Year % of total labor force (national estimate) 1991 6.537827364860364 1992 7.116613877697602 1993 7.65110184121497 1994 7.647386391778329 1995 7.189991930098862 1996 7.322780948115366 1997 7.184926061888914 1998 7.2410538338916774 1999 6.965680978614026 2000 6.384269667736407 2001 6.25921467441904 2002 6.632196293288919 2003 6.7202648999052075 2004 6.519479951896743 2005 6.2531544405213175 2006 5.911981922208461 2007 5.497742077598439 2008 5.834816371106781 2009 8.056868388740805 2010 8.352625010854332 2011 7.992853724020627 2012 8.052163735439404 2013 7.93380278523165 2014 7.407834271899146 2015 6.836362433222989 2016 6.408512114895513 2017 5.848078349501832 2018 5.307609118624587 2019 4.971084709904759 2020 6.757765704551869 2021 5.836757847133072 2022 4.542237061132709 2023 4.508158304413157