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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

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%
…
223 Florida Ridge 55.3%
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%
…

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.