Arkansas’s unemployment rate dropped from 3.8 percent to 3.7 percent in February. The Arkansas Department of Workforce Services reported Friday that the drop from of a tenth of a percent to the February level means a new all time unemployment low for the state. About 1.3 million people were employed in Arkansas in February.
The DWS says the business and professional sectors added 6,300 jobs last month. Government jobs grew by 5,000. The educational and health services, leisure and hospitality, and construction sectors also showed modest job gains.
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