Year Percent 1970-01-01 1.9 1971-01-01 2.0 1972-01-01 2.1 1973-01-01 2.0 1974-01-01 2.1 1975-01-01 2.6 1976-01-01 2.8 1977-01-01 3.1 1978-01-01 3.3 1979-01-01 3.7 1980-01-01 3.9 1981-01-01 4.6 1982-01-01 4.9 1983-01-01 5.1 1984-01-01 5.9 1985-01-01 6.5 1986-01-01 6.9 1987-01-01 7.3 1988-01-01 7.3 1989-01-01 6.9 1990-01-01 6.7 1991-01-01 7.0 1992-01-01 7.8 1993-01-01 8.6 1994-01-01 9.2 1995-01-01 8.8 1996-01-01 9.3 1997-01-01 9.5 1998-01-01 9.2 1999-01-01 8.9 2000-01-01 7.7 2001-01-01 6.9 2002-01-01 6.9 2003-01-01 7.4 2004-01-01 7.6 2005-01-01 7.6 2006-01-01 7.4 2007-01-01 6.8 2008-01-01 6.2 2009-01-01 7.6 2010-01-01 7.9 2011-01-01 7.9 2012-01-01 8.4