Year Percent of Working-Age Population 1960-01-01 6.60274556374436 1961-01-01 6.71431262352961 1962-01-01 6.80904285724775 1963-01-01 6.88477814628338 1964-01-01 6.93744936707007 1965-01-01 6.96551003920138 1966-01-01 7.03337839719147 1967-01-01 7.07052596372160 1968-01-01 7.08547282245419 1969-01-01 7.08753023323521 1970-01-01 7.08192339573659 1971-01-01 7.12104583510089 1972-01-01 7.14446158736621 1973-01-01 7.15067239890778 1974-01-01 7.13679569182097 1975-01-01 7.10370679844783 1976-01-01 7.08650132308792 1977-01-01 7.04985838007843 1978-01-01 7.00058869415609 1979-01-01 6.94535376255512 1980-01-01 6.88863636518661 1981-01-01 6.86245269429549 1982-01-01 6.82827957766115 1983-01-01 6.78995683801753 1984-01-01 6.75140025872696 1985-01-01 6.71597833714856 1986-01-01 6.71873941751862 1987-01-01 6.71988711974011 1988-01-01 6.72413419156773 1989-01-01 6.73471671500050 1990-01-01 6.73251809748213 1991-01-01 6.78084775154971 1992-01-01 6.87209344706523 1993-01-01 6.90916114081667 1994-01-01 6.94144048296085 1995-01-01 6.93159691710332 1996-01-01 6.96368353997424 1997-01-01 6.98445012923668 1998-01-01 6.99704829471308 1999-01-01 7.00198947183087 2000-01-01 6.99987521925162 2001-01-01 6.98657780331697 2002-01-01 6.96514402335386 2003-01-01 6.93634737723826 2004-01-01 6.89945147403170 2005-01-01 6.85635667674224 2006-01-01 6.81589278771793 2007-01-01 6.76820027235243 2008-01-01 6.72337243701829 2009-01-01 6.69194067195831 2010-01-01 6.68053685025314 2011-01-01 6.70122843661228 2012-01-01 6.73190461250903 2013-01-01 6.77647712981944 2014-01-01 6.84070435363343 2015-01-01 6.92825980542579 2016-01-01 7.05099352083726 2017-01-01 7.19046177972777