Year Percent of Working-Age Population 1960-01-01 6.71463042624420 1961-01-01 6.65043208916501 1962-01-01 6.59820305746058 1963-01-01 6.53936079722364 1964-01-01 6.45009328448136 1965-01-01 6.32366377696584 1966-01-01 6.33888153490736 1967-01-01 6.31521250264663 1968-01-01 6.27990002898256 1969-01-01 6.27022828998607 1970-01-01 6.30239100579259 1971-01-01 6.36376212193292 1972-01-01 6.44577109291657 1973-01-01 6.52208364393706 1974-01-01 6.56051194805912 1975-01-01 6.54984269767412 1976-01-01 6.52748988614469 1977-01-01 6.47158409602282 1978-01-01 6.40185086469336 1979-01-01 6.34251817753391 1980-01-01 6.30564054193390 1981-01-01 6.32660460726929 1982-01-01 6.35185909801585 1983-01-01 6.37465669418966 1984-01-01 6.38506030615605 1985-01-01 6.38041802319378 1986-01-01 6.37299616325851 1987-01-01 6.34185383132276 1988-01-01 6.29436191647783 1989-01-01 6.24635142459527 1990-01-01 6.21098297169250 1991-01-01 6.22218045000341 1992-01-01 6.24328665140899 1993-01-01 6.26476658859492 1994-01-01 6.27441345293808 1995-01-01 6.26937659024170 1996-01-01 6.26656952094999 1997-01-01 6.24327338504572 1998-01-01 6.21685215129058 1999-01-01 6.20976884696946 2000-01-01 6.23365424288268 2001-01-01 6.37996687749916 2002-01-01 6.51224194137040 2003-01-01 6.60763547385460 2004-01-01 6.67646094279757 2005-01-01 6.75926858809033 2006-01-01 6.94299092205436 2007-01-01 7.10355583295589 2008-01-01 7.21673588130113 2009-01-01 7.28863552142682 2010-01-01 7.35297585189452 2011-01-01 7.53351549604586 2012-01-01 7.74345742289946 2013-01-01 7.97690410931989 2014-01-01 8.22263194481435 2015-01-01 8.47519873609939 2016-01-01 8.76782095014284 2017-01-01 9.06796688360189