Farmworker Demographics

Why farmworker demographics matters: migrant, seasonal and other immigrant farmworkers have a unique work and life experience that is likely to influence not only their overall health, but also how they respond to their interactions with clinicians. The following data summarizes what is currently known about the demographic and employment characteristics of migrant, seasonal and other immigrant farmworkers.

Farmworkers in the U.S.

• Number and geographical distribution of hired farmworkers according to
• Demographic characteristics including age, sex, ethnicity, and nativity
• Unemployment rates by occupation
• Wages
• Legal status, country of origin, and migrant patterns of hired crop farmworkers
• Links to key data sources