Lowe Delta News

Phillips County recorded an unemployment rate of 15.2% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 997 people out of the 16,923 living in Phillips County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Phillips County has increased compared to the 14.3% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 5,574 people who had a job during that time, 49 were employed in the Armed Forces and 5,525 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	997	15.2%
Employed	5,574	84.8%
Employed in civilian labor force	5,525	84.1%
Employed in armed forces	49	0.7%