Year % female 1971 21.42006 1972 22.66465 1973 22.59634 1974 23.13344 1975 24.14927 1976 24.61934 1977 25.08717 1978 26.11233 1979 26.4735 1980 27.87439 1981 28.16792 1982 28.79275 1983 28.16127 1984 28.49716 1985 29.04674 1986 29.33354 1987 30.03696 1988 30.4777 1989 31.05802 1990 31.24069 1991 31.8066 1992 32.47001 1993 32.78883 1994 33.79401 1995 32.41953 1996 33.07081 1997 33.62496 1998 33.99351 1999 34.23911 2000 34.71506 2001 35.12167 2002 35.11594 2006 37.28818 2007 36.69743 2008 36.80643 2009 38.14315 2011 39.20657 2012 39.51163 2013 39.87531 2014 40.48334 2015 40.78747 2016 41.44249 2017 42.29942 2018 43.18875