Year % of female population ages 15+ (national estimate) 1960 37.7 1961 37.387859535313986 1962 37.9 1963 38.3 1964 38.7 1965 39.3 1966 40.3 1967 41.1 1968 41.6 1969 42.7 1970 43.30407419086539 1971 43.08208434113566 1972 43.9 1973 44.7 1974 45.7 1975 46.3 1976 47.15391024219868 1977 48.22471350076057 1978 49.80606226546249 1979 50.75650536917897 1980 51.41808415864999 1981 52.092271339153065 1982 52.554953909485015 1983 52.906629486599904 1984 53.61666067085392 1985 54.54139624270347 1986 55.34061799378072 1987 56.04463302013123 1988 56.68020100224633 1989 57.4700746630233 1990 57.599324183927244 1991 57.5048611827498 1992 57.8036855321639 1993 57.87628400519806 1994 58.728059957783074 1995 58.891542929235364 1996 59.15548610285541 1997 59.687522153828176 1998 59.70049510838351 1999 59.92213805839323 2000 59.889419984006466 2001 59.78369613835571 2002 59.750897410577046 2003 59.744820296795865 2004 59.44806741646512 2005 59.49735423312169 2006 59.617611001806225 2007 59.61699799710539 2008 59.773865018902164 2009 59.52803989402499 2010 59.01164376600572 2011 58.518189723853155 2012 58.14947106020096 2013 57.73078364282863 2014 57.46121973604728 2015 57.170636320859536 2016 57.273057885656186 2017 57.50275265581422 2018 57.532700110685525 2019 57.8797999181439 2020 56.58111985070566 2021 56.61496460493263 2022 57.288612597824915 2023 57.80034314118445