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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Labour force participation in Punta Gorda

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 362 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 · Punta Gorda · Charlotte County · Florida · United States · World
−1.2 pp since 2014
Punta Gorda Charlotte 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
Punta Gorda
33.3%
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 Punta Gorda · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 33.3% · 2024
First value 36.0% · 2013
Highest 36.0% · 2013
Lowest 30.2% · 2019
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearPunta GordaChange Charlotte CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2024estimate 33.3% +0.2 pp 43.2% 59.8% 63.5% 61.1%
2023estimate 33.1% +1.3 pp 42.6% 59.6% 63.5% 61.2%
2022estimate 31.8% −1.5 pp 42.4% 59.4% 63.5% 60.7%
2021estimate 33.3% +1.7 pp 42.5% 59.4% 63.6% 60.4%
2020estimate 31.5% +1.4 pp 41.3% 58.9% — 59.6%
2019estimate 30.2% −0.7 pp 41.0% 58.8% — 61.0%
2018estimate 30.9% −2.2 pp 41.7% 58.7% — 61.2%
2017estimate 33.1% −0.2 pp 42.1% 58.7% — 61.3%
2016estimate 33.3% −1.8 pp 42.5% 58.8% — 61.5%
2015estimate 35.0% +0.5 pp 43.4% 59.2% — 61.6%
2014estimate 34.5% −1.5 pp 43.7% 59.5% — 61.8%
2013estimate 36.0% 44.1% 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

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force participation
199 Alva 57.5%
370 Anna Maria 31.7%
270 Apalachicola 51.6%
84 Apollo Beach 65.3%
115 Atlantic Beach 63.7%
291 Atlantis 49.9%
311 Ave Maria 47.2%
221 Aventura 55.4%
173 Bagdad 59.0%
326 Bal Harbour 44.7%
104 Baldwin 64.2%
7 Bay Harbor Islands 75.0%
312 Bay Pines 46.9%
308 Bayonet Point 47.9%
251 Bayshore Gardens 53.5%
194 Bell 57.7%
250 Belle Glade 53.6%
274 Belleair 51.4%
320 Belleair Beach 45.6%
265 Belleair Bluffs 52.1%
162 Bellview 59.8%
316 Beverly Hills 46.0%
179 Big Pine Key 58.7%
13 Biscayne Park 71.3%
97 Bloomingdale 64.6%
…
93 Port St John 64.8%
158 Port St. Lucie 60.1%
27 Princeton 69.4%
371 Punta Gorda 31.5%
257 Redington Beach 52.8%
303 Redington Shores 48.7%
220 Ridge Manor 55.4%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020

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.