Okaloosa County FutureCast

Not seasonally adjusted.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

This is the rolling 12 month job creation number, in thousands

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

data and Florida Chamber Foundation calculations. Seasonally Adjusted.

Data created by subtracting previous year’s monthly level of employment in this county from the current month. Data is not seasonally adjusted.

Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity.

Local Area Unemployment Statistics by county, October 2020

This is the Consumer Sentiment Index for Florida, published by the University of Florida’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research.

Bureau of Economic and Business Research

Florida Visitors is the annual visitor numbers of people visiting Florida from other states and other countries.

Visit Florida.

Florida Visitor Spending is the amount of spending in Tourism/Recreation Sales in $Billion.

Visit Florida

Housing Starts: This is New Private Housing Units Authorized by Building Permits: 1 Unit Structures for Florida.

Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED).

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Not seasonally adjusted.

Housing Sales. Closed sales by month.

Florida Realtors.

Housing permits issued for single-family homes.

U.S. Census Bureau.

This is the amount of Local Option Sales Taxes collected by fiscal year.

Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research.

The amount of Adjusted Gross Income this county gains or loses each year from people migrating into and out of the county.

How Money Walks

U.S. Census Bureau

Florida Department of Education PK-12 Education Information Portal

Percentage of registered voters that vote, by year.

Florida Division of Elections

Poll answers to the question “Is Florida Headed in the Right or Wrong Direction?”

The Florida Chamber of Commerce.

This is the total of local, state, federal and private acres of conservation land, divided by the county area in acres -- March 2020.

https://www.fnai.org/conservationlands.cfm

U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates, State Totals.

https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest.html

Percent of employees in the county that work for businesses with less than 100 employees The Florida number is the percent of net new jobs created by businesses with less than 100 employees

U.S. Census Bureau.

GDP Per Capita

Bureau of Economic Analysis

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Manufacturing share of private jobs

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Manufacturing Percent of Private Wages

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