These Are The 10 Laziest Places In Arkansas

Everyone hates the lazy person in the office. The guy or gal who manages to offload all of their work to you, but somehow still takes the credit for it.

And if you live in one of these Arkansas towns, you might look in the mirror and see that lazy person staring right back at you.

We’re not trying to be mean; it’s just that the lazy ethos can penetrate from the location into the workplace and no one wants to work with lazy people.

So we got to work late on a Friday night to figure out the places around Arkansas that spend the day on Reddit and get by with the bare minimum. Using data from the latest American Community Survey, we identified criteria associated with laziness for each city.

After crunching all the numbers, here are the ten “Laziest Places in Arkansas” based on data:

Read on to see where the couch potatoes call home or skip to the end to find where your town ranked.

Oh, and by the way, Maumelle is the hardest-working place in AR.

How We Determined The Laziest Places In The Natural State

Like all problems here at Zippia, we start with the data to answer the hard questions. Some might even consider us the hardest working data-crunchers this side of the Mississippi.

In this particular case, we went to the latest version of the American Community Survey looking for answers. As luck would have it, the Census Bureau just released the 2010-2014 5-Yr Estimate which would make this analysis the first of it’s kind with the new data.

After scrolling through what seemed like hundreds of criteria, we settled on this set for the laziest places in Arkansas:

Lowest average hours worked
Shortest commute time
Fewest workers per household (Labor force divided by the number households)
Highest unemployment rate
Fewest adults with a college degree

Our thinking went something along the lines of if you can’t bother to go college, don’t spend any time at work, and have only one person per household bringing home the bacon, your town is probably pretty lazy.

After we got the data for the 60 places in Arkansas over 5,000 people, we ranked each place from 1 to 60 for each of the criteria with 1 being the “laziest”.

Next, we averaged the rankings for each to create a lazy index.

Finally, we crowned the place with the lowest lazy index the “Laziest Place In Arkansas”. And, at the end of the day, Osceola slacked off its way to the top.

Read the detailed chart below to learn a bit more about why each place ranked where it did.

1. Osceola

Population: 7,535College Educated: 9.3%
Unemployment Rate: 22.8%

2. Newport

Population: 7,817College Educated: 10.0%
Unemployment Rate: 10.5%

3. West Memphis

Population: 25,767College Educated: 11.3%
Unemployment Rate: 14.9%

4. Mena

Population: 5,701College Educated: 12.5%
Unemployment Rate: 8.4%

5. Helena-West Helena

Population: 11,795College Educated: 15.2%
Unemployment Rate: 21.9%

6. Hope

Population: 10,033College Educated: 13.5%
Unemployment Rate: 10.1%

7. Trumann

Population: 7,222College Educated: 11.8%
Unemployment Rate: 12.1%

8. Hot Springs

Population: 35,486College Educated: 20.1%
Unemployment Rate: 11.7%

9. Forrest City

Population: 15,122College Educated: 10.8%
Unemployment Rate: 13.9%

10. El Dorado

Population: 18,590College Educated: 20.3%
Unemployment Rate: 13.5%

Slacking Your Way Off To The Bottom

Like we said earlier, trying to determine the laziest places in Arkansas is usually a subjective matter. But if you’re analyzing cities where people don’t, where a good education is rare, and no one’s willing to put in the long hours, then this is an accurate list of laziness.

Detailed List Of The Laziest Places In Arkansas

City	Rank	Population	College Educated	Unemployment Rate
Osceola	1	7,535	9.3%	22.8%
Newport	2	7,817	10.0%	10.5%
West Memphis	3	25,767	11.3%	14.9%
Mena	4	5,701	12.5%	8.4%
Helena-West Helena	5	11,795	15.2%	21.9%
Hope	6	10,033	13.5%	10.1%
Trumann	7	7,222	11.8%	12.1%
Hot Springs	8	35,486	20.1%	11.7%
Forrest City	9	15,122	10.8%	13.9%
El Dorado	10	18,590	20.3%	13.5%
De Queen	11	6,671	5.7%	13.8%
Pine Bluff	12	47,058	17.6%	16.5%
Mountain Home	13	12,338	19.6%	6.2%
Crossett	14	5,389	17.7%	15.1%
Blytheville	15	15,251	18.5%	10.8%
Warren	16	5,918	11.5%	7.4%
Harrison	17	13,103	19.3%	7.8%
Texarkana	18	30,015	13.9%	8.9%
Clarksville	19	9,286	18.0%	8.0%
Morrilton	20	6,764	19.9%	12.1%
Magnolia	21	11,681	25.3%	9.4%
Camden	22	11,861	16.5%	10.8%
Berryville	23	5,329	11.1%	5.8%
Stuttgart	24	9,269	14.9%	7.4%
Malvern	25	10,695	13.0%	8.5%
Paragould	26	26,859	15.5%	8.8%
Monticello	27	9,718	23.0%	22.1%
Wynne	28	8,296	15.8%	10.6%
Batesville	29	10,386	21.3%	6.4%
Fort Smith	30	87,193	20.7%	6.6%
Pocahontas	31	6,543	15.8%	7.9%
Heber Springs	32	7,177	22.0%	12.9%
Jonesboro	33	70,217	29.7%	8.9%
Russellville	34	28,581	24.7%	8.6%
North Little Rock	35	64,731	25.9%	9.3%
Van Buren	36	22,955	17.4%	8.0%
Alma	37	5,514	15.7%	15.1%
Arkadelphia	38	10,703	35.7%	6.5%
Searcy	39	23,524	31.0%	6.1%
Jacksonville	40	28,728	18.6%	7.5%
Beebe	41	7,688	14.5%	8.6%
Springdale	42	73,789	18.8%	8.1%
Little Rock	43	196,188	38.5%	8.9%
Fayetteville	44	77,264	46.1%	7.0%
Siloam Springs	45	15,614	21.9%	4.3%
White Hall	46	5,392	24.4%	6.8%
Rogers	47	58,944	27.3%	5.4%
Conway	48	62,455	36.6%	7.0%
Bentonville	49	38,572	44.4%	5.0%
Bella Vista	50	27,273	34.5%	5.1%
Farmington	51	6,208	23.3%	5.7%
Marion	52	12,354	23.8%	7.9%
Greenwood	53	9,222	27.4%	6.0%
Benton	54	32,208	27.3%	5.5%
Sherwood	55	30,061	31.7%	4.8%
Lowell	56	7,756	30.0%	2.5%
Cabot	57	24,768	24.0%	6.2%
Bryant	58	18,497	28.2%	3.1%
Centerton	59	10,278	38.2%	3.7%
Maumelle	60	17,565	49.5%	4.1%

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