Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1983 19.34669902787319 1985 20.947150465143945 1986 20.111519710492285 1987 19.342994164290133 1988 18.47879830431358 1989 15.684617705492048 1990 14.655696307804885 1991 15.319366323675675 1992 17.991823530396296 1993 21.616516420713083 1994 23.671948301086836 1995 21.97690107887735 1996 22.15746395960942 1997 21.1419874999175 1998 20.035573427755832 1999 20.17857146917788 2000 19.489709833867263 2001 18.768331115222082 2002 19.85212961208569 2003 20.08607701010322 2004 20.872612498567456 2005 20.652676803387074 2006 18.541550699040194 2007 16.071987071526078 2008 16.21328158949961 2009 21.892375123638104 2010 23.066615116693693 2011 23.503324403037404 2012 25.7622780597862 2013 26.688185004591958 2014 25.825597119324996 2015 24.33429627410974 2016 22.46881416488455 2017 20.206493330857807 2018 18.278423720333812 2019 16.976337967854192 2020 18.590629076821774 2021 18.318174656433186 2022 16.21659303532492 2023 16.311333996598016