Even though it is famous for its great parks and wilderness areas, wild weather, as well as coming up with Walmart and actor Billy Bob Thornton, who wrote, starred and directed the internationally acclaimed movie Sling Blade, 49.7% of people move out of Arkansas. And amongst them, 71% move to search for work, as the job market there is very bad.
In 2019, the state was the first one to require Medicaid recipients to hold jobs, and it also had thousands of people losing their health insurance. Unemployment and a bad job market is a big issue in Arkansas, however the State has improved a lot in the past few years, going from nearly 5% unemployment at the start of 2017 to 3.5% at the end of 2019.
