Year % of female labor force (national estimate) 1991 6.741128693556294 1992 7.32590776546413 1993 7.01436823887505 1994 6.427169393663 1995 6.013937764479276 1996 5.848490974108287 1997 5.453590075445503 1998 4.955278797427901 1999 4.633762772944297 2000 4.359502369294124 2001 4.878085343866929 2002 5.770423959899496 2003 5.823275639746635 2004 5.5533227565796786 2005 5.242309612758664 2006 4.7948642732980815 2007 4.640971817328058 2008 5.4595033707830405 2009 7.9709684908121 2010 8.482422784449907 2011 8.320821143981368 2012 7.7883070038716795 2013 7.031974697130694 2014 6.109629822286946 2015 5.304830593676451 2016 4.955274357582763 2017 4.490627864111878 2018 4.028134568022854 2019 3.796995076766112 2020 8.47667961805389 2021 5.4574898196249 2022 3.7895639864333868 2023 3.6649639713124036