Why Tampa Bay

Skilled & Growing Workforce

Unemployment Rate

Labor Force

1.75M

8.0 %

1.7M

1.7M

6.0 %

1.65M

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4.0 %

1.6M

3.6 %

2.9 %

1.55M

2.0 %

1.5M

1.5M

0.0 %

1.45M

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Nearly 44% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION IS 20–54 YEARS OLD. Moody's Analytics

1.6M Employed Workers

#7 Hillsborough County

#9 Polk County

#15 Pasco County

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