Year % female 1970 23.85738 1971 23.22401 1972 21.85362 1973 22.62018 1974 23.29361 1975 26.40448 1976 27.12714 1977 27.24859 1978 27.52986 1979 28.00689 1980 28.8992 1981 30.43494 1982 33.16825 1983 32.53822 1984 32.7173 1985 33 1986 34.94684 1987 33 1988 33.44033 1989 34.48041 1990 37.17407 1991 37.7 1992 37.95331 1994 39.00011 1995 38.32271 1996 40.00491 1997 40.29397 2000 44.08171 2001 44.0858 2002 45.19499 2003 45.19396 2004 44.99668 2005 44.98053 2006 45.49526 2007 45.79914 2008 45.8677 2009 45.7481 2010 46.56317 2011 46.34267 2012 46.35691 2013 46.64627 2014 46.92607 2015 47.41754 2016 47.47697 2017 47.75085