Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area

The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metropolitan area spans 3 counties and had 6,457,988 residents in 2024. Its economy produced $575.0 billion that year.

Florida3 countiesPart of Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL

GDP, 2024$575.0B#12 of 387 · +5.9% nominal

Income per person, 2024$89,115#19 of 387

Unemployment, 20253.3%#62 of 387 · #1 = lowest

Price level, 2024 (US = 100)114.2#2 of 387 · #1 = most expensive

Fig. 1Income, people and outputSums of BEA county estimates for the metro area

Miami, FLUnited States

BEA county estimates (CAINC1, CAGDP1) summed over the 3 counties of the metro area; current dollars.

Industries, 2024

Share of the metro economy; blank where BEA suppresses a county figure.

By year

Industry	Value added	Share	US share
Real estate	$117.0B	20.3%	13.7%
Government	$45.2B	7.9%	11.1%
Manufacturing	$17.4B	3.0%	9.5%
Finance & insurance	$36.8B	6.4%	8.7%
Professional services	$52.9B	9.2%	8.0%
Health care	$40.9B	7.1%	7.5%
Wholesale trade	$51.9B	9.0%	6.3%
Retail trade	$43.4B	7.5%	5.9%
Information	$24.4B	4.2%	5.7%
Construction	$23.0B	4.0%	4.3%
Transportation & warehousing	$27.5B	4.8%	3.3%
Accommodation & food	$24.6B	4.3%	3.1%
Administrative & waste services	$23.7B	4.1%	3.0%
Other services	$14.0B	2.4%	2.0%
Management of companies	$9.2B	1.6%	1.8%
Utilities	$7.4B	1.3%	1.6%
Mining, oil & gas	$463M	0.1%	1.3%
Education	$6.3B	1.1%	1.1%
Arts & recreation	$7.1B	1.2%	1.0%
Agriculture	$1.8B	0.3%	0.8%

Fig. 2Unemployment rate since 2015Monthly, not seasonally adjusted, percent

BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, metropolitan areas.

Counties in the metro area

OMB delineation of July 2023 (Census Bureau, list 1).

County	State	Type	FIPS
Broward County	Florida	Central	12011
Miami-Dade County	Florida	Central	12086
Palm Beach County	Florida	Central	12099