Year % of total labor force (national estimate) 1991 8.402208671256515 1992 8.998374443351661 1993 10.626696306817122 1994 11.77632064122366 1995 11.40801286549551 1996 11.664962291982087 1997 11.665540761352043 1998 11.245434319353006 1999 10.494075300182283 2000 9.50761027052169 2001 8.447149443300027 2002 8.701523482677786 2003 9.03344809324877 2004 9.297562045541195 2005 9.16232959599453 2006 8.440709482339804 2007 7.547890976191746 2008 7.552155169989474 2009 9.638264004757604 2010 10.180169175207137 2011 10.26395407304222 2012 11.421082462793196 2013 12.001301161162269 2014 11.632636460148344 2015 10.892524356467778 2016 10.030615828542008 2017 9.06755468331473 2018 8.162795218497745 2019 7.518102669484872 2020 7.83393828723557 2021 7.726904265562849 2022 6.746344163621462 2023 6.545517933515321