Year % of total labor force (national estimate) 1991 6.549872025657208 1992 7.281537545311905 1993 7.735867417174674 1994 7.836137292151602 1995 7.588271640987688 1996 7.5586227341377406 1997 7.264124586457308 1998 7.235927853937063 1999 7.181451308227154 2000 6.775067955037724 2001 6.62681262048359 2002 7.135276502711051 2003 7.260565026122465 2004 7.18094422682561 2005 6.83331421491884 2006 6.185089480379502 2007 5.886543813781262 2008 6.2006277377599845 2009 8.370352065242793 2010 8.51063326603937 2011 8.116092728287782 2012 8.101719886196722 2013 7.986982306690411 2014 7.412686482539699 2015 6.860050902052947 2016 6.435541378587221 2017 5.916705267346898 2018 5.476638101154809 2019 5.385112592959567 2020 7.143142389995773 2021 6.193023739231722 2022 4.985426589984399 2023 4.8299600532299385