Year % of female labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1983 17.061054030005955 1984 16.790581435467914 1985 16.90239819391552 1986 16.488411170160933 1987 15.79049782569264 1988 15.030676529616851 1989 13.786065906147304 1990 13.302667005596806 1991 13.04966931057046 1992 14.270217620675634 1993 15.214768348851077 1994 15.647416616627728 1995 16.42120046214079 1996 16.213730720468075 1997 15.70780945621365 1998 14.807381684878338 1999 14.592704271055338 2000 13.524396950823878 2001 14.384340050528282 2002 15.161529048935316 2003 15.636755850635154 2004 15.972302575197745 2005 15.262458757106941 2006 13.925048032245805 2007 13.665051229455296 2008 14.158168248231249 2009 17.123053778220985 2010 17.376458680898963 2011 17.409196777409658 2012 17.50755736090113 2013 17.507503130207972 2014 16.48107511739174 2015 15.413915499122083 2016 14.566511921604883 2017 13.710381845935615 2018 12.929384810811792 2019 13.07724070241098 2020 16.79512911721407 2021 14.421954989521216 2022 12.119777833735702 2023 11.608049391361822