Year % of female population ages 15+ (national estimate) 1960 20 1970 23.72 1976 26.85 1977 27.71 1978 27.84 1979 27.86 1980 28.09 1981 28.47 1982 28.31 1983 26.77 1984 26.82 1985 28.16 1986 28.11 1987 29.27 1988 31.7 1990 30.91 1991 31.22 1992 32.11 1993 34.2 1995 33.66 1996 34.25 1997 35.17 1998 35.12 1999 36.67 2000 34.9 2002 36.26 2003 37.01 2004 36.56 2005 37.87 2006 38.24 2007 37.09 2008 36.5 2010 34.1 2011 33.3 2012 33.5 2015 31.93