Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1983 16.77831715103672 1984 15.715970566112315 1985 15.675330189861716 1986 15.024584327449693 1987 14.098724307028156 1988 13.025389969409424 1989 11.68333952000578 1990 11.546323214140141 1991 13.102476008675515 1992 14.119997850679743 1993 15.670769133782217 1994 15.712394988396756 1995 14.843369455722266 1996 15.300613363804402 1997 14.910009345169685 1998 14.96745514255168 1999 14.28816161779234 2000 13.055097864652193 2001 13.114702918487168 2002 13.772028199381532 2003 14.33961474568986 2004 14.267430532753176 2005 14.366071150468041 2006 13.481745920272775 2007 12.800559270278594 2008 14.10859496892279 2009 18.76812337073576 2010 19.21363407765848 2011 18.72379364082749 2012 19.190615854817462 2013 18.985965469389477 2014 17.963986362000032 2015 16.638773321987017 2016 15.49661944726375 2017 13.802308619895648 2018 12.878996221190324 2019 12.288835581753592 2020 15.646918748063577 2021 13.379502330192922 2022 11.360799089833762 2023 11.347437325572939