Year % of female population ages 15+ (national estimate) 1960 19.924399459103046 1970 21.32010595027376 1980 29.274897219878056 1989 42.05379918226933 1990 37.69412745929814 1991 41.13829116248833 1992 45.45678493977762 1993 45.91763806364753 1995 46.38282323886246 1996 45.0421674096913 1997 48.21876983403318 1998 48.18073811973925 1999 48.42836177053291 2001 49.88997177768407 2002 50.51840899385242 2003 50.72647831977163 2004 51.24153307247662 2005 52.19377851149522 2006 52.11132407277921 2007 51.57432639526084 2008 51.97448089682873 2009 52.71201809279237 2011 51.24114078256668 2012 51.34770590548655 2013 51.18680974428655 2014 50.58252795142726 2015 51.16049301171656 2016 51.39572156427553 2017 51.49448697369777 2018 51.93170058022994 2019 52.58996407114054 2020 48.5512709138369 2021 51.01034631117837 2022 52.016090989672044 2023 51.84364561278311