Manufacturing in Craighead County, Arkansas

Craighead, Arkansas, is home to establishments within the Food Manufacturing industry, with an annual payroll of about $0.2 billion according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2024. Listed in the register are 76 facilities across 6 cities, as of 2026. The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 71 establishments in Craighead in 2024, covering 8 of 21 manufacturing subsectors.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

Map, cities and benchmark

Biggest cities

Jonesboro70 Monette2 Bono1 Brookland1 Cash1 Otwell1

Federal labor statistics counted at least 71 manufacturing establishments in Craighead County in 2024, employing about 6,154 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 76.

What Craighead County makes16 INDUSTRIES

Food Manufacturing16 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing15 Machinery Manufacturing8 Chemical Manufacturing7 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing6 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing5 Miscellaneous Manufacturing4 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing4 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing3 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing3 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing2 Printing and Related Support Activities2 Wood Product Manufacturing1 Paper Manufacturing1 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing1 Primary Metal Manufacturing1

Bars are drawn against the largest subsector listed; the figure is the facility count in this county. Each row links to that industry across all of Arkansas — the register has no industry page scoped to a county.

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