Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1992 9.33708623250622 1996 11.306956980090408 1997 10.45794258017769 1998 11.88218198025001 2001 13.025057870912839 2002 13.490556056825342 2003 13.23173379603357 2004 13.719363642938125 2005 13.85123841819315 2006 11.941894391169528 2007 11.828300825375502 2008 11.710446931250885 2009 13.344440417699019 2011 11.746729709181226 2012 11.116610864975858 2013 11.329046186187394 2014 11.263686005148884 2015 11.866404270859434 2016 14.249101802717615 2017 15.061609219665527 2018 15.368478002040314 2019 15.38779091777629 2020 18.56034633384666 2021 16.05676816836035 2022 12.651794954401963 2023 12.274819467092916