Southwest Information Office

Fort Smith

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayWorkplace fatalitiesIndustry price indexes
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jul 2021
County Employment and Wages in Oklahoma – Second Quarter 2020	Employment, Pay	News Release	Dec 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Fort Smith — May 2020	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2021
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Arkansas	Workplace fatalities	Table	Dec 2019
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Oklahoma	Workplace fatalities	Table	Dec 2020
Consumer Price Index, South Region – May 2021	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Jun 2021
Fort Smith Area Economic Summary	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Jul 2021

Fort Smith, AR-OK Economy at a Glance:

Fort Smith, AR-OK

Data Series	Back Data	Dec 2020	Jan 2021	Feb 2021	Mar 2021	Apr 2021	May 2021
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)119.1	118.9	119.6	119.2	119.6	(p)120.2
Employment(1)		(2)113.6	112.9	112.8	113.4	115.1	(p)115.3
Unemployment(1)		(2)5.5	6.0	6.7	5.8	4.6	(p)4.8
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)4.6	5.0	5.6	4.9	3.8	(p)4.0
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		110.4	109.1	109.4	110.5	110.9	(p)111.4
12-month % change		-3.6	-2.4	-2.3	-1.6	7.4	(p)5.5
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		5.6	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.6	(p)5.6
12-month % change		5.7	3.8	5.9	5.8	7.7	(p)1.8
Manufacturing(4)		16.8	16.8	16.7	16.7	16.6	(p)16.7
12-month % change		-3.4	-2.9	-3.5	-3.5	-0.6	(p)1.8
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		24.2	23.5	23.3	23.5	23.5	(p)23.5
12-month % change		1.3	1.3	1.3	2.2	10.8	(p)6.3
Information(4)		1.1	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.1	(p)1.1
12-month % change		-8.3	0.0	-9.1	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(4)		3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	(p)3.8
12-month % change		-7.5	-5.1	-2.6	-2.6	2.7	(p)2.7
Professional and Business Services(4)		11.7	11.5	11.9	12.0	12.1	(p)11.9
12-month % change		-5.6	-3.4	-0.8	-1.6	13.1	(p)11.2
Education and Health Services(4)		16.6	16.8	16.7	16.8	16.9	(p)16.9
12-month % change		-5.7	-2.9	-3.5	-2.9	5.0	(p)1.8
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		8.2	8.2	8.1	8.5	8.7	(p)9.3
12-month % change		-12.8	-9.9	-11.0	-6.6	38.1	(p)19.2
Other Services(4)		4.4	4.5	4.5	4.7	4.7	(p)4.6
12-month % change		-2.2	0.0	0.0	4.4	14.6	(p)9.5
Government(4)		18.1	17.6	18.1	18.0	17.9	(p)18.0
12-month % change		-3.7	-3.8	-3.7	-4.3	-1.6	(p)2.9
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 16, 2021. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary