Many people think of Florida as a retirement haven, but the state also has a large working elderly population. Especially with today’s uncertain economy, more and more elderly people are looking for Florida jobs.

Florida has a 13.5 million people population, and of that, 4.6 million - or 34 percent - are 55-years or older. Those 65-years or older account for 20.2 percent of the population, or 2.7 million people. As of 2004, Florida had an 8.5 million person labor force, and 17.6 percent, or about 1.5 million people, were 55-years or older.

Older women outnumber older men in the state, representing 54.7 percent of the 55-years and older population. In turn, men represented 54.1 percent of the older labor force.

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Some people are able to make a career out of helping others. Those in Florida may want to look into the growing opportunity of Florida healthcare jobs.

The United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics notes Florida’s education and health services industry employed 1,036,500 people in June 2008, a 3 percent increase over the previous year. The State of Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation states the education and health services industry employed 998,624 people in 2007, and is expected to employ 1,229,785 in 2015, an increase of 2.89 percent.

In 2001, according to city-data.com, Florida had 202 community hospitals with 216,509 full-time personnel and 51,762 available beds, 2,207,147 admissions, 55,402 full-time registered nurses, 7,003 full-time licensed practical nurses and 280 physicians per 100,000 people. Federal government grants to cover Medicare and Medicaid services in 2001 totaled $5.4 billion and 2,838,345 enrollees received Medicare that year.

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While the city is known around the world as a tourist hot spot, there are many other Orlando jobs up for grabs.

The Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission states Orlando’s most important industries include: advanced manufacturing, agritechnology, aviation and aerospace, customer support and back office, digital media, energy and alternative fuels, film and television production, international business, life science and biotechnology, manufacturing, warehousing and distribution, modeling, simulation and training, optics and photonics and software and hardware.

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