Monday, November 2 Palmetto
  1. Home
  2. Palmetto
  3. Statistics
  4. Economy & jobs
  5. Labour force participation
Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Labour force participation in Palmetto

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 258 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 2, 2026

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

Labour force participation, 2013 – 2024 percent · Palmetto · Manatee County · Florida · United States · World
+0.4 pp since 2014
Palmetto 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
Palmetto
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 Palmetto · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 52.8% · 2024
First value 52.7% · 2013
Highest 55.7% · 2023
Lowest 50.0% · 2018
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearPalmettoChange Manatee CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2024estimate 52.8% −2.9 pp 54.9% 59.8% 63.5% 61.1%
2023estimate 55.7% +2.3 pp 54.4% 59.6% 63.5% 61.2%
2022estimate 53.4% +0.7 pp 54.2% 59.4% 63.5% 60.7%
2021estimate 52.7% +1.5 pp 54.1% 59.4% 63.6% 60.4%
2020estimate 51.3% −1.7 pp 53.2% 58.9% — 59.6%
2019estimate 53.0% +3.0 pp 53.8% 58.8% — 61.0%
2018estimate 50.0% −2.6 pp 53.6% 58.7% — 61.2%
2017estimate 52.6% +0.9 pp 53.4% 58.7% — 61.3%
2016estimate 51.7% +0.5 pp 53.8% 58.8% — 61.5%
2015estimate 51.2% −1.2 pp 54.2% 59.2% — 61.6%
2014estimate 52.4% −0.3 pp 55.0% 59.5% — 61.8%
2013estimate 52.7% 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 · Towns of Florida

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force participation
386 Sun City Center 18.4%
385 Indian River Shores 19.6%
384 Manasota Key 19.9%
383 South Bay 20.0%
382 Zephyrhills West 20.4%
381 Wabasso Beach 22.6%
380 Longboat Key 24.5%
379 South Pasadena 27.0%
378 Hutchinson Island South 27.2%
377 Horseshoe Beach 27.6%
376 Micco 27.8%
375 Citrus Hills 29.3%
374 Goulding 29.9%
373 Carrabelle 30.3%
372 Venice 31.5%
371 Homosassa 31.6%
370 Steinhatchee 32.9%
369 Daytona Beach Shores 33.1%
368 St Leo 33.2%
367 Inverness 33.4%
366 Fort Myers Beach 34.0%
365 Highland Beach 34.8%
364 Bokeelia 34.8%
363 Palm Beach 35.0%
362 Punta Gorda 35.0%
…
276 St George Island 50.8%
275 Cocoa Beach 50.9%
274 Daytona Beach 51.1%
273 Palmetto 51.2%
272 Sebastian 51.2%
271 Cape Canaveral 51.3%
270 Belleair Bluffs 51.3%
…

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.