Year % of female population ages 15+ (national estimate) 1980 43.58538233256885 1981 45.044693851360186 1983 45.96241736378241 1984 46.70214323947387 1985 46.87573014949434 1986 47.6546283406857 1987 48.57649308930185 1988 48.73935319086018 1989 51.17528679871307 1990 49.499460879284264 1991 50.02102056545647 1992 52.14648613009248 1993 52.050423892260056 1994 52.10171607504245 1995 52.136503485533886 1996 52.14521329854678 1997 51.95963603455182 1998 51.85974373898298 1999 52.456600051399015 2000 52.487423033312346 2001 52.49388042350782 2002 52.62393796391769 2003 53.088299800665574 2004 53.291822311939384 2005 53.58917679470321 2006 53.56183623801776 2007 53.737133760341656 2008 53.842840524802746 2009 54.01087722662392 2010 54.41947523617629 2011 54.003056352887135 2012 54.13705971453943 2013 54.16243216085137 2014 54.38090943837669 2015 54.333500622704825 2016 54.63648559462793 2017 53.97876420780442 2018 54.24506666751647 2019 54.55452220831295 2020 53.8638445460173 2021 54.28069810780406 2022 54.92272898798963 2023 54.98097365885892