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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Labour force participation in Fort Myers Beach

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 353 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 · Fort Myers Beach · Lee County · Florida · United States · World
−2.9 pp since 2014
Fort Myers Beach Lee 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
Fort Myers Beach
35.5%
Lee County
53.6%
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 Fort Myers Beach · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 35.5% · 2024
First value 39.1% · 2013
Highest 39.1% · 2013
Lowest 31.6% · 2018
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearFort Myers BeachChange Lee CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2024estimate 35.5% +0.3 pp 53.6% 59.8% 63.5% 61.1%
2023estimate 35.2% +1.2 pp 53.2% 59.6% 63.5% 61.2%
2022estimate 34.0% −2.5 pp 53.1% 59.4% 63.5% 60.7%
2021estimate 36.5% −1.4 pp 53.3% 59.4% 63.6% 60.4%
2020estimate 37.9% +5.4 pp 53.3% 58.9% — 59.6%
2019estimate 32.5% +0.9 pp 52.6% 58.8% — 61.0%
2018estimate 31.6% −1.2 pp 52.7% 58.7% — 61.2%
2017estimate 32.8% −1.1 pp 52.8% 58.7% — 61.3%
2016estimate 33.9% −0.1 pp 52.8% 58.8% — 61.5%
2015estimate 34.0% −4.5 pp 53.0% 59.2% — 61.6%
2014estimate 38.5% −0.6 pp 53.6% 59.5% — 61.8%
2013estimate 39.1% 54.5% 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

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force participation
151 Alva 60.8%
361 Anna Maria 33.5%
147 Apalachicola 61.2%
96 Apollo Beach 64.4%
115 Atlantic Beach 63.4%
314 Atlantis 45.1%
220 Aventura 55.5%
215 Bagdad 55.8%
291 Bal Harbour 49.6%
15 Baldwin 70.7%
43 Bay Harbor Islands 67.4%
242 Bay Pines 53.8%
302 Bayonet Point 46.5%
230 Bayshore Gardens 54.8%
213 Bell 56.0%
198 Belle Glade 57.1%
200 Belleair 57.0%
330 Belleair Beach 42.7%
269 Belleair Bluffs 51.4%
111 Bellview 63.6%
308 Beverly Hills 45.9%
55 Big Pine Key 66.5%
36 Biscayne Park 68.0%
60 Bloomingdale 66.2%
157 Boca Raton 60.4%
…
313 Fort Denaud 45.1%
69 Fort Lauderdale 65.6%
219 Fort Myers 55.6%
364 Fort Myers Beach 32.8%
256 Fort Pierce 52.5%
90 Fort Walton Beach 64.8%
136 Freeport 61.8%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2017

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.