Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1992 17.667587303571498 1993 19.87476174772495 1994 21.107587348541347 1995 21.179417950661755 1996 21.019346626975523 1997 21.35318587406755 1998 21.184341365245622 1999 20.580971023778943 2000 19.057699237501776 2001 18.31815104387373 2002 18.57823861574118 2003 18.978746877424317 2004 18.90174824940204 2005 18.97569389313364 2006 18.667955358209955 2007 16.90600855945171 2008 16.874697198536296 2009 20.80931368297094 2010 20.85871689682245 2011 20.82727632605108 2012 21.838723828139074 2013 22.096030927430334 2014 21.98083281747885 2015 21.31516322791889 2016 20.429851664698468 2017 18.617845623222422 2018 17.850603688266617 2019 17.347866511335443 2020 18.39106360239182 2021 18.239236656158763 2022 15.574038351864623 2023 14.959017491995748