Year % of female labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1960 10.8 1961 12.7 1962 11.5 1963 12.4 1964 12 1965 10.9 1966 9.7 1967 9.7 1968 9.7 1969 9.1 1970 11 1971 12.6 1972 12.3 1973 11.2 1974 12.399999999999999 1975 15.5 1976 14.301116887085088 1977 13.897192743777016 1978 12.939854000496755 1979 12.218945991354571 1980 12.915496824947073 1981 13.764322127073928 1982 16.12840821596357 1983 15.859685707127054 1984 13.513338164996709 1985 13.101897725818084 1986 12.835041915889839 1987 11.724447871667259 1988 10.589226958849126 1989 10.319091331016962 1990 10.732270413282968 1991 12.538884493454324 1992 13.235406524931287 1993 12.50662950693405 1994 11.981953203248057 1995 11.908566307798532 1996 11.657341970878633 1997 11.35186201328938 1998 10.127083301689007 1999 9.770211880934845 2000 9.157798402587696 2001 9.753351266060037 2002 11.160674423624869 2003 11.45485894912905 2004 11.055570415261446 2005 10.175363723886292 2006 9.754297477556245 2007 9.47080986554752 2008 11.053939011890037 2009 14.61936359098187 2010 15.48561642425446 2011 15.381053624395859 2012 14.436109394025355 2013 13.707068423312569 2014 12.110448501430787 2015 10.437181353746414 2016 9.465372272817316 2017 8.2259551465009 2018 7.83191190314038 2019 7.5323912119527705 2020 15.270230963603268 2021 9.238936397943437 2022 7.602266143750091 2023 7.366081871826647