Year	% of female population ages 15+ (national estimate)
1979	41.88180851540765
1980	42.57521716885609
1981	45.25026729185363
1983	46.16311693447208
1984	46.822869565544224
1985	46.62338220340794
1986	47.41157088889283
1987	48.347554890396204
1988	46.85197326427907
1989	49.0630668897771
1990	47.31051309363317
1991	48.696695871716415
1992	49.21589872609718
1993	49.26754167718335
1994	49.53538673854005
1995	49.63975398009871
1996	49.47480943256813
1997	49.837718719664075
1998	49.869152615529316
1999	50.10574994036519
2000	50.29835328681289
2001	50.21267950863109
2002	50.169889003334845
2003	50.31349757361464
2004	50.25285813159111
2005	50.55309385785857
2006	50.88524340625461
2007	51.00442740750014
2008	51.251487599355485
2009	51.525520425745874
2010	51.52337237853702
2011	51.64505574780894
2012	51.87270876684528
2013	51.959859380343005
2014	51.950888227038384
2015	52.0268917641477
2016	52.314934372716415
2017	52.56799873265213
2018	52.82626466078259
2019	53.21917795504045
2020	51.8554128579166
2021	52.556166348992214
2022	53.33925177604548
2023	53.50095414938567