Year % of female labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1996 17.568947455222894 2001 18.96544526160942 2002 20.597409166226168 2003 20.630229058327163 2004 21.74420475939017 2005 21.143842152046165 2006 18.498900198231144 2007 18.253875672822936 2008 18.113778570285078 2009 19.700332701181015 2011 17.77894355378721 2012 16.53938605300514 2013 16.52055637519015 2014 16.253425302014907 2015 17.456974560250583 2016 19.80329734005819 2017 20.719211138875245 2018 20.806141583472822 2019 20.934181449884292 2020 25.16655948908371 2021 22.389007842305393 2022 17.656375328860083 2023 16.38781010408507