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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 21, 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

2025 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLeisure & hospitality share of jobs
65 Gadsden County 5.2%
64 Glades County 8.2%
63 Calhoun County 9.3%
62 DeSoto County 10.0%
61 Hendry County 10.1%
60 Duval County 11.0%
59 Bradford County 11.1%
58 Seminole County 11.1%
57 Polk County 11.2%
56 Hillsborough County 11.5%
55 Madison County 11.5%
54 Baker County 12.2%
53 Okeechobee County 12.3%
52 Dixie County 12.5%
51 Jackson County 12.8%
50 Broward County 13.0%
49 Suwannee County 13.2%
48 Union County 13.3%
47 Miami-Dade County 13.4%
46 Jefferson County 13.4%
45 Putnam County 13.5%
44 St. Lucie County 13.9%
43 Marion County 14.0%
42 Brevard County 14.0%
41 Holmes County 14.1%
…
38 Pinellas County 14.7%
37 Columbia County 14.7%
36 Washington County 14.8%
35 Alachua County 15.0%
34 Taylor County 15.0%
33 Pasco County 15.1%
32 Martin County 15.4%
…

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

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.