Fort Smith Times

Crawford County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 1,212 people out of the 60,483 living in Crawford County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Crawford County has remained fairly stable compared to the 4.7% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 24,733 people who had a job during that time, 161 were employed in the Armed Forces and 24,572 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	1,212	4.7%
Employed	24,733	95.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	24,572	94.7%
Employed in armed forces	161	0.6%