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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 6, 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

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force participation
250 Alva 54.3%
382 Anna Maria 28.0%
254 Apalachicola 53.8%
79 Apollo Beach 65.7%
104 Atlantic Beach 64.6%
281 Atlantis 50.9%
206 Ave Maria 57.1%
205 Aventura 57.2%
188 Bagdad 58.2%
322 Bal Harbour 46.2%
164 Baldwin 60.2%
6 Bay Harbor Islands 77.0%
286 Bay Pines 50.5%
318 Bayonet Point 46.6%
239 Bayshore Gardens 54.8%
148 Bell 61.6%
183 Belle Glade 58.4%
252 Belleair 53.9%
300 Belleair Beach 48.7%
271 Belleair Bluffs 52.1%
157 Bellview 60.6%
315 Beverly Hills 47.0%
220 Big Pine Key 55.9%
30 Biscayne Park 70.0%
87 Bloomingdale 65.1%
…
190 Melbourne 58.1%
291 Melbourne Beach 50.0%
321 Melbourne Village 46.3%
195 Merritt Island 57.9%
295 Mexico Beach 49.3%
102 Miami 64.6%
40 Miami Beach 69.0%
…

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.