Year % of female labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1983 16.74546284868484 1984 16.627230190461123 1985 16.74132074416824 1986 16.307700524256738 1987 15.645021442144328 1988 14.704155968771989 1989 13.50463237468973 1990 13.114113780037062 1991 13.730788964905598 1992 14.409463602630662 1993 15.566129616515349 1994 15.699628513753426 1995 15.914986194490572 1996 15.926960527142343 1997 15.760692472250764 1998 15.223108000530134 1999 14.635181961686612 2000 13.226950240894757 2001 12.803958459108502 2002 13.26138767292997 2003 13.428128210928183 2004 13.520189443892365 2005 13.495987684275752 2006 13.230229922831846 2007 12.333580774073573 2008 12.878169051475451 2009 15.714232313972872 2010 16.636795327063112 2011 16.972419076439223 2012 17.429787740140885 2013 17.283187118776944 2014 16.571379259101846 2015 15.286843181608255 2016 14.129027248497875 2017 12.495555114403565 2018 11.810306518552709 2019 11.09614170130953 2020 15.42776212013182 2021 12.75431687997024 2022 10.353687686816983 2023 10.15514338919816