Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1992 11.082785534459052 1996 13.502922883858576 1997 12.776455541909009 1998 14.519378492714361 1999 14.135679185407108 2001 14.940852864358838 2002 15.865353321093917 2003 15.774073200122915 2004 16.680863019750813 2005 16.47939213191178 2006 14.27104747420231 2007 14.23918520746296 2008 14.12732636814461 2009 15.72331127804434 2011 14.087138272234672 2012 13.147736817883965 2013 13.324070566880776 2014 13.134802575472408 2015 14.044303907824672 2016 16.835398939505797 2017 17.64024164590019 2018 17.5642981787239 2019 17.620894186036598 2020 21.407806550573387 2021 18.59076358532293 2022 14.56463848207158 2023 13.649670643568609