Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1983 21.634556038142094 1985 23.598858142210982 1986 23.01519713757288 1987 22.294323426371296 1988 21.71486439469832 1989 19.073701850302097 1990 17.693740387351266 1991 17.759104465173955 1992 20.184519548157738 1993 23.32982047831785 1994 25.063166436954848 1995 24.24425031585648 1996 24.349571223297666 1997 23.318243363232394 1998 21.791567843001054 1999 21.800672247696667 2000 20.78511665328612 2001 19.866773343584068 2002 20.78550193367888 2003 20.793037727779662 2004 21.336701240630326 2005 21.38309395434682 2006 19.578421980502412 2007 17.00346509355784 2008 16.916679118225588 2009 21.492744089153998 2010 22.966675293774934 2011 23.762823433694084 2012 25.921996744485817 2013 26.89059575420255 2014 25.96153287285846 2015 24.263839794108993 2016 22.494748578330483 2017 20.165328980611775 2018 18.180208672817194 2019 17.020485225559423 2020 19.032924774292738 2021 18.783409366201145 2022 16.39465373269088 2023 16.138898080079986