Year % of total labor force (national estimate) 1998 1.4 1999 1.4 2001 1.9 2003 1.8 2004 2.49 2005 3.1 2006 3.13 2007 3.7 2009 3.96 2010 3.32 2011 3.23 2012 2.05 2013 2.87 2014 2.63 2015 2.45 2018 3.35 2019 2.72 2020 5.03 2021 4.804 2022 5.947 2023 3.126