Year % of total labor force (national estimate) 1991 8.139185825504876 1992 9.297519906202702 1993 10.954365305155166 1994 11.522783299034215 1995 11.047307509845993 1996 11.115467145660238 1997 10.90469038593834 1998 10.494305423105608 1999 10.197074235112769 2000 9.826681577379798 2001 9.206057633187134 2002 9.555376826101819 2003 9.664106954592416 2004 9.883914577290954 2005 9.647527929615446 2006 8.698384696889581 2007 7.5122184205448255 2008 7.247650778388544 2009 9.20478090740566 2010 9.871293657201873 2011 9.926304921650432 2012 10.869615094908397 2013 11.341126716873662 2014 10.82249652911162 2015 10.022057442266426 2016 9.105017640570477 2017 8.130354279795219 2018 7.255396776033032 2019 6.683602824166361 2020 7.050571943077014 2021 7.022267257376004 2022 6.148134994081797 2023 6.023629055991374