Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (national estimate) 1996 13.864258733193296 2001 15.446867421836133 2002 16.430579660022072 2003 16.27520915753283 2004 17.041001537099604 2005 16.889661646159013 2006 14.69872443707442 2007 14.536048331443558 2008 14.384622655135548 2009 15.871863999634227 2011 14.185660298149378 2012 13.295934608590375 2013 13.408630391710531 2014 13.2475190695726 2015 14.104065396356427 2016 16.50636218101659 2017 17.37354210471654 2018 17.624194311093788 2019 17.707257957604465 2020 21.298143380716688 2021 18.723864343519963 2022 14.74522806800189 2023 14.005665025639646