Year % of female labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1992 14.007193156387562 1996 17.488260090906092 1997 16.945100151571562 1998 19.21077009288295 2001 18.96708283385775 2002 20.57530533284435 2003 20.60805218721498 2004 21.761545726252262 2005 21.14327422950869 2006 18.480173623375 2007 18.247063050347364 2008 18.100363226977723 2009 19.957356457699685 2011 17.770975473444068 2012 16.529236650520627 2013 16.520545601857055 2014 16.253216922870415 2015 17.45747449825336 2016 19.794662593842475 2017 20.719211138875252 2018 20.802869523204926 2019 20.93418144988429 2020 25.16161321865226 2021 22.389007842305393 2022 17.656375328860086 2023 16.38781010408507