Year % of female labor force (national estimate) 1991 7.260311524230299 1992 7.96665322139949 1993 8.380697877056335 1994 8.508196038346705 1995 8.354608687425678 1996 8.304236139469515 1997 8.1345043438048 1998 8.022905983227528 1999 7.8614521471137095 2000 7.493963327782633 2001 7.158590430940433 2002 7.531344111306003 2003 7.614142795283315 2004 7.633085183706695 2005 7.289182630023447 2006 6.545145166788229 2007 6.253241852178577 2008 6.414693518683417 2009 8.098817437453613 2010 8.352345349056058 2011 8.21814366268797 2012 8.302917824074298 2013 8.126668691248852 2014 7.612529314281228 2015 7.045768940421336 2016 6.638550896891411 2017 6.171498304215747 2018 5.704603286579218 2019 5.547164186180722 2020 7.408638480989248 2021 6.416282871000077 2022 5.222470059720925 2023 5.000438131117