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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Labour force participation in Merritt Island

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 257 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 8, 2026

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

Labour force participation, 2013 – 2024 percent · Merritt Island · Brevard County · Florida · United States · World
−6.8 pp since 2014
Merritt Island Brevard 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
Merritt Island
52.8%
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 Merritt Island · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 52.8% · 2024
First value 60.0% · 2013
Highest 60.0% · 2013
Lowest 52.8% · 2024
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearMerritt IslandChange Brevard CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2024estimate 52.8% −2.0 pp 56.7% 59.8% 63.5% 61.1%
2023estimate 54.8% −1.4 pp 56.7% 59.6% 63.5% 61.2%
2022estimate 56.2% −1.7 pp 56.2% 59.4% 63.5% 60.7%
2021estimate 57.9% −1.1 pp 55.8% 59.4% 63.6% 60.4%
2020estimate 59.0% +0.6 pp 55.4% 58.9% — 59.6%
2019estimate 58.4% +0.3 pp 54.5% 58.8% — 61.0%
2018estimate 58.1% −0.8 pp 54.4% 58.7% — 61.2%
2017estimate 58.9% +0.8 pp 54.7% 58.7% — 61.3%
2016estimate 58.1% −1.2 pp 55.2% 58.8% — 61.5%
2015estimate 59.3% −0.3 pp 56.0% 59.2% — 61.6%
2014estimate 59.6% −0.4 pp 56.6% 59.5% — 61.8%
2013estimate 60.0% 57.3% 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

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force participation
275 Alva 51.0%
341 Anna Maria 40.1%
118 Apalachicola 63.4%
105 Apollo Beach 64.5%
86 Atlantic Beach 65.6%
331 Atlantis 42.9%
243 Aventura 53.4%
255 Bagdad 52.6%
282 Bal Harbour 49.7%
141 Baldwin 61.9%
116 Bay Harbor Islands 63.6%
251 Bay Pines 52.9%
330 Bayonet Point 43.1%
224 Bayshore Gardens 55.9%
107 Bell 64.4%
155 Belle Glade 61.0%
216 Belleair 56.4%
328 Belleair Beach 43.4%
316 Belleair Bluffs 45.9%
117 Bellview 63.5%
329 Beverly Hills 43.4%
167 Big Pine Key 60.2%
66 Biscayne Park 66.6%
44 Bloomingdale 68.3%
137 Boca Raton 62.2%
…
204 Melbourne 57.3%
158 Melbourne Beach 60.8%
214 Melbourne Village 56.4%
171 Merritt Island 59.6%
325 Mexico Beach 44.1%
147 Miami 61.5%
46 Miami Beach 68.1%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2014

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.