Year % of total labor force (national estimate) 1991 6.666369930144441 1992 7.207568624701352 1993 7.748092316739371 1994 8.057995621959561 1995 7.839654836517074 1996 7.878995421031062 1997 7.87835085134521 1998 7.969160895475671 1999 7.813637686960973 2000 7.162404624023612 2001 6.951491770202349 2002 7.2689299325302725 2003 7.386027557250593 2004 7.18526853545621 2005 6.848098429387047 2006 6.374821639238502 2007 5.751293899007609 2008 5.975771121804178 2009 8.106345745580313 2010 8.250468936541537 2011 7.944038743297006 2012 7.821725813636268 2013 7.738770555111876 2014 7.134059700176537 2015 6.639125041738298 2016 6.134530019222107 2017 5.625327293045578 2018 5.114236418998876 2019 4.777308626358525 2020 6.476995301026292 2021 5.565531374686256 2022 4.508387907339897 2023 4.4159963154845965