Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1983 19.674801710688282 1984 21.576629346547502 1985 21.518678500669182 1986 20.77192968650901 1987 19.93024304045957 1988 18.65902807538745 1989 16.105913402226804 1990 14.970783004458601 1991 15.92747647669281 1992 16.657717924018986 1993 21.13859640606125 1994 23.475527479037993 1995 22.14063199838199 1996 22.869632030787585 1997 22.624583396333605 1998 21.158363041135594 1999 19.7480131192016 2000 17.424614227403325 2001 15.778229948343345 2002 16.561991518744303 2003 17.365038854286407 2004 18.037457522387477 2005 18.424578341523457 2006 16.925908780082327 2007 15.361505456491553 2008 16.374628735635337 2009 22.233316060977806 2010 23.226286210051647 2011 23.560030897627378 2012 26.398393981575744 2013 27.54137666853028 2014 27.12969872554722 2015 25.926396443689676 2016 24.15789487909298 2017 21.90959196369446 2018 19.878124572583243 2019 18.368349235615874 2020 19.928539665076876 2021 19.26148907401198 2022 16.998618125423196 2023 16.786450646971257