Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1992 16.864254466269486 1993 19.251862765832332 1994 20.526351305861475 1995 20.016352281901675 1996 19.935858332145923 1997 20.140744332452098 1998 20.28890874687858 1999 19.543040597001237 2000 18.213205753376748 2001 17.679418329167152 2002 18.073972320388545 2003 18.560449493482427 2004 18.437064547579528 2005 18.459279162329782 2006 17.991633954187048 2007 16.53955139010313 2008 16.36392598344881 2009 21.14460712102468 2010 20.87969209806974 2011 20.631084893986415 2012 21.692325260061125 2013 21.88113864390432 2014 21.824753190052178 2015 21.024927968753605 2016 20.180056504091045 2017 18.204893413275524 2018 17.40868428440839 2019 16.975159323409343 2020 17.547837206096258 2021 17.43902057131445 2022 15.044573947599998 2023 14.707450383347744