Year Percent 1970-01-01 39.3 1971-01-01 39.7 1972-01-01 39.6 1973-01-01 40.9 1974-01-01 41.7 1975-01-01 41.4 1976-01-01 41.5 1977-01-01 41.5 1978-01-01 41.0 1979-01-01 40.7 1980-01-01 41.9 1981-01-01 42.1 1982-01-01 41.5 1983-01-01 40.8 1984-01-01 41.8 1985-01-01 43.0 1986-01-01 45.0 1987-01-01 45.6 1988-01-01 46.8 1989-01-01 48.7 1990-01-01 49.4 1991-01-01 48.2 1992-01-01 47.8 1993-01-01 47.6 1994-01-01 48.6 1995-01-01 50.3 1996-01-01 50.4 1997-01-01 50.4 1998-01-01 51.0 1999-01-01 51.3 2000-01-01 52.5 2001-01-01 52.6 2002-01-01 52.9 2003-01-01 53.6 2004-01-01 53.7 2005-01-01 55.0 2006-01-01 55.7 2007-01-01 56.4 2008-01-01 57.2 2009-01-01 56.9 2010-01-01 56.6 2011-01-01 56.8 2012-01-01 56.7