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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Labour force participation in South Palm Beach

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 332 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

Labour force participation, 2013 – 2024 percent · South Palm Beach · Palm Beach County · Florida · United States · World
+3.4 pp since 2014
South Palm Beach Palm Beach 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
South Palm Beach
42.7%
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 South Palm Beach · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 42.7% · 2024
First value 33.2% · 2013
Highest 46.8% · 2022
Lowest 33.2% · 2013
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearSouth Palm BeachChange Palm Beach CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2024estimate 42.7% −2.3 pp 59.6% 59.8% 63.5% 61.1%
2023estimate 45.0% −1.8 pp 59.7% 59.6% 63.5% 61.2%
2022estimate 46.8% +0.4 pp 59.5% 59.4% 63.5% 60.7%
2021estimate 46.4% +3.0 pp 59.8% 59.4% 63.6% 60.4%
2020estimate 43.4% +2.3 pp 59.3% 58.9% — 59.6%
2019estimate 41.1% +2.8 pp 59.8% 58.8% — 61.0%
2018estimate 38.3% +2.9 pp 59.8% 58.7% — 61.2%
2017estimate 35.4% −1.5 pp 59.9% 58.7% — 61.3%
2016estimate 36.9% −0.3 pp 60.0% 58.8% — 61.5%
2015estimate 37.2% −2.0 pp 60.0% 59.2% — 61.6%
2014estimate 39.2% +6.1 pp 60.2% 59.5% — 61.8%
2013estimate 33.2% 60.4% 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

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force participation
151 Alva 60.8%
361 Anna Maria 33.5%
147 Apalachicola 61.2%
96 Apollo Beach 64.4%
115 Atlantic Beach 63.4%
314 Atlantis 45.1%
220 Aventura 55.5%
215 Bagdad 55.8%
291 Bal Harbour 49.6%
15 Baldwin 70.7%
43 Bay Harbor Islands 67.4%
242 Bay Pines 53.8%
302 Bayonet Point 46.5%
230 Bayshore Gardens 54.8%
213 Bell 56.0%
198 Belle Glade 57.1%
200 Belleair 57.0%
330 Belleair Beach 42.7%
269 Belleair Bluffs 51.4%
111 Bellview 63.6%
308 Beverly Hills 45.9%
55 Big Pine Key 66.5%
36 Biscayne Park 68.0%
60 Bloomingdale 66.2%
157 Boca Raton 60.4%
…
118 South Gate Ridge 63.2%
53 South Miami 66.5%
154 South Miami Heights 60.6%
355 South Palm Beach 35.4%
359 South Pasadena 34.0%
66 Southwest Ranches 65.8%
284 Spring Hill 50.4%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2017

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.