Year Percent 1970-01-01 37.3 1971-01-01 37.6 1972-01-01 37.9 1973-01-01 38.4 1974-01-01 38.6 1975-01-01 38.4 1976-01-01 38.9 1977-01-01 39.3 1978-01-01 39.6 1979-01-01 39.7 1980-01-01 39.6 1981-01-01 39.5 1982-01-01 41.6 1983-01-01 41.5 1984-01-01 41.4 1985-01-01 41.3 1986-01-01 41.7 1987-01-01 41.5 1988-01-01 41.4 1989-01-01 41.8 1990-01-01 42.0 1991-01-01 42.0 1992-01-01 41.9 1993-01-01 42.1 1994-01-01 41.9 1995-01-01 42.4 1996-01-01 42.5 1997-01-01 42.2 1998-01-01 42.6 1999-01-01 43.1 2000-01-01 44.0 2001-01-01 44.5 2002-01-01 44.9 2003-01-01 44.9 2004-01-01 44.9 2005-01-01 45.0 2006-01-01 45.1 2007-01-01 46.0 2008-01-01 46.5 2009-01-01 46.2 2010-01-01 46.0 2011-01-01 46.0 2012-01-01 46.0