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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Labour force participation in Palm Bay

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 174 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 4, 2026

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

Labour force participation, 2013 – 2024 percent · Palm Bay · Brevard County · Florida · United States · World
+1.5 pp since 2014
Palm Bay 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
Palm Bay
60.2%
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 Palm Bay · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 60.2% · 2024
First value 60.8% · 2013
Highest 60.8% · 2013
Lowest 56.4% · 2018
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearPalm BayChange Brevard CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2024estimate 60.2% −0.5 pp 56.7% 59.8% 63.5% 61.1%
2023estimate 60.7% +1.7 pp 56.7% 59.6% 63.5% 61.2%
2022estimate 59.0% +0.0 pp 56.2% 59.4% 63.5% 60.7%
2021estimate 58.9% +0.9 pp 55.8% 59.4% 63.6% 60.4%
2020estimate 58.0% +0.9 pp 55.4% 58.9% — 59.6%
2019estimate 57.1% +0.7 pp 54.5% 58.8% — 61.0%
2018estimate 56.4% −0.8 pp 54.4% 58.7% — 61.2%
2017estimate 57.2% +0.0 pp 54.7% 58.7% — 61.3%
2016estimate 57.2% −0.3 pp 55.2% 58.8% — 61.5%
2015estimate 57.5% −1.2 pp 56.0% 59.2% — 61.6%
2014estimate 58.7% −2.1 pp 56.6% 59.5% — 61.8%
2013estimate 60.8% 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

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force participation
300 Alva 47.9%
338 Anna Maria 40.2%
88 Apalachicola 65.4%
110 Apollo Beach 63.5%
53 Atlantic Beach 67.3%
326 Atlantis 44.1%
231 Aventura 54.9%
181 Bagdad 58.7%
243 Bal Harbour 54.3%
116 Baldwin 63.1%
98 Bay Harbor Islands 64.5%
236 Bay Pines 54.5%
330 Bayonet Point 42.9%
244 Bayshore Gardens 53.8%
162 Bell 59.9%
143 Belle Glade 61.5%
223 Belleair 55.9%
335 Belleair Beach 41.4%
270 Belleair Bluffs 51.3%
100 Bellview 64.4%
318 Beverly Hills 45.2%
135 Big Pine Key 62.0%
49 Biscayne Park 67.5%
47 Bloomingdale 67.6%
141 Boca Raton 61.6%
…
306 Otter Creek 47.1%
91 Pace 65.1%
140 Pahokee 61.7%
204 Palm Bay 57.5%
363 Palm Beach 35.0%
191 Palm Beach Gardens 58.2%
245 Palm Beach Shores 53.6%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2015

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.