Year % of male labor force (national estimate) 1992 7.170824353806657 1993 8.345592879016467 1994 9.141397301492978 1995 8.763452514880749 1996 9.137879060056102 1997 9.416324249561425 1998 9.529656544306551 1999 9.464073048069658 2000 8.533928773325382 2001 8.198077197431571 2002 8.418227838035918 2003 8.592945202757525 2004 8.659245677740566 2005 8.301784410505372 2006 7.86729289380381 2007 7.027774494923694 2008 7.028430328864685 2009 9.323011552905127 2010 9.28788755078051 2011 8.857184673505895 2012 9.09603244156555 2013 9.260495666746746 2014 9.023534455999728 2015 8.588015211932287 2016 8.133835270798693 2017 7.415980306428645 2018 6.869556256937839 2019 6.612841619309692 2020 6.961805637866418 2021 6.755609413443502 2022 5.609796829356287 2023 5.293370684745676