Year % female 1971 20.75863 1972 23.63895 1973 22.79661 1974 23.05348 1975 22.62673 1976 23.25817 1977 22.80902 1978 22.81216 1979 23.40078 1980 23.81867 1981 24.02935 1982 25.03884 1983 24.90497 1984 24.66516 1985 23.97458 1986 23.54572 1987 23.45567 1988 24.33192 1989 23.73092 1990 25.39893 1991 25.27037 1992 24.7612 1994 25.67222 1995 26.06216 1996 26.15604 1997 26.61694 1998 28.50598 1999 28.88989 2000 30.92574 2001 31.37603 2002 32.38206 2003 33.0797 2004 34.05148 2005 34.56421 2006 35.09885 2007 34.27256 2008 34.58285 2009 34.62992 2010 34.93822 2011 36.34871 2012 37.19771 2013 38.16753 2014 38.7328 2015 39.95447 2016 40.65823 2017 42.04819 2018 42.72158