Quality workforce!
We pride ourselves on the quality of our workforce and believe that whatever your business you can find the workers to do the job.
The unemployment rate for Leflore County was 4.9% in December of 2006 with 20,530 in the work force and 1,050 looking for work. As the chart below shows, in the Fort Smith MSA of which Leflore County is part, there are 7,050 people looking for work.
| Labor Statistics | |||
County |
Employed |
Unemployed |
Total Labor Force |
Haskell, OK |
4,790 |
230 |
5,030 |
Latimer, OK |
3,990 |
190 |
4,190 |
Leflore, OK |
20,890 |
950 |
21,840 |
Sequoyah, OK |
17,460 |
850 |
18,300 |
Scott, AR |
4,525 |
175 |
4,525 |
Sebastian, AR |
59,050 |
2,250 |
61,300 |
Crawford, AR |
26,525 |
925 |
27,450 |
Total |
137,230 |
5,570 |
142,800 |
| LeFlore Employment and Wage Data Second Quarter 2006 | ||||
Industry NAICS |
Number of Employers |
Average Employment |
Total |
Average Weekly Wage |
Mining |
38 |
753 |
$8,530,751 |
$871.85 |
Utilities |
16 |
114 |
$846,823 |
$571.41 |
Construction |
72 |
548 |
$3,506,308 |
$492.18 |
Manufacturing |
38 |
2,318 |
$16,077,234 |
$533.52 |
Wholesale Trade |
30 |
191 |
$1,260,921 |
$507.82 |
Retail Trade |
143 |
1,570 |
$6,515,411 |
$319.29 |
Transportation and Warehousing |
37 |
286 |
$2,442,527 |
$656.18 |
Information |
14 |
74 |
$594,084 |
$617.55 |
Finance and Insurance |
62 |
363 |
$2,543,551 |
$539.00 |
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing |
15 |
56 |
$491,744 |
$675.47 |
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services |
57 |
206 |
$1,550,501 |
$578.04 |
Management of Companies and Enterprises |
3 |
ND |
ND |
ND |
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services |
43 |
837 |
$2,801,465 |
$257.46 |
Educational Services |
22 |
2,044 |
$17,178,820 |
$646.61 |
Health Care and Social Assistance |
73 |
1,311 |
$7,302,809 |
$428.49 |
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation |
6 |
ND |
ND |
ND |
Accommodation and Food Services |
45 |
603 |
$1,484,178 |
$189.33 |
Other Services (except Public Administration) |
55 |
197 |
$1,002,631 |
$392.16 |
Public Administration |
52 |
901 |
$6,095,558 |
$520.60 |
Unclassified |
1 |
ND |
ND |
ND |
TOTAL |
833 |
13,170 |
$83,889,489 |
$489.99 |
Useful links.
United States Department of Labor
