Year % of total labor force (national estimate) 1992 6.647959661798341 1993 6.4942434347443 1995 8.405191225776631 1996 8.896540478677194 1997 8.40128642278667 1998 9.020383056396179 1999 9.806403320472253 2001 9.16181786145614 2002 9.920928515930614 2003 9.537121659970934 2004 8.581256801134494 2005 8.442265108901573 2006 7.3345799375790754 2007 7.457679157200887 2008 6.834973059342788 2009 7.863275972506 2011 6.609799193239277 2012 6.422773537655113 2013 6.198842403660719 2014 6.025523257605061 2015 6.578769801669416 2016 7.693451610652115 2017 8.059897470904746 2018 8.083041817657621 2019 8.146253011765493 2020 10.519533852989634 2021 9.304023466427704 2022 6.950959148410947 2023 6.402139224300108