Year Percent of Working-Age Population 1960-01-01 8.11445949682057 1961-01-01 8.15334690061053 1962-01-01 8.16521887906371 1963-01-01 8.15424066054499 1964-01-01 8.12447895228404 1965-01-01 8.08281356078211 1966-01-01 8.11252736972415 1967-01-01 8.12119099445621 1968-01-01 8.11320571278571 1969-01-01 8.09445051706279 1970-01-01 8.07031390268718 1971-01-01 8.13596390468927 1972-01-01 8.18572331017056 1973-01-01 8.21247912974350 1974-01-01 8.21158454330766 1975-01-01 8.17871838499969 1976-01-01 8.16581730125097 1977-01-01 8.12070946049361 1978-01-01 8.05253746687416 1979-01-01 7.97327462079369 1980-01-01 7.88760229690250 1981-01-01 7.91794378552515 1982-01-01 7.94285325879164 1983-01-01 7.96590175918567 1984-01-01 7.98705343842258 1985-01-01 7.99980917497330 1986-01-01 8.05348282951146 1987-01-01 8.09972026384235 1988-01-01 8.13809863830534 1989-01-01 8.16001790437637 1990-01-01 8.15834966835683 1991-01-01 8.13991873003641 1992-01-01 8.08550409137031 1993-01-01 8.01968625449732 1994-01-01 7.97049165364530 1995-01-01 7.94670137524975 1996-01-01 8.05900593547740 1997-01-01 8.16311200702186 1998-01-01 8.24499040548617 1999-01-01 8.28605029400726 2000-01-01 8.27584301591311 2001-01-01 8.31224988245510 2002-01-01 8.31616306954436 2003-01-01 8.28504803973514 2004-01-01 8.21327135386403 2005-01-01 8.10207768579006 2006-01-01 8.00228739540831 2007-01-01 7.86904550361096 2008-01-01 7.72939760628585 2009-01-01 7.61621141427070 2010-01-01 7.54637713064243 2011-01-01 7.49993187960277 2012-01-01 7.47036970372136 2013-01-01 7.45007063130459 2014-01-01 7.43265680854804 2015-01-01 7.41153533213589 2016-01-01 7.46087356405299 2017-01-01 7.49682262262889