Year % of total labor force (national estimate) 1992 7.712769593998137 1993 8.837437455199211 1994 9.77666140835794 1995 9.497133179576693 1996 9.845832385169233 1997 10.162467912415517 1998 10.32960064925116 1999 10.390913492545385 2000 9.265657340196325 2001 8.615327317322688 2002 8.62945921309146 2003 8.706552907570979 2004 8.686909966370301 2005 8.364512079688707 2006 7.919549346771813 2007 7.18395983433689 2008 7.145665291795218 2009 9.078798298837576 2010 9.15026699681999 2011 8.80642063179391 2012 9.021725523154716 2013 9.21524302730105 2014 8.89578339583993 2015 8.510869760272309 2016 8.07517429141535 2017 7.477798837888964 2018 6.978344752484349 2019 6.718216572288266 2020 7.045984404625941 2021 6.917105223700678 2022 5.826858052888847 2023 5.53214090452842