Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1995 23.485918797666006 1996 21.986972341210436 1997 18.92694451804611 1998 18.978225159363888 1999 23.349065239095594 2000 26.7641980868134 2001 28.755682412828584 2002 30.284175559511713 2003 29.333785720962894 2004 29.310694028819523 2005 27.286450481510787 2006 23.807354617667933 2007 18.69903025386775 2008 16.697164142577112 2009 21.582291832757893 2010 24.50384098737544 2011 25.611590756995977 2012 26.261697349940437 2013 26.661375116109035 2014 23.468819689322945 2015 20.734435957220445 2016 17.700349658623203 2017 14.983520476559415 2018 12.671802739400473 2019 11.642197843686327 2020 13.62801431821929 2021 14.906734496930754 2022 13.797897012637158 2023 14.21984759594421