Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1992 9.159677478740184 1996 11.112500228228246 1997 10.285447839588796 1998 11.62943700153489 1999 11.594620820277086 2001 12.323949717790274 2002 13.011935273661804 2003 12.832427847510163 2004 13.426111672731437 2005 13.470219370979784 2006 11.549857813030009 2007 11.519242201053704 2008 11.445291055468767 2009 12.934526753222318 2011 11.587689437674884 2012 10.968180337040678 2013 11.258046356665838 2014 11.161369959237275 2015 11.792176951841006 2016 14.504874485418688 2017 15.274374715143926 2018 15.328242579855843 2019 15.271059204561176 2020 18.652809600614376 2021 15.887853863829376 2022 12.440116903522146 2023 11.946168665546665