Year % of total labor force (national estimate) 1975 8.252 1976 7.85 1977 8.063 1978 8.696 1979 10.041 1980 7.668 1981 7.842 1982 6.548 1983 6.037 1991 4.7 2014 6.862 2017 9.316 2018 8.7 2019 6.6 2020 7.409 2021 4.905 2022 5.191