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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Labour force participation in Panama City

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 127 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 · Panama City · Bay County · Florida · United States · World
+3.8 pp since 2014
Panama City Bay 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
Panama City
63.2%
Bay County
63.6%
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 Panama City · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 63.2% · 2024
First value 60.9% · 2013
Highest 63.2% · 2024
Lowest 58.5% · 2018
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearPanama CityChange Bay CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2024estimate 63.2% +0.2 pp 63.6% 59.8% 63.5% 61.1%
2023estimate 63.0% +0.8 pp 62.9% 59.6% 63.5% 61.2%
2022estimate 62.2% +1.8 pp 61.9% 59.4% 63.5% 60.7%
2021estimate 60.4% −1.3 pp 61.2% 59.4% 63.6% 60.4%
2020estimate 61.6% +1.2 pp 61.4% 58.9% — 59.6%
2019estimate 60.4% +1.9 pp 61.3% 58.8% — 61.0%
2018estimate 58.5% −0.5 pp 60.7% 58.7% — 61.2%
2017estimate 59.1% −0.2 pp 60.9% 58.7% — 61.3%
2016estimate 59.3% −0.9 pp 61.5% 58.8% — 61.5%
2015estimate 60.2% +0.8 pp 62.0% 59.2% — 61.6%
2014estimate 59.4% −1.5 pp 62.5% 59.5% — 61.8%
2013estimate 60.9% 63.4% 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

2013 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force participation
257 Alva 53.2%
335 Anna Maria 43.1%
189 Apalachicola 58.9%
111 Apollo Beach 64.5%
113 Atlantic Beach 64.2%
302 Atlantis 48.4%
253 Aventura 53.7%
233 Bagdad 55.5%
331 Bal Harbour 44.3%
187 Baldwin 59.1%
107 Bay Harbor Islands 64.7%
239 Bay Pines 55.1%
329 Bayonet Point 44.5%
252 Bayshore Gardens 54.0%
106 Bell 64.7%
180 Belle Glade 59.5%
258 Belleair 53.2%
334 Belleair Beach 43.6%
311 Belleair Bluffs 47.3%
91 Bellview 65.8%
321 Beverly Hills 45.5%
191 Big Pine Key 58.8%
13 Biscayne Park 72.4%
48 Bloomingdale 68.4%
144 Boca Raton 62.2%
…
265 Palmetto 52.7%
116 Palmetto Bay 64.1%
97 Panacea 65.5%
164 Panama City 60.9%
77 Panama City Beach 66.7%
161 Parker 61.0%
22 Parkland 71.0%
…

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

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.