Year % of female population ages 15+ (national estimate) 1983 40.391238211047664 1984 41.563078307979055 1985 41.428911320071194 1986 42.28016508127958 1987 42.8245219178778 1988 43.75878488089451 1989 44.08038771748001 1990 43.43237031938596 1991 44.99797088506956 1992 46.789910094453106 1993 46.46257846586164 1994 46.635405627606374 1995 47.37566684894352 1996 47.17804366409199 1997 46.6334335410437 1998 46.850519803621744 1999 47.54236789419247 2000 47.794488171908206 2001 47.83212266123551 2002 47.97877012863506 2003 48.32443191443201 2004 48.459838753254836 2005 48.89548963817722 2006 49.38198854093789 2007 49.70388735111424 2008 50.048781956060395 2009 50.410833783143815 2010 50.577039921992196 2011 50.9164081528683 2012 51.3527445599294 2013 51.523843719247004 2014 51.71024536150899 2015 51.70166264339751 2016 51.99667087653456 2017 52.263782643629156 2018 52.360168659276425 2019 52.60778007086789 2020 51.777042790383035 2021 52.39241203819822 2022 53.10228139489645 2023 52.34176590770927