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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Labour force participation in Defuniak Springs

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 173 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 7, 2026

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Labour force participation, 2013 – 2024 percent · Defuniak Springs · Walton County · Florida · United States · World
+12.5 pp since 2014
Defuniak Springs Walton County Florida United States World

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2013 – 2024

Compared with Labour force participation · percent
Defuniak Springs
60.3%
Florida
59.8%
World
61.0% · 2025

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Defuniak Springs · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 60.3% · 2024
First value 47.5% · 2013
Highest 68.4% · 2019
Lowest 47.5% · 2013
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearDefuniak SpringsChange Walton CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2024estimate 60.3% −0.7 pp 59.1% 59.8% 63.5% 61.1%
2023estimate 61.0% −1.6 pp 59.4% 59.6% 63.5% 61.2%
2022estimate 62.5% −3.5 pp 58.3% 59.4% 63.5% 60.7%
2021estimate 66.0% −2.3 pp 58.2% 59.4% 63.6% 60.4%
2020estimate 68.3% −0.1 pp 58.1% 58.9% — 59.6%
2019estimate 68.4% +1.8 pp 58.0% 58.8% — 61.0%
2018estimate 66.6% +2.6 pp 57.9% 58.7% — 61.2%
2017estimate 64.0% +6.3 pp 57.4% 58.7% — 61.3%
2016estimate 57.7% +3.1 pp 57.0% 58.8% — 61.5%
2015estimate 54.5% +6.8 pp 57.0% 59.2% — 61.6%
2014estimate 47.7% +0.3 pp 57.5% 59.5% — 61.8%
2013estimate 47.5% 57.0% 60.1% — 62.0%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2013 – 2024

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2022 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force participation
291 Alva 49.1%
387 Anna Maria 23.8%
280 Apalachicola 51.0%
101 Apollo Beach 64.2%
163 Atlantic Beach 60.9%
276 Atlantis 51.5%
264 Ave Maria 52.6%
232 Aventura 55.2%
94 Bagdad 64.9%
277 Bal Harbour 51.3%
176 Baldwin 59.5%
14 Bay Harbor Islands 72.6%
288 Bay Pines 49.8%
321 Bayonet Point 45.6%
237 Bayshore Gardens 54.5%
100 Bell 64.5%
157 Belle Glade 61.5%
268 Belleair 52.4%
298 Belleair Beach 48.0%
230 Belleair Bluffs 55.3%
149 Bellview 61.8%
307 Beverly Hills 47.3%
202 Big Pine Key 57.2%
134 Biscayne Park 62.5%
97 Bloomingdale 64.7%
…
172 DeBary 60.1%
258 DeLand 53.0%
158 Deerfield Beach 61.4%
133 Defuniak Springs 62.5%
168 Delray Beach 60.4%
159 Deltona 61.2%
40 Destin 68.6%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2022

What it means

The share of adults who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed people aged 15 and over (16 in the US) divided by the population of that age.