Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1960 11.5 1961 13.3 1962 11.2 1963 12.1 1964 11.1 1965 9.5 1966 7.699999999999999 1967 7.9 1968 7.8 1969 7.8 1970 11.099999999999998 1971 12.8 1972 11.9 1973 9.9 1974 11.5 1975 16.6 1976 14.621825975599892 1977 13.424429676944191 1978 11.999918366199534 1979 11.555310112886236 1980 14.474815984704478 1981 15.4934913732547 1982 19.261459627804474 1983 18.750424316885006 1984 14.883705866542348 1985 14.43066796609696 1986 13.932210799802455 1987 12.774297956627114 1988 11.49888900059313 1989 11.476918818309839 1990 11.789746582581104 1991 14.713915531992994 1992 15.732521407045782 1993 14.824080624435474 1994 13.655847164217231 1995 12.924799147117087 1996 13.125502782710429 1997 12.410275656232635 1998 11.59059898319378 1999 10.777365961797505 2000 10.110228337408191 2001 11.718897633200415 2002 13.062972630926648 2003 13.542645283110188 2004 12.858541115024536 2005 12.548643945516593 2006 11.389934880854954 2007 11.61052026803269 2008 14.219748513290444 2009 19.924036774310373 2010 20.463282909574097 2011 18.461136041991242 2012 17.468220395846444 2013 16.841415693842787 2014 14.573405652364592 2015 12.951344960767225 2016 11.725818872726068 2017 10.55681208323152 2018 9.752857626095178 2019 9.664472210672583 2020 15.55482346457863 2021 10.899941300818654 2022 8.990310475864161 2023 9.018526712076264