Year Percent of Working-Age Population 1960-01-01 12.50733717169710 1961-01-01 12.44977064256830 1962-01-01 12.35981153883700 1963-01-01 12.25609439703480 1964-01-01 12.16281824418940 1965-01-01 12.08963932318020 1966-01-01 12.12397381281590 1967-01-01 12.15547838331150 1968-01-01 12.15641339888940 1969-01-01 12.09008821532380 1970-01-01 11.94460072509900 1971-01-01 11.85837125301420 1972-01-01 11.67677106792170 1973-01-01 11.44264505172290 1974-01-01 11.19882498828970 1975-01-01 10.96191858626240 1976-01-01 10.82914889502580 1977-01-01 10.70580693486270 1978-01-01 10.56736776800800 1979-01-01 10.37743713516160 1980-01-01 10.12479837162000 1981-01-01 9.90245238635369 1982-01-01 9.63643001972504 1983-01-01 9.36727768594671 1984-01-01 9.13821099666947 1985-01-01 8.96943574342487 1986-01-01 8.84717556042519 1987-01-01 8.74027015486518 1988-01-01 8.66900430134077 1989-01-01 8.66499809376886 1990-01-01 8.74179834243100 1991-01-01 8.96145826932282 1992-01-01 9.22451164201621 1993-01-01 9.47040224427333 1994-01-01 9.61577485151777 1995-01-01 9.61799718283942 1996-01-01 9.65188221240202 1997-01-01 9.56709018303221 1998-01-01 9.42498766697264 1999-01-01 9.30616711101067 2000-01-01 9.24677750102326 2001-01-01 9.30082030162460 2002-01-01 9.36408140754278 2003-01-01 9.36560879015632 2004-01-01 9.21927126384251 2005-01-01 8.90033497050524 2006-01-01 8.55577506133553 2007-01-01 8.11987053638746 2008-01-01 7.66197643931767 2009-01-01 7.24785621566060 2010-01-01 6.89744354807559 2011-01-01 6.79472793457298 2012-01-01 6.70418375798288 2013-01-01 6.62787060438390 2014-01-01 6.59024956394708 2015-01-01 6.62179433891683 2016-01-01 6.79298750326070 2017-01-01 7.05036215384662