Year % of female labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1983 24.312176758723655 1985 26.786228972306105 1986 26.411583305395688 1987 25.728830686771108 1988 25.42449505119705 1989 22.95513223595371 1990 21.199678006409467 1991 20.653073795744888 1992 22.774340980704945 1993 25.399401616424438 1994 26.746682653212243 1995 26.883469786095425 1996 26.967287555872996 1997 25.906624145925925 1998 23.907527061922615 1999 23.75594414425462 2000 22.3265566165685 2001 21.24570112510588 2002 22.023872732895963 2003 21.767450489265823 2004 21.95262364957005 2005 22.346215920423475 2006 20.931216274313677 2007 18.2164821836025 2008 17.864586377601245 2009 21.097130556835133 2010 22.931041375296534 2011 24.212043492432514 2012 26.21206138831575 2013 27.237122625025165 2014 26.20592147462162 2015 24.269893115857695 2016 22.611367294084445 2017 20.17940785493008 2018 18.14505107349256 2019 17.1488758495308 2020 19.677791267598405 2021 19.464788978935484 2022 16.710268978735694 2023 16.012465079214063