Year Percent of Working-Age Population 1960-01-01 6.91144839500365 1961-01-01 6.99520658149606 1962-01-01 7.05942962203849 1963-01-01 7.10250531485280 1964-01-01 7.12079942300018 1965-01-01 7.11296942897618 1966-01-01 7.16357409617812 1967-01-01 7.18059629080356 1968-01-01 7.17256936428191 1969-01-01 7.14964656551357 1970-01-01 7.11773034523341 1971-01-01 7.15285163027383 1972-01-01 7.17105585519632 1973-01-01 7.16991929473266 1974-01-01 7.14513076114435 1975-01-01 7.09693100537061 1976-01-01 7.08733071342185 1977-01-01 7.05532995339022 1978-01-01 7.00722670629119 1979-01-01 6.94952193195148 1980-01-01 6.88743599977250 1981-01-01 6.88109984725939 1982-01-01 6.86717851968735 1983-01-01 6.85349388992125 1984-01-01 6.84911571902687 1985-01-01 6.85958162956085 1986-01-01 6.91071648242647 1987-01-01 6.96285462851368 1988-01-01 7.01454944998691 1989-01-01 7.06303247169714 1990-01-01 7.08434759181143 1991-01-01 7.15959195745345 1992-01-01 7.22695110356817 1993-01-01 7.28716426879231 1994-01-01 7.34123138354388 1995-01-01 7.39033996676446 1996-01-01 7.42432203186898 1997-01-01 7.44608263534257 1998-01-01 7.45756049805340 1999-01-01 7.45856479778754 2000-01-01 7.45071935604787 2001-01-01 7.45981248358813 2002-01-01 7.46135180079708 2003-01-01 7.45686203632013 2004-01-01 7.44681639984610 2005-01-01 7.43398457818856 2006-01-01 7.40722343541914 2007-01-01 7.37562874859884 2008-01-01 7.34837064037681 2009-01-01 7.33533697224628 2010-01-01 7.34307768099117 2011-01-01 7.37814719136963 2012-01-01 7.42383063178460 2013-01-01 7.48688512949169 2014-01-01 7.57751959636261 2015-01-01 7.70223903438818 2016-01-01 7.88256862063686 2017-01-01 8.09052867212435