% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 34,303 people who had a job during that time, 1,222 were employed in the Armed Forces and 33,081 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	1,797	5%
Employed	34,303	95%
Employed in civilian labor force	33,081	91.6%
Employed in armed forces	1,222	3.4%