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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 5, 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

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force participation
244 Alva 53.2%
351 Anna Maria 36.5%
117 Apalachicola 63.0%
110 Apollo Beach 63.3%
82 Atlantic Beach 65.2%
325 Atlantis 43.0%
240 Aventura 53.5%
211 Bagdad 56.6%
228 Bal Harbour 55.1%
49 Baldwin 67.0%
128 Bay Harbor Islands 62.4%
217 Bay Pines 56.3%
320 Bayonet Point 43.6%
241 Bayshore Gardens 53.5%
184 Bell 58.4%
173 Belle Glade 58.9%
210 Belleair 56.7%
339 Belleair Beach 39.2%
247 Belleair Bluffs 52.8%
120 Bellview 62.8%
316 Beverly Hills 44.4%
133 Big Pine Key 62.1%
43 Biscayne Park 67.2%
41 Bloomingdale 67.2%
144 Boca Raton 61.0%
…
235 Fort Myers 54.2%
362 Fort Myers Beach 33.9%
269 Fort Pierce 51.5%
55 Fort Walton Beach 66.7%
84 Freeport 65.2%
57 Fruit Cove 66.7%
131 Fruitville 62.3%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2016

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.