Year % of female population ages 15+ (national estimate) 1979 43.49073578155747 1980 44.11433576002973 1981 45.47240496409562 1982 46.62404068936542 1983 46.461813254397335 1984 47.18795649479132 1985 47.39845413066108 1986 48.049124299538505 1987 48.826456461916294 1988 48.812941058769084 1989 50.259471041161845 1990 50.03739868469877 1991 50.484953646713784 1992 50.67688067590589 1993 50.57465877648126 1994 50.99046277430976 1995 51.89820543628354 1996 51.32003635219435 1997 51.607206527592666 1998 52.39784539545529 1999 52.28464551468727 2000 52.248482247304594 2001 52.546043585169805 2002 52.87789757586683 2003 53.03424470571249 2004 52.952575948297806 2005 53.38898519855701 2006 53.49457426088706 2007 53.67737320616608 2008 53.95530349443178 2009 54.05956786534208 2010 53.734089952311045 2011 53.97149228869286 2012 54.217206297496666 2013 54.09038604943903 2014 54.27325840703158 2015 54.581783428287956 2016 54.70408130398901 2017 54.99749522284531 2018 55.29432366897803 2019 55.372650012846464 2020 54.525599995380375 2021 54.859407796776985 2022 55.79998929265292 2023 55.647972192733874