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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Labour force participation in Fort Walton Beach

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 76 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 Walton Beach · Okaloosa County · Florida · United States · World
+0.5 pp since 2014
Fort Walton Beach Okaloosa 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 Walton Beach
65.9%
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 Walton Beach · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 65.9% · 2024
First value 67.5% · 2013
Highest 68.3% · 2023
Lowest 64.1% · 2020
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearFort Walton BeachChange Okaloosa CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2024estimate 65.9% −2.3 pp 64.9% 59.8% 63.5% 61.1%
2023estimate 68.3% +1.9 pp 64.8% 59.6% 63.5% 61.2%
2022estimate 66.4% +0.8 pp 64.6% 59.4% 63.5% 60.7%
2021estimate 65.6% +1.5 pp 64.8% 59.4% 63.6% 60.4%
2020estimate 64.1% −0.6 pp 64.5% 58.9% — 59.6%
2019estimate 64.8% +0.6 pp 63.8% 58.8% — 61.0%
2018estimate 64.2% −0.6 pp 63.5% 58.7% — 61.2%
2017estimate 64.8% −2.0 pp 63.6% 58.7% — 61.3%
2016estimate 66.7% +1.2 pp 64.1% 58.8% — 61.5%
2015estimate 65.5% +0.0 pp 64.6% 59.2% — 61.6%
2014estimate 65.5% −2.0 pp 65.3% 59.5% — 61.8%
2013estimate 67.5% 66.2% 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%
…
237 Fort Myers 54.5%
366 Fort Myers Beach 34.0%
255 Fort Pierce 52.6%
82 Fort Walton Beach 65.5%
78 Freeport 65.7%
25 Fruit Cove 68.8%
119 Fruitville 63.0%
…

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.