Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 2000 20.828453514508503 2001 21.1154091571251 2002 21.029108343298695 2003 21.342910427624595 2004 20.48650760793316 2005 19.846938978351183 2006 20.275011649389494 2007 18.182358946446385 2008 17.468344014911306 2009 20.66268504833806 2010 19.842519214490693 2011 19.048233286997213 2012 18.9428812768235 2013 19.05408860403819 2014 19.758851510263696 2015 19.96948164070886 2016 19.74796767808231 2017 18.039438327797274 2018 18.297898828866103 2019 18.370147393095923 2020 18.1928042141844 2021 18.486205621934396 2022 15.718837471316245