Year % of female labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1992 13.814270347143378 1996 17.1824557077036 1997 16.663525861145057 1998 18.916569422080066 1999 17.97054876339511 2001 18.755708672517024 2002 19.976686842531926 2003 20.070594083740854 2004 21.352693807665943 2005 20.733914220556702 2006 18.041113739681805 2007 18.034194105817132 2008 17.954961890596667 2009 19.669082257491635 2011 17.749065225527268 2012 16.35528501966045 2013 16.43732280783735 2014 16.14585005302196 2015 17.42801954691245 2016 20.19086036919466 2017 21.030281753843244 2018 20.7345244528011 2019 20.886136542357274 2020 25.301468222997478 2021 22.2952130936294 2022 17.513955851794144 2023 15.99387699319413