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Economy & jobs Statistics · Area estimate

Labour force participation in Manatee County

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 28 of 67 · Regions of Florida Updated Oct 26, 2026

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

Labour force participation, 2013 – 2024 percent · Manatee County · Florida · United States · World
−0.2 pp since 2014
Manatee 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
Manatee County
54.9%
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 Manatee County · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 54.9% · 2024
First value 55.7% · 2013
Highest 55.7% · 2013
Lowest 53.2% · 2020
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearManatee CountyChange FloridaUnited StatesWorld
2024estimate 54.9% +0.5 pp 59.8% 63.5% 61.1%
2023estimate 54.4% +0.3 pp 59.6% 63.5% 61.2%
2022estimate 54.2% +0.0 pp 59.4% 63.5% 60.7%
2021estimate 54.1% +1.0 pp 59.4% 63.6% 60.4%
2020estimate 53.2% −0.7 pp 58.9% — 59.6%
2019estimate 53.8% +0.3 pp 58.8% — 61.0%
2018estimate 53.6% +0.1 pp 58.7% — 61.2%
2017estimate 53.4% −0.3 pp 58.7% — 61.3%
2016estimate 53.8% −0.4 pp 58.8% — 61.5%
2015estimate 54.2% −0.8 pp 59.2% — 61.6%
2014estimate 55.0% −0.7 pp 59.5% — 61.8%
2013estimate 55.7% 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

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force participation
1 Orange County 67.1%
2 Seminole County 66.3%
3 Duval County 66.0%
4 Broward County 65.7%
5 Leon County 65.2%
6 Hillsborough County 65.1%
7 Monroe County 64.7%
8 Okaloosa County 64.5%
9 Osceola County 64.4%
10 Hendry County 63.7%
11 Miami-Dade County 63.1%
12 Clay County 62.9%
13 Bay County 61.4%
14 Escambia County 60.3%
15 St. Johns County 59.7%
16 Alachua County 59.6%
17 Palm Beach County 59.3%
18 Pinellas County 58.4%
19 Santa Rosa County 58.3%
20 Walton County 58.1%
21 Nassau County 57.3%
22 Wakulla County 56.9%
23 Brevard County 55.4%
24 Polk County 55.3%
25 St. Lucie County 55.1%
…
27 Lake County 53.5%
28 Volusia County 53.4%
29 Lee County 53.3%
30 Manatee County 53.2%
31 Collier County 51.9%
32 Baker County 51.7%
33 Martin County 51.4%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020

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.