Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 2000 20.320447870968433 2001 20.765851039504465 2002 20.68641414182343 2003 20.880504103676465 2004 19.91428232672007 2005 19.269410003132094 2006 19.569497342881427 2007 17.981132172365427 2008 16.621722518104086 2009 20.531037763075737 2010 19.368426144241443 2011 18.295125331379836 2012 18.051853120360956 2013 18.208450990198234 2014 19.065881975697383 2015 18.933278929825597 2016 18.863297994622 2017 16.77888905024939 2018 17.012533585468955 2019 17.268976576486747 2020 16.63387253355514 2021 16.93482324529289 2022 14.151549236081818