Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1995 22.304711692303982 1996 20.4140275797243 1997 17.486656326473824 1998 18.471256573301115 1999 23.23582523553006 2000 27.00980642252967 2001 28.86978660388116 2002 30.228983291264676 2003 28.646839592443644 2004 29.404725311097128 2005 27.130894381340084 2006 23.073571611594737 2007 17.9907471344699 2008 15.799567305285622 2009 21.997335180058784 2010 24.408711532923483 2011 25.066446327674523 2012 25.633596777262543 2013 25.846647472601376 2014 22.82872949172662 2015 20.422093736421697 2016 17.45243994315178 2017 14.732143952095926 2018 12.359303771712169 2019 11.367698971973965 2020 13.259326267172703 2021 14.370325522329763 2022 13.332070609286182 2023 14.51725635076392