Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1983 17.038695195944786 1984 15.891522642472355 1985 15.847785063789248 1986 15.206419388423344 1987 14.267721618197173 1988 13.461239407115052 1989 12.254459530375492 1990 12.045910148795182 1991 12.589840750651947 1992 13.807860756423075 1993 15.21352897806045 1994 15.232459915158485 1995 15.020044521496033 1996 14.933589270028754 1997 14.143283609608801 1998 14.187585798291474 1999 13.932049057418855 2000 13.099055707173004 2001 13.773098205508989 2002 14.729101341914534 2003 15.188196020955841 2004 15.080510193156256 2005 14.737457786466878 2006 13.463055162752621 2007 13.010294300558751 2008 13.984249651398258 2009 18.453675190707052 2010 18.407534333742095 2011 17.48375441608219 2012 17.6024516415279 2013 17.397477523009997 2014 16.38042094492595 2015 15.158247455876676 2016 14.297436938603274 2017 13.211289265048547 2018 12.451652264001165 2019 12.592600466245122 2020 15.423631390065326 2021 13.352166397440028 2022 11.459090338122795 2023 11.259801745231524