Year % of female labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1983 24.81137792450734 1984 27.572021737704016 1985 27.55077606016694 1986 27.29637296729451 1987 26.541981317012215 1988 25.70750608212913 1989 23.662818222799924 1990 21.797972014269174 1991 21.70554744778311 1992 22.5267571404139 1993 25.62643287686842 1994 27.148133935941516 1995 27.827258828723426 1996 28.158769748536724 1997 27.988731715156487 1998 25.820468835464798 1999 24.37101500054153 2000 21.5362653966443 2001 19.13734229423565 2002 19.6482249057245 2003 19.414352459688214 2004 19.830765958109033 2005 20.686465794597247 2006 19.676033327492377 2007 17.754687745363288 2008 17.92763177256435 2009 21.439289211888763 2010 22.949641744156143 2011 24.069812097746063 2012 26.475776702768 2013 27.71899626128332 2014 27.279284193188253 2015 25.709959858427066 2016 24.30893133768918 2017 21.790890869330894 2018 19.769240811038475 2019 18.556408057556347 2020 21.30855007575573 2021 20.545674289167412 2022 17.259349767668283 2023 16.514927087646186