Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1983 16.747797360716742 1984 16.10827818095571 1985 16.12429686452208 1986 15.583746588264923 1987 14.782643865739136 1988 13.757730595084894 1989 12.505301059511346 1990 12.232803735168078 1991 13.320253200527848 1992 14.195981021449203 1993 15.568313324415904 1994 15.66088819664845 1995 15.318783552395177 1996 15.550990516096434 1997 15.262103757662134 1998 14.986725293348563 1999 14.364035200852285 2000 13.069428232145604 2001 12.891437651558336 2002 13.456305073326515 2003 13.844133120844123 2004 13.865270544553987 2005 13.890445126435662 2006 13.294141787110192 2007 12.502236939710803 2008 13.453947280553628 2009 17.272762061164777 2010 17.944405935684628 2011 17.84352743064724 2012 18.33133278509228 2013 18.15931396559144 2014 17.2761888303158 2015 15.974558157784491 2016 14.826963061030435 2017 13.154850907604436 2018 12.337779245540936 2019 11.693304085287739 2020 15.50495985012512 2021 13.02951767733719 2022 10.864115644058929 2023 10.752112383463272