Year % of female labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1992 18.50146501118537 1993 20.536978354958418 1994 21.70924170769488 1995 22.435974282266873 1996 22.213899259915436 1997 22.81721529143153 1998 22.19925512516228 1999 21.810310037470863 2000 20.030589607422222 2001 19.06237750726896 2002 19.185626647360962 2003 19.50338638818905 2004 19.53050681437376 2005 19.690416499379108 2006 19.654972769336915 2007 17.45446661667435 2008 17.62518712931047 2009 20.479378550488118 2010 20.97046004772911 2011 21.297275376912662 2012 22.24351047752301 2013 22.61301318595916 2014 22.368235124132283 2015 21.951213550267628 2016 21.038366808911718 2017 19.48770093871293 2018 18.745411890893443 2019 18.13088284560978 2020 19.886181641562512 2021 19.633710602965376 2022 16.637303165127424 2023 15.643912585733563