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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Labour force participation in Fort Myers

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 212 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 · Lee County · Florida · United States · World
+3.8 pp since 2014
Fort Myers 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
56.8%
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 · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 56.8% · 2024
First value 54.3% · 2013
Highest 56.8% · 2024
Lowest 53.1% · 2014
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearFort MyersChange Lee CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2024estimate 56.8% +1.1 pp 53.6% 59.8% 63.5% 61.1%
2023estimate 55.7% +0.6 pp 53.2% 59.6% 63.5% 61.2%
2022estimate 55.1% −0.0 pp 53.1% 59.4% 63.5% 60.7%
2021estimate 55.1% +0.1 pp 53.3% 59.4% 63.6% 60.4%
2020estimate 54.9% +0.1 pp 53.3% 58.9% — 59.6%
2019estimate 54.9% −0.8 pp 52.6% 58.8% — 61.0%
2018estimate 55.6% +0.0 pp 52.7% 58.7% — 61.2%
2017estimate 55.6% +1.4 pp 52.8% 58.7% — 61.3%
2016estimate 54.2% −0.4 pp 52.8% 58.8% — 61.5%
2015estimate 54.5% +1.5 pp 53.0% 59.2% — 61.6%
2014estimate 53.1% −1.3 pp 53.6% 59.5% — 61.8%
2013estimate 54.3% 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

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force participation
300 Alva 47.9%
338 Anna Maria 40.2%
88 Apalachicola 65.4%
110 Apollo Beach 63.5%
53 Atlantic Beach 67.3%
326 Atlantis 44.1%
231 Aventura 54.9%
181 Bagdad 58.7%
243 Bal Harbour 54.3%
116 Baldwin 63.1%
98 Bay Harbor Islands 64.5%
236 Bay Pines 54.5%
330 Bayonet Point 42.9%
244 Bayshore Gardens 53.8%
162 Bell 59.9%
143 Belle Glade 61.5%
223 Belleair 55.9%
335 Belleair Beach 41.4%
270 Belleair Bluffs 51.3%
100 Bellview 64.4%
318 Beverly Hills 45.2%
135 Big Pine Key 62.0%
49 Biscayne Park 67.5%
47 Bloomingdale 67.6%
141 Boca Raton 61.6%
…
233 Florida Ridge 54.7%
303 Fort Denaud 47.5%
86 Fort Lauderdale 65.4%
237 Fort Myers 54.5%
366 Fort Myers Beach 34.0%
255 Fort Pierce 52.6%
82 Fort Walton Beach 65.5%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2015

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.