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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Labour force participation in St. Petersburg

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 100 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 · St. Petersburg · Pinellas County · Florida · United States · World
+0.1 pp since 2014
St. Petersburg Pinellas 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
St. Petersburg
64.6%
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 St. Petersburg · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 64.6% · 2024
First value 64.7% · 2013
Highest 64.8% · 2021
Lowest 62.9% · 2018
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearSt. PetersburgChange Pinellas CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2024estimate 64.6% −0.0 pp 58.8% 59.8% 63.5% 61.1%
2023estimate 64.6% −0.0 pp 58.9% 59.6% 63.5% 61.2%
2022estimate 64.7% −0.2 pp 58.7% 59.4% 63.5% 60.7%
2021estimate 64.8% +0.7 pp 59.0% 59.4% 63.6% 60.4%
2020estimate 64.1% +0.4 pp 58.4% 58.9% — 59.6%
2019estimate 63.7% +0.7 pp 58.2% 58.8% — 61.0%
2018estimate 62.9% −0.2 pp 58.0% 58.7% — 61.2%
2017estimate 63.1% −0.1 pp 58.1% 58.7% — 61.3%
2016estimate 63.3% −0.5 pp 58.2% 58.8% — 61.5%
2015estimate 63.7% −0.7 pp 58.6% 59.2% — 61.6%
2014estimate 64.5% −0.2 pp 59.0% 59.5% — 61.8%
2013estimate 64.7% 59.3% 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

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force participation
244 Alva 53.2%
351 Anna Maria 36.5%
117 Apalachicola 63.0%
110 Apollo Beach 63.3%
82 Atlantic Beach 65.2%
325 Atlantis 43.0%
240 Aventura 53.5%
211 Bagdad 56.6%
228 Bal Harbour 55.1%
49 Baldwin 67.0%
128 Bay Harbor Islands 62.4%
217 Bay Pines 56.3%
320 Bayonet Point 43.6%
241 Bayshore Gardens 53.5%
184 Bell 58.4%
173 Belle Glade 58.9%
210 Belleair 56.7%
339 Belleair Beach 39.2%
247 Belleair Bluffs 52.8%
120 Bellview 62.8%
316 Beverly Hills 44.4%
133 Big Pine Key 62.1%
43 Biscayne Park 67.2%
41 Bloomingdale 67.2%
144 Boca Raton 61.0%
…
358 St Leo 35.3%
258 St Pete Beach 52.2%
218 St. Augustine 56.0%
111 St. Petersburg 63.3%
377 Steinhatchee 26.8%
14 Stock Island 70.6%
212 Stuart 56.6%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2016

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.