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Leisure & hospitality share of jobs in Alachua County

2014 – 2025 · 12 data points 35 of 65 · Regions of Florida Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2014 – 2025

Leisure & hospitality share of jobs, 2014 – 2025 percent · Alachua County · Florida · United States
−1.1 pp since 2015
Alachua County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2014 – 2025

Compared with Leisure & hospitality share of jobs · percent
Alachua County
15.0%
Florida
15.2%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

The series at a glance Alachua County · 2014 – 2025
Latest value 15.0% · 2025
First value 15.9% · 2014
Highest 16.2% · 2016
Lowest 13.8% · 2020
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2014 – 2025

YearAlachua CountyChange FloridaUnited States
2025 15.0% −0.1 pp 15.2% 12.6%
2024 15.0% +0.2 pp 15.1% 12.6%
2023 14.9% −0.2 pp 15.0% 12.5%
2022 15.0% +0.6 pp 14.9% 12.2%
2021 14.4% +0.6 pp 14.4% 11.5%
2020 13.8% −2.2 pp 13.6% 10.8%
2019 16.0% −0.2 pp 16.1% 13.0%
2018 16.2% +0.1 pp 16.1% 13.0%
2017 16.1% −0.1 pp 16.1% 13.0%
2016 16.2% +0.1 pp 16.2% 12.9%
2015 16.1% +0.2 pp 16.2% 12.8%
2014 15.9% 16.1% 12.7%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2014 – 2025

Ranking · Regions of Florida

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLeisure & hospitality share of jobs
27 Alachua County 16.1%
52 Baker County 11.5%
10 Bay County 21.2%
20 Bradford County 17.4%
34 Brevard County 15.1%
42 Broward County 13.6%
55 Calhoun County 10.2%
21 Charlotte County 17.3%
31 Citrus County 15.6%
19 Clay County 17.6%
9 Collier County 21.5%
35 Columbia County 14.8%
53 DeSoto County 10.8%
54 Dixie County 10.6%
45 Duval County 12.5%
32 Escambia County 15.2%
11 Flagler County 20.6%
3 Franklin County 30.2%
62 Gadsden County 8.1%
57 Gilchrist County 9.7%
63 Glades County 8.0%
25 Gulf County 16.1%
66 Hamilton County 6.2%
60 Hardee County 9.5%
61 Hendry County 9.5%
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2015

What it means

How much of the private job market is tourism and hospitality.

How it is calculated

Leisure and hospitality jobs divided by all private-sector jobs.