Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1983 16.708910829337427 1984 15.957411116324632 1985 16.049319918229234 1986 15.555294913568112 1987 14.737582052226703 1988 13.701778497089773 1989 12.380623947505677 1990 12.322148542870966 1991 13.3198565287211 1992 14.609723255043697 1993 15.683858612992507 1994 16.178182551992098 1995 16.382216012953364 1996 16.547961204202558 1997 16.60870108846134 1998 16.89252484989186 1999 16.53068848796362 2000 15.375710499126424 2001 14.970648232012884 2002 15.441821591959977 2003 15.895189258060816 2004 15.71968132656256 2005 15.246008465149616 2006 14.508895277583454 2007 13.733661162825303 2008 14.269653680007933 2009 18.15964873210007 2010 18.10864484452561 2011 17.695361742382733 2012 18.28912962667429 2013 17.804559586978463 2014 17.16205279699623 2015 15.748528255197881 2016 14.74987603166516 2017 14.116504929479168 2018 13.262573973333943 2019 12.501919713362186 2020 16.067000874598264 2021 13.629844765701336 2022 11.70883780677754 2023 11.440492629962453