By the Arkansas Black Vitality Staff
LITTLE ROCK – July 30, 2026 – One week after the state’s labor pool recorded its highest employment levels and total number of workers, Mayor Frank Scott and the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce lauded similar workforce growth across the Central Arkansas metropolitan service area.
According to the latest Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), total civilian employment in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway MSA surged past 385,000, accompanied by a robust total labor force that topped 400,000 for the first time at 401,600 in the regional labor pool…