Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1992 11.252216941748035 1996 13.734238353337007 1997 12.98888126143551 1998 14.783065223475903 2001 15.447130951911806 2002 16.37701842901813 2003 16.219878106705576 2004 17.013878876240113 2005 16.84944393236765 2006 14.651382844625758 2007 14.48564560604823 2008 14.325728333322855 2009 16.071245812807604 2011 14.174877932586112 2012 13.28445148020556 2013 13.402696284613937 2014 13.242709033936647 2015 14.100206274618914 2016 16.499719226922437 2017 17.37354210471654 2018 17.61668974477591 2019 17.707257957604465 2020 21.293165875296985 2021 18.72386434351997 2022 14.745228068001895 2023 14.005665025639644