Year % of total population ages 15+ (national estimate) 1979 56.9728148379503 1980 58.5076932622436 1981 59.806246747690764 1982 60.39049447795682 1983 60.00589220416975 1984 60.30344120363727 1985 60.22523437066274 1986 60.574039625150824 1987 60.90681845007451 1988 60.72664291394562 1989 61.358613949050266 1990 61.3656369646394 1991 61.352502555520424 1992 61.383646885970315 1993 61.1575143334573 1994 61.228154147252646 1995 61.55003457203589 1996 61.18730308428423 1997 61.12344193542701 1998 61.573271972667996 1999 61.361104511993 2000 61.43733352983096 2001 61.27321048149105 2002 61.41416184918718 2003 61.377155479121406 2004 61.19029525126958 2005 61.47110804678541 2006 61.46228504897058 2007 61.54541419267954 2008 61.67771312918945 2009 61.48045939800169 2010 61.273792664510395 2011 61.14220608264689 2012 61.33135843710951 2013 61.261825632383044 2014 61.00261552863119 2015 61.16161365900037 2016 61.251145273161995 2017 61.39920244528076 2018 61.59500871066862 2019 61.55178275026966 2020 60.63175384313501 2021 60.83601102670257 2022 61.597409428705326 2023 61.31876106636019