Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1996 11.466873189836534 2001 13.025753096441457 2002 13.573113402480521 2003 13.315496770860769 2004 13.772280115553505 2005 13.919389393745304 2006 12.009360941427488 2007 11.908868769655843 2008 11.800109837679656 2009 13.185761455179042 2011 11.755847439004963 2012 11.128833467404766 2013 11.330533935912413 2014 11.264195919523695 2015 11.866782142874541 2016 14.253666453261467 2017 15.06160921966553 2018 15.371189596076048 2019 15.387790917776293 2020 18.565242793271565 2021 16.05676816836035 2022 12.651794954401966 2023 12.274819467092916