Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1983 17.02646079871181 1984 16.27854171322929 1985 16.29175304364113 1986 15.759730179646727 1987 14.94098437173735 1988 14.135686546978622 1989 12.945042456342428 1990 12.60414242904635 1991 12.764649424908702 1992 13.984431613600517 1993 15.163356915081955 1994 15.380542660196424 1995 15.586043961724394 1996 15.437377673257432 1997 14.745158311949506 1998 14.353322916338538 1999 14.123590952720754 2000 13.221531503932653 2001 13.942718062649156 2002 14.80776096264681 2003 15.255052862597413 2004 15.330331122627367 2005 14.839289809141068 2006 13.561830924233487 2007 13.182928275939195 2008 13.926196350806443 2009 17.69859678723315 2010 17.79220438070533 2011 17.2944802237165 2012 17.42486846922695 2013 17.30020001032519 2014 16.28599093661129 2015 15.12798542441532 2016 14.279242601458897 2017 13.284585163896287 2018 12.523700684962435 2019 12.673468094469698 2020 15.904240587108609 2021 13.672687214473177 2022 11.61519712772521 2023 11.285713854697525