Year % of total labor force (national estimate) 1991 3.0682566772844857 1992 3.276261919777861 1993 3.504896730258471 1994 3.6886152490646125 1995 4.288233858015752 1996 4.393111044476381 1997 4.530165945423939 1998 4.997798055745499 1999 5.293986301854555 2000 5.4301541680874985 2001 5.607605111311859 2002 6.182103816894969 2003 6.052932550397927 2004 5.954577402287144 2005 5.926215302054874 2006 5.6211202636133955 2007 5.621913476596407 2008 5.522713013512662 2009 5.858574906960391 2010 5.348989620826293 2011 5.3198007000037215 2012 5.252676347680613 2013 5.123791268193854 2014 5.178709508891761 2017 5.568806399399911 2018 6.1174412966459295 2019 6.237789944333945 2020 6.918302222283789 2021 6.542789315791675