2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Blytheville, AR vs Shreveport, LA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Shreveport has been positive.
- Shreveport has 0.4% more unemployment than Blytheville.
- Shreveport job growth has increased by 14.1% in the past 10 years.
 Blytheville, ARShreveport, LAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock8.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth19.9%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.2%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-9.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-12.5%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Blytheville    3 Reviews

Small town down on its luck after the air base closed. The old air base housing is being used for a retirement community. The top paying jobs in the area are working  More

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Not a lot of excitment here, but lots of warm weather and sunshine. Peaceful and quiet life. Wonderful for home gardens and very affordable place to live on a limited  More

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Over 17 years ago

The economy is triebble in Blytheville. There no jobs esp. for  More

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Reviews for Shreveport    29 Reviews

The pace of its death is picking up. A place that should be moving forward is following the path of Rust belt cities that died. Downtown has potential, but the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I Love Driving By Shreveport, Buildings do look beautiful, it is truly a great city, my favorite thing is the people. What loses the last star is that I did not visit  More

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Over 6 years ago

Shreveport is dying a slow painful death. If you are thinking of relocating here; I would not advise it. Since moving back twenty years ago, I have watch the town  More

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