Year	% of female population ages 15+ (national estimate)
1980	43.58538233256885
1981	45.044693851360186
1983	45.96241736378241
1984	46.70214323947387
1985	46.87573014949434
1986	47.6546283406857
1987	48.57649308930185
1988	48.73935319086018
1989	51.17528679871307
1990	49.499460879284264
1991	50.02102056545647
1992	52.14648613009248
1993	52.050423892260056
1994	52.10171607504245
1995	52.136503485533886
1996	52.14521329854678
1997	51.95963603455182
1998	51.85974373898298
1999	52.456600051399015
2000	52.487423033312346
2001	52.49388042350782
2002	52.62393796391769
2003	53.088299800665574
2004	53.291822311939384
2005	53.58917679470321
2006	53.56183623801776
2007	53.737133760341656
2008	53.842840524802746
2009	54.01087722662392
2010	54.41947523617629
2011	54.003056352887135
2012	54.13705971453943
2013	54.16243216085137
2014	54.38090943837669
2015	54.333500622704825
2016	54.63648559462793
2017	53.97876420780442
2018	54.24506666751647
2019	54.55452220831295
2020	53.8638445460173
2021	54.28069810780406
2022	54.92272898798963
2023	54.98097365885892