Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1983 16.740417870260853 1984 15.626397705477181 1985 15.655048081718641 1986 15.058961740955434 1987 14.089523820560972 1988 13.009769985013158 1989 11.605495658664148 1990 11.686858885309292 1991 13.08757594476923 1992 14.443361321487542 1993 15.649955616101936 1994 15.998326100111322 1995 15.75703513156801 1996 16.028265503956636 1997 16.09714134470673 1998 16.70875449238827 1999 16.189601566078615 2000 15.135097862496053 2001 14.939662689130687 2002 15.474221148994022 2003 16.024324608922978 2004 15.817989638079581 2005 15.341348618270654 2006 14.461687858048974 2007 13.753663578705487 2008 14.366870062248701 2009 19.003076571390107 2010 19.032054538269414 2011 18.235828701255258 2012 18.536221289662677 2013 18.263290675088783 2014 17.27294042178515 2015 16.136441594573984 2016 15.100445042317821 2017 14.189921665670504 2018 13.26465376851694 2019 12.53294650819409 2020 15.675346881379467 2021 13.641330943022442 2022 11.78110407528815 2023 11.701442816699515