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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

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLeisure & hospitality share of jobs
66 Glades County 3.4%
65 Union County 5.4%
64 Gadsden County 7.5%
63 Lafayette County 8.2%
62 Hamilton County 8.7%
61 Dixie County 10.1%
60 Hardee County 10.2%
59 Madison County 10.5%
58 Suwannee County 10.6%
57 Hendry County 10.7%
56 Jefferson County 11.0%
55 DeSoto County 11.3%
54 Gilchrist County 11.3%
53 Baker County 11.7%
52 Seminole County 11.8%
51 Taylor County 12.0%
50 Duval County 12.1%
49 Polk County 12.4%
48 Hillsborough County 12.7%
47 Putnam County 13.2%
46 Broward County 13.4%
45 Calhoun County 13.5%
44 Levy County 13.6%
43 Miami-Dade County 14.1%
42 Holmes County 14.4%
…
29 Palm Beach County 16.2%
28 Lake County 16.2%
27 Columbia County 16.2%
26 Alachua County 16.2%
25 Citrus County 16.9%
24 Martin County 17.0%
23 Indian River County 17.0%
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2018

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.