Year % of total labor force (national estimate) 1994 5.169503104111702 1996 5.109481340484545 1997 5.281331163024351 1998 5.731085711266013 1999 6.017659824460838 2000 5.356579828175619 2001 6.0744057756194465 2002 6.6319491833769915 2003 6.461971572326035 2004 6.327808706264722 2005 5.762080423353287 2006 5.982265102055756 2007 5.690319371053809 2008 5.67556615791747 2009 5.964967760036491 2010 4.956065862730497 2011 5.55506581437566 2012 4.891688538961 2013 5.291513505765718 2014 5.334706267012459 2017 5.519189711704192 2018 6.307392536634876 2019 6.1295678473061574 2020 6.914055592270772 2021 6.377785634933097 2022 5.574641228686354