County · Florida

Palm Beach County, Florida

Palm Beach County, Florida has a quality-of-life score of 76 out of 100 (high), ranking #746 of 3,143 US counties. Within Florida it ranks #9 of 67 counties. It ranks best on depression (low), new business applications (high) and income adjusted for local prices (high). It ranks worst on rent-burdened households (high), rent as share of income (high) and income inequality (Gini index) (high).

76High

Quality-of-life score: #746 of 3,143 counties
Florida: #9 of 67 in FL
Population: 1,575,726 (2025)
Land area: 1,964 mi²
Density: 802.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 12099

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 79 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety52#1,489/3,096
Economy79#648/3,143
Housing1#3,095/3,140
Health96#133/3,144
Healthcare80#644/3,143
Environment50#1,568/3,108
Education74#827/3,144
Infrastructure87#419/3,144
Community69#982/3,144
Leisure & amenities91#276/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Palm Beach County, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Depression · low16.5%
99/100Florida 18.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
New business applications · high30.8 /1k
99/100Florida 27.6 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Income adjusted for local prices · high$111,123
98/100Florida $70,596United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Adult obesity · low27.3%
97/100Florida 34.5%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Life expectancy · high81.2 yrs
97/100Florida 78.5 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Average weekly wage · high$1,579
96/100Florida $1,399United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Weaknesses

Rent-burdened households · high62.3%
0/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · high36.8%
1/100Florida 35.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.520
1/100Florida 0.485United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Hot days · high118 days
3/100Florida 102 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Severe housing problems · high21.5%
3/100Florida 19.0%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Cost of buying a home today · high46.0%
5/100Florida 38.7%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,494,203 (2020) → 1,575,726 (2025)
+5.5%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
7% (2021) → 76% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+69 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
2 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Drug overdose deathsImproving
34.9 /100k (2021) → 13.3 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−62%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
34.9% (Dec 2021) → 46.0% (Aug 2026)
+11 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Property crime rateImproving
1,836 /100k (2020) → 1,066 /100k (2025)
−42%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Palm Beach County, Florida improved on 13 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 12 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Weekly wage+33%$1,190 → $1,579
Real income+39%$79,897 → $111,123
Unemployment−4.1 points8.0% → 3.9%
Overdose deaths−64%36.7 /100k → 13.3 /100k
Bachelor's++3.8 points36.7% → 40.5%

Declined5

Price / income+0.9×4.5× → 5.4×
Suicides+24%11.6 /100k → 14.4 /100k
Rent / income+1.9 points34.9% → 36.8%
Rent burden+3 points59.2% → 62.3%
Traffic deaths+12%12.1 /100k → 13.6 /100k

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Palm Beach County, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	7.9 /10k2020	8.5 /10k2025	+7.7%	Improved	55%
Average commute time	26.0 min2015-2019	26.5 min2020-2024	+0.5 min	Within the margin of error	47%
Average weekly wage	$1,1902020	$1,5792025	+33%	Improved	90%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%2015-2019	40.5%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Improved	69%
Broadband subscriptions	85.0%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+6.4 points	Improved	18%
Child poverty rate	16.0%2019	14.1%2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Distance to an airport	11 mi2020	11 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	36.7 /100k2020	13.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−64%	Improved	88%
Effective property tax rate	0.98%2015-2019	0.82%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	63%
Firearm deaths	11.6 /100k2020	10.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−7.8%	Within the margin of error	61%
Grocery stores	1.7 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+15%	Within the margin of error	83%
Gyms and fitness centers	2.1 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	−3.7%	Within the margin of error	35%
High school diploma or higher	88.5%2015-2019	89.2%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Home price to income ratio	4.5×2015-2019	5.4×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	14%
Homicide rate	6.0 /100k2020	4.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−30%	Improved	53%
Income adjusted for local prices	$79,8972019	$111,1232024	+39%	Improved	83%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5222015-2019	0.5202020-2024	−0.002	Within the margin of error	59%
Median household income	$66,6212019	$84,8572024	+27%	Improved	62%
New business applications	27.7 /1k2020	30.8 /1k2025	+11%	Improved	15%
Pharmacies	2.5 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	−11%	Within the margin of error	39%
Poverty rate	11.4%2019	11.7%2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Property crime rate	1,836 /100k2020	1,066 /100k2025	−42%	Improved	61%
Public libraries	0.2 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	+1.3%	Within the margin of error	65%
Public transit commuters	1.6%2015-2019	1.5%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Rent as share of income	34.9%2015-2019	36.8%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Declined	29%
Rent-burdened households	59.2%2015-2019	62.3%2020-2024	+3 points	Declined	36%
Restaurants and bars	10.1 /10k2020	10.0 /10k2025	−1.7%	Within the margin of error	43%
Students per teacher	16.5×2019	16.5×2024	−0.0×	Little change	25%
Suicide rate	11.6 /100k2020	14.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+24%	Declined	17%
Traffic deaths	12.1 /100k2015-2019	13.6 /100k2020-2024	+12%	Declined	40%
Unemployment rate	8.0%2020	3.9%2025	−4.1 points	Improved	84%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.9%2019	16.5%2024	−1.4 points	Improved	57%
Violent crime rate	355 /100k2020	258 /100k2025	−27%	Improved	65%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Palm Beach County, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Palm Beach County, Florida in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Palm Beach County, Florida itself moved +2.2 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,533,806 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

605,430 households (±2,705)

Palm Beach County, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k14%82,721
$25k–50k17%100,646
$50k–75k15%91,538

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

605,430 households (±2,705)

Palm Beach County, Florida
Florida share

Own70%424,264
Rent30%181,166

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.2 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

703,075 workers (±5,169)

Palm Beach County, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone69%488,349
Carpool9.9%69,466
Public transit1.5%10,475

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Palm Beach County has 55,803 employer establishments, 358 for every 10,000 residents (1.44× the US rate of 248; 1.27× Florida's), with 592,227 paid employees at an average annual pay of $66,342. The Census Bureau also counts 261,006 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 55,803; 261,006 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 358; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 592,227
Average annual pay: $66,342; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Palm Beach County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	5,793	37.1	1.78×More than typical	50,402	$71,176	20,694
Lessors of real estate	3,768	24.1	1.96×More than typical	13,623	$75,585	30,169
Specialty trade contractors	3,651	23.4	1.51×More than typical	29,822	$59,392	14,741
Management, scientific and technical consulting	2,962	19	2.83×More than typical	9,370	$100,653	10,841
Restaurants and other eating places	2,865	18.4	1.00×About typical	60,433	$26,007	1,219
Services to buildings and dwellings	2,231	14.3	2.12×More than typical	15,919	$38,612	19,817
Offices of physicians	2,170	13.9	2.15×More than typical	20,320	$93,711	2,467
Legal services	2,090	13.4	2.49×More than typical	10,885	$116,644	2,823
Real estate agents and brokers	1,975	12.7	2.60×More than typical	3,165	$103,352	9,363
Offices of other health practitioners	1,751	11.2	1.85×More than typical	6,475	$47,460	6,426
Construction of buildings	1,606	10.3	1.36×More than typical	8,629	$90,446	7,212
Full-service restaurants	1,370	8.8	1.14×About typical	37,170	$30,048	491

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,560,348 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3B on contracts performed in Palm Beach County, Florida: $1,923 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $3B; +167% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,923; US $1,995
Sole-source: 1.9%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.2%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$2.1B71%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$311.7M10%
Department of Veterans Affairs$236.9M7.8%
U.S. Marshals Service$127M4.2%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$57M1.9%
Defense Logistics Agency$35.6M1.2%
Federal Acquisition Service$21.8M0.7%
Agricultural Marketing Service$20.1M0.7%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

536.5MFY2017
683.1MFY2018
551.2MFY2019
463.6MFY2020
399.2MFY2021
877.1MFY2022
766.3MFY2023
979.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$2.1B70%
Investigation and security services · 5616$288.5M9.5%
Facilities support services · 5612$149.5M4.9%
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing · 3254$81.9M2.7%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$57.3M1.9%
Other residential care facilities · 6239$49.3M

Largest awards

CENTRAL EVERGLADES PLANNING PROJECT (CEPP) CONTRACT 11B, EVERGLADES AGRICULTURAL AREA (EAA) A-2 RESERVOIR EMBANKMENT AND STRUCTURES, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA$2.6B
THALLE CONSTRUCTION CO INC· Palm Beach County, FL· Construction & real property· Sep 27, 2024 – May 19, 2026· W912EP24C0018
CENTRAL EVERGLADES PLANNING PROJECT (CEPP) CONTRACT 11A, EVERGLADES AGRICULTURAL AREA (EAA) A-2 RESERVOIR FOUNDATION & CUTOFF WALL PROJECT$768.9M
FORGEN-ODIN JV· Palm Beach County, FL· Construction & real property· Sep 28, 2022 – Jun 12, 2026· W912EP22C0017
EXPLORATION UPPER STAGE ENGINES MSFC WILL PROCURE TEN (10) RL10 FLIGHT ENGINES FROM AEROJET ROCKETDYNE, INC. TO SUPPORT THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM (SLS) EXPLORATION MISSIONS 2 AND 3 (EM-2 AND EM-3). EACH FLIGHT WILL REQUIRE A FOUR (4) ENGINE CLUSTER. ADDITIONALLY, TWO (2) SPARE ENGINES WILL BE PROCURED. CORRESPONDING TO THESE SPECIFIC RL10 ENGINES, NASA MSFC WILL PROCURE VEHICLE AND PROGRAM INTEGRATION SUPPORT, FLIGHT SUPPORT, AND HUMAN RATING COMPLIANCE REVIEW SUPPORT.$287.2M
AEROJET ROCKETDYNE, INC.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $10.2B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Palm Beach County, Florida: $6,503 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $10.2B; −4.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,503; US $12,957
Loan face value: $19.9B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$7.5B73%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$534.8M5.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$501M4.9%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$432.3M4.2%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$182.4M1.8%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$175.2M1.7%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$160.7M1.6%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$142.4M1.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$110.7M1.1%
TALLAHASSEE, FL
WEST PALM BEACH HOUSING AUTHORITY$72.6M0.7%
WEST PALM BEACH, FL
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, INC.$64.2M0.6%
BOCA RATON, FL
PALM BEACH COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY$55.5M0.5%
WEST PALM BEACH, FL
PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$8.6B84%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$635.4M6.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$357.7M3.5%
Department of Health and Human Services
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$172.3M1.7%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

8.9BFY2021
8.6BFY2022
9.2BFY2023
10BFY2024
10.7BFY2025
10.2BFY2026

County aggregates

94%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Palm Beach County, Florida compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Palm Beach County, Florida
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Palm Beach County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Palm Beach County, Florida	United States
FY2017	$365	$1,436
FY2018	$461	$1,552
FY2019	$368	$1,654
FY2020	$310	$1,880
FY2021	$265	$1,810
FY2022	$572	$1,917
FY2023	$491	$2,079
FY2024	$622	$2,047
FY2025	$720	$2,165
FY2026	$1,923 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	— (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Palm Beach County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Palm Beach County, Florida	United States
FY2017	$16.13	$93.28
FY2018	$81.24	$105
FY2019	$22.57	$128
FY2020	$37.78	$145
FY2021	$74.96	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Palm Beach County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Palm Beach County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$650	$5,748
FY2022	$736	$5,221
FY2023	$669	$5,364
FY2024	$911	$5,501
FY2025	$979	$5,732
FY2026	$2,086

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Palm Beach County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Palm Beach County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$61.41	$298
FY2022	$65.60	$357
FY2023	$56.92	$301
FY2024	$106	$319
FY2025	$68.46	$360
FY2026	$96.41

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Palm Beach County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Palm Beach County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$135	$239
FY2022	$109	$185
FY2023	$135	$229
FY2024	$134	$229
FY2025	$152	$249
FY2026	$131

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Palm Beach County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Palm Beach County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$73.97	$2,304
FY2022	$48.80	$2,197
FY2023	$52.58	$2,274
FY2024	$73.24	$2,267
FY2025	$38.42	$2,397
FY2026	$35.94

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Palm Beach County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Palm Beach County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$1,796	$1,186
FY2022	$686	$465
FY2023	$53.39	$76.52
FY2024	$178	$120
FY2025	$353	$148
FY2026	$183

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Palm Beach County, Florida
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Palm Beach County, Florida and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Palm Beach County, Florida	United States
2014	3.8%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/12099

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Palm Beach County, Florida is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Rick ScottR-

Metro area

The metro or micro area Palm Beach County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL66Central county

Cities and towns in Palm Beach County

Places whose residents live mostly in Palm Beach County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-06
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Palm Beach County, Florida	United States
2014	−3.8%	−4.2%
2015	−0.9%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.2%	+3.3%
2018	+5.7%	+6.8%
2019	+8.8%	+10.5%
2020	+19.4%	+19.4%
2021	+31.7%	+26.1%
2022	+37.5%	+30.6%
2023	+44.3%	+35.0%
2024	+48.9%	+41.0%
2025	+58.4%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Palm Beach County, Florida	United States
2014	−7.4%	−5.5%
2015	−1.6%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+9.2%	+4.1%
2018	+16.6%	+8.9%
2019	+23.4%	+13.5%
2020	+29.6%	+20.8%
2021	+45.0%	+32.1%
2022	+59.5%	+35.4%
2023	+73.9%	+42.9%
2024	+80.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Palm Beach County, Florida	United States
2014	3.6/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.8/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.8/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	5.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	5.2/1k	5.2/1k
2022	4.0/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.6/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.7/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Palm Beach County, Florida	United States
2014	−9.3%	−6.9%
2015	−1.7%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.3%	+4.7%
2018	+7.2%	+7.5%
2019	+15.6%	+14.0%
2020	+18.4%	+16.9%
2021	+21.6%	+21.0%
2022	+33.2%	+29.7%
2023	+47.2%	+34.9%
2024	+47.3%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Palm Beach County, Florida	United States
2014	14.9%	15.5%
2015	13.5%	14.7%
2016	12.6%	14.0%
2017	11.8%	13.4%
2018	12.2%	13.1%
2019	11.4%	12.3%
2020	12.0%	11.9%
2021	11.6%	12.8%
2022	11.1%	12.6%
2023	10.8%	12.5%
2024	11.7%	12.1%

Calendar years	Palm Beach County, Florida	United States
2014	6.1%	6.2%
2015	5.2%	5.3%
2016	4.8%	4.9%
2017	4.2%	4.4%
2018	3.7%	3.9%
2019	3.4%	3.7%
2020	8.0%	8.1%
2021	4.5%	5.4%
2022	3.0%	3.7%
2023	3.0%	3.6%
2024	3.3%	4.0%
2025	3.9%	4.3%

Calendar years	Palm Beach County, Florida	United States
2014	−16.3% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−7.2% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+6.5% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+12.7% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+16.5% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+24.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+53.1% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+83.6% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+90.1% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+89.1% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+78.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Palm Beach County, Florida	United States
2015	−3.2% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.8% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.7% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+13.0% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+21.0% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+57.1% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+68.8% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+71.6% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+74.1% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+76.1% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Palm Beach County, Florida	United States
2014	21.2%	13.5%
2015	17.2%	10.9%
2016	16.3%	10.0%
2017	17.4%	10.2%
2018	17.9%	10.4%
2019	17.9%	10.8%
2020	18.1%	10.4%
2021	16.5%	10.2%
2022	16.3%	9.5%
2023	15.5%	9.5%
2024	16.5%	9.8%

Calendar years	Palm Beach County, Florida	United States
2014	19.7/1k	8.5/1k
2015	20.8/1k	8.7/1k
2016	20.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	21.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	23.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	22.1/1k	10.6/1k
2020	27.7/1k	13.1/1k
2021	34.2/1k	16.2/1k
2022	30.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	32.6/1k	16.2/1k
2024	31.1/1k	15.4/1k
2025	30.8/1k	16.6/1k

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