Average age of U.S. farm laborers/graders/sorters by place of birth, 2006–22

The hired farm workforce is aging. As fewer young immigrants are entering agriculture, the average age of foreign-born farmworkers has risen, pulling up the average for the farm workforce as a whole. The average age of foreign-born farmworkers rose by close to 7 years between 2006 and 2022. In contrast, the average age for U.S.-born farmworkers has remained roughly constant over this period.