Year % of total population ages 15+ (national estimate) 1981 51.54915686905942 1983 53.50512389585002 1984 54.10696797346942 1985 53.86076760661762 1986 54.06508313277573 1987 54.200099094039764 1988 54.3299518656415 1989 54.727315989663644 1990 55.08197345745351 1991 55.74589798000558 1992 55.184817360111005 1993 55.00441992695794 1994 54.98949146743583 1995 54.834982895197285 1996 54.98251636478096 1997 55.14303356902031 1998 55.282727958113455 1999 55.86950179355872 2000 55.96227537826318 2001 55.87278245672025 2002 56.34454528919705 2003 56.74316782487827 2004 56.7486961350926 2005 57.14321957771746 2006 57.516795267215606 2007 57.75008868841099 2008 58.072269771452255 2009 58.0602886846248 2010 57.902831141635836 2011 57.96072571215223 2012 58.22288468401752 2013 58.207345644650616 2014 58.164509380597046 2015 58.11355334572352 2016 58.37356963186437 2017 58.46396201637908 2018 58.53119957879574 2019 58.68226773955607 2020 57.622538111251856 2021 58.309010998635976 2022 58.91643008312483 2023 57.81829641764209