Migration patterns of hired crop farmworkers, fiscal 1991–2020

Fiscal year/Percent

Bar chart with 30 groups and 4 items per group.

Group 1, 1991.
Item 1, Newcomer 4.1.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 23.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 13.9.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 59.
Group 2, 1992.
Item 1, Newcomer 6.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 24.2.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 13.8.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 56.
Group 3, 1993.
Item 1, Newcomer 8.4.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 21.2.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 13.9.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 56.5.
Group 4, 1994.
Item 1, Newcomer 9.8.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 21.9.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 14.3.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 54.
Group 5, 1995.
Item 1, Newcomer 11.8.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 23.5.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 13.8.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 50.9.
Group 6, 1996.
Item 1, Newcomer 14.7.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 24.2.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 13.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 48.1.
Group 7, 1997.
Item 1, Newcomer 18.8.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 24.4.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 12.8.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 44.
Group 8, 1998.
Item 1, Newcomer 21.3.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 24.2.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 13.1.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 41.4.
Group 9, 1999.
Item 1, Newcomer 22.3.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 23.4.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 11.4.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 43.
Group 10, 2000.
Item 1, Newcomer 22.5.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 22.1.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 10.3.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 45.1.
Group 11, 2001.
Item 1, Newcomer 21.7.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 19.7.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 8.9.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 49.7.
Group 12, 2002.
Item 1, Newcomer 18.6.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 18.4.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 8.5.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 54.5.
Group 13, 2003.
Item 1, Newcomer 15.7.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 16.4.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 7.9.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 60.
Group 14, 2004.
Item 1, Newcomer 14.2.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 14.7.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 6.8.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 64.2.
Group 15, 2005.
Item 1, Newcomer 13.8.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 14.9.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 7.4.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 63.9.
Group 16, 2006.
Item 1, Newcomer 15.1.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 14.5.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 5.8.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 64.5.
Group 17, 2007.
Item 1, Newcomer 14.5.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 13.6.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 5.1.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 66.9.
Group 18, 2008.
Item 1, Newcomer 13.2.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 12.1.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 3.5.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 71.2.
Group 19, 2009.
Item 1, Newcomer 9.1.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 12.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 4.9.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 74.
Group 20, 2010.
Item 1, Newcomer 5.1.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 15.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 6.4.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 73.5.
Group 21, 2011.
Item 1, Newcomer 2.9.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 13.8.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 7.1.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 76.2.
Group 22, 2012.
Item 1, Newcomer 1.7.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 13.9.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 5.8.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 78.6.
Group 23, 2013.
Item 1, Newcomer 2.1.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 10.8.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 4.4.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 82.7.
Group 24, 2014.
Item 1, Newcomer 1.9.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 11.2.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 3.9.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 83.
Group 25, 2015.
Item 1, Newcomer 2.4.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 10.7.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 5.4.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 81.5.
Group 26, 2016.
Item 1, Newcomer 3.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 10.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 5.2.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 81.8.
Group 27, 2017.
Item 1, Newcomer 3.2.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 8.7.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 5.3.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 82.7.
Group 28, 2018.
Item 1, Newcomer 2.4.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 8.3.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 3.5.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 85.7.
Group 29, 2019.
Item 1, Newcomer 1.3.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 8.9.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 3.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 86.8.
Group 30, 2020.
Item 1, Newcomer 1.1.
Item 2, Migrant: shuttle 10.5.
Item 3, Migrant: follow the crop 3.4.
Item 4, Nonmigrant: settled 85.

Note: Values for each year are 3-year moving averages to smooth fluctuations due to small sample sizes: e.g. data reported for fiscal 2020 are the average over fiscal 2018–20.

Source: USDA, Economic Research Service using U.S. Department of Labor, National Agricultural Workers Survey.