Year % of total labor force (national estimate) 1991 2.5742041864253338 1992 2.548507095689844 1993 2.794312145600728 1994 3.1176646043155953 1995 3.057355506421882 1996 3.2252633511177446 1997 3.3205886915657246 1998 3.5442526826966176 1999 3.5969113509844437 2000 4.069035355309498 2001 3.783492511678152 2002 4.205109659443135 2003 4.308367638186876 2004 4.330851888869676 2005 4.466975599836675 2006 4.370206281596101 2007 4.2013085074871155 2008 4.3774878307187 2009 4.225339892218144 2010 3.9376540397393156 2011 3.8779633848575306 2012 3.802499173429912 2013 3.744037974931853 2014 3.7588747559493743 2017 3.531863472845632 2018 4.298313333933301 2019 4.33959802752366 2020 4.826766663695262 2021 4.551939945434292