Year % of total labor force (national estimate) 1992 6.587222483427345 1993 6.442744752979703 1995 8.335928574714698 1996 8.662357488127363 1997 8.326110536496365 1998 8.952526166048878 1999 9.64469444669725 2001 8.932133613170286 2002 9.31779824521875 2003 8.895286180624684 2004 8.328502888058393 2005 8.112290225825275 2006 7.032233969406706 2007 7.308865108872713 2008 6.681681938840616 2009 7.7245772535845205 2011 6.526334000269334 2012 6.37320291165626 2013 6.164370458164662 2014 5.955399702365786 2015 6.515961053775299 2016 7.770468044234077 2017 8.128666967171805 2018 7.984806389887081 2019 8.184041115869112 2020 10.585839557523984 2021 9.309549470110047 2022 6.895992559414538 2023 6.280127353623663