Hot Springs Times

Hot Spring County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 735 people out of the 33,096 living in Hot Spring County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Hot Spring County has decreased compared to the 5.6% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Hot Spring County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.3%.

Of the 12,532 people who had a job during that time, 17 were employed in the Armed Forces and 12,515 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	735	5.5%
Employed	12,532	94.5%
Employed in civilian labor force	12,515	94.3%
Employed in armed forces	17	0.1%