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Economy & jobs Statistics · Area estimate

Labour force participation in Lee County

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 32 of 67 · Regions of Florida Updated Oct 27, 2026

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Labour force participation, 2013 – 2024 percent · Lee County · Florida · United States · World
+0.0 pp since 2014
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
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 Lee County · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 53.6% · 2024
First value 54.5% · 2013
Highest 54.5% · 2013
Lowest 52.6% · 2019
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearLee CountyChange FloridaUnited StatesWorld
2024estimate 53.6% +0.5 pp 59.8% 63.5% 61.1%
2023estimate 53.2% +0.1 pp 59.6% 63.5% 61.2%
2022estimate 53.1% −0.3 pp 59.4% 63.5% 60.7%
2021estimate 53.3% +0.0 pp 59.4% 63.6% 60.4%
2020estimate 53.3% +0.7 pp 58.9% — 59.6%
2019estimate 52.6% −0.1 pp 58.8% — 61.0%
2018estimate 52.7% −0.0 pp 58.7% — 61.2%
2017estimate 52.8% +0.0 pp 58.7% — 61.3%
2016estimate 52.8% −0.3 pp 58.8% — 61.5%
2015estimate 53.0% −0.6 pp 59.2% — 61.6%
2014estimate 53.6% −0.9 pp 59.5% — 61.8%
2013estimate 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 · Regions of Florida

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force participation
1 Orange County 67.2%
2 Seminole County 66.7%
3 Broward County 66.3%
4 Duval County 65.9%
5 Leon County 65.8%
6 Hillsborough County 65.4%
7 Okaloosa County 64.8%
8 Osceola County 64.7%
9 Monroe County 64.6%
10 Miami-Dade County 63.7%
11 Clay County 62.5%
12 Hendry County 62.1%
13 Bay County 61.2%
14 Escambia County 61.2%
15 St. Johns County 60.3%
16 Alachua County 60.0%
17 Palm Beach County 59.8%
18 Pinellas County 59.0%
19 Santa Rosa County 58.7%
20 Walton County 58.2%
21 Nassau County 57.4%
22 Wakulla County 56.6%
23 Polk County 56.1%
24 St. Lucie County 55.9%
25 Brevard County 55.8%
…
28 Lake County 54.2%
29 Manatee County 54.1%
30 Volusia County 54.1%
31 Lee County 53.3%
32 Collier County 52.6%
33 Columbia County 52.4%
34 Martin County 51.3%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2021

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.