Historically, the economy of the Panhandle depended mainly on farming, forestry and lumbering, paper mills, import/export shipping at Pensacola and to a lesser extent at Panama City, shipbuilding, and commercial fishing.
Historicamente, a economía da Franxa dependía principalmente da agricultura, da silvicultura e os serradoiros, da industria papeleira, da importación/exportación a través do transporte naval en Pensacola e, en menor medida, en Panama City, da construción naval e da pesca comercial.