Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1983 22.041419492589583 1984 24.33237243624681 1985 24.258324884289888 1986 23.779239037450733 1987 22.98589149017708 1988 21.94313323485348 1989 19.629076552391133 1990 18.140951100564603 1991 18.571944758131618 1992 19.35921014006555 1993 23.183477681642255 1994 25.14297713796643 1995 24.78438210457953 1996 25.306539306322573 1997 25.081096879242164 1998 23.27130491358969 1999 21.839114729709138 2000 19.288467196907174 2001 17.268973436422943 2002 17.892517279442476 2003 18.22821345453731 2004 18.810441545240607 2005 19.39384708439857 2006 18.110095033385 2007 16.39048748952751 2008 17.01989085966721 2009 21.818481918740822 2010 23.065907741339263 2011 23.739436061744243 2012 26.410942124764198 2013 27.598977638348416 2014 27.17953733607602 2015 25.7953940408605 2016 24.19676702629894 2017 21.829123655331372 2018 19.78818175135651 2019 18.416582084173143 2020 20.497684608009564 2021 19.784696090751158 2022 17.079003182738628 2023 16.617836928141738