Profile of U.S. Farm Workers
Characteristics of the Agricultural Labor Force
This report is the ninth in a series of Department of Labor publications on the demographic and employment characteristics of the Nation’s hired crop labor force. The findings come from the National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS), a nationwide, random survey that obtains information directly from farm workers. The information summarized herein was collected between October 1, 2000, and September 30, 2002 (Federal Fiscal Years 2001 and 2002), through face-to-face interviews with 6,472 crop farm workers. Demographic Characteristics In Fiscal Years 2001-2002, as in previous periods, the hired farm workforce was predominantly foreign-born. Just 23 percent of all hired crop farm…
