Year % of total labor force (national estimate) 1991 2.5742041864253338 1992 2.548507095689844 1993 2.794312145600729 1994 3.117664604315596 1995 3.0573555064218816 1996 3.225263351117744 1997 3.320588691565724 1998 3.5442526826966176 1999 3.5969113509844437 2000 4.069035355309498 2001 3.7834925116781517 2002 4.205109659443135 2003 4.308367638186875 2004 4.3308518888696765 2005 4.466975599836674 2006 4.370206281596101 2007 4.2013085074871155 2008 4.3774878307187 2009 4.225339892218144 2010 3.9376540397393156 2011 3.87796338485753 2012 3.802499173429912 2013 3.7440379749318526 2014 3.758874755949374 2017 3.531863472845632 2018 4.298313333933301 2019 4.33959802752366 2020 4.8267666636952615 2021 4.551939945434292