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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 8, 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

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force participation
104 Alva 64.1%
347 Anna Maria 37.5%
225 Apalachicola 55.1%
75 Apollo Beach 65.5%
112 Atlantic Beach 63.8%
333 Atlantis 40.9%
217 Aventura 55.6%
162 Bagdad 59.6%
311 Bal Harbour 45.1%
37 Baldwin 68.5%
13 Bay Harbor Islands 70.5%
177 Bay Pines 58.1%
306 Bayonet Point 46.5%
223 Bayshore Gardens 55.2%
161 Bell 59.7%
210 Belle Glade 56.0%
270 Belleair 51.8%
336 Belleair Beach 40.6%
218 Belleair Bluffs 55.5%
141 Bellview 61.6%
313 Beverly Hills 44.7%
152 Big Pine Key 60.8%
42 Biscayne Park 67.5%
86 Bloomingdale 64.8%
170 Boca Raton 58.7%
…
335 Fort Denaud 40.6%
84 Fort Lauderdale 65.0%
216 Fort Myers 55.6%
367 Fort Myers Beach 31.6%
249 Fort Pierce 53.6%
102 Fort Walton Beach 64.2%
151 Freeport 60.8%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2018

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.