Year	% of total labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate)
1960	11.2
1961	13
1962	11.3
1963	12.2
1964	11.5
1965	10.1
1966	8.6
1967	8.7
1968	8.7
1969	8.4
1970	11
1971	12.7
1972	12.1
1973	10.5
1974	11.9
1975	16.1
1976	14.467805312845782
1977	13.622431945109653
1978	12.475338205346535
1979	11.889091008946828
1980	13.789779441219688
1981	14.681257649256818
1982	17.845361642806722
1983	17.409941667811
1984	14.253347059150327
1985	13.819769844858197
1986	13.435833816734716
1987	12.300721151572866
1988	11.04881710843924
1989	10.904812747850032
1990	11.31265615241827
1991	13.639302810847672
1992	14.495403045250633
1993	13.769270749956297
1994	12.865580291157514
1995	12.4454376335922
1996	12.42974264153533
1997	11.908726163048977
1998	10.893844917474919
1999	10.29662071341346
2000	9.656625826700202
2001	10.778143061779527
2002	12.151073019643137
2003	12.541572065012529
2004	11.998229304402198
2005	11.41196487833253
2006	10.6132522125844
2007	10.588660808953927
2008	12.707821917909259
2009	17.362057923968162
2010	18.060494223063078
2011	16.98870847450417
2012	16.006220447101285
2013	15.329432251204551
2014	13.381587882965105
2015	11.73084366907697
2016	10.630779808555083
2017	9.425716543400483
2018	8.812996928160532
2019	8.618563669192515
2020	15.415650513493372
2021	10.088552457944145
2022	8.31067974541937
2023	8.204758436091666