U.S. H-2A (temporary agricultural employment of foreign workers) positions certified by State, fiscal years 2005-20

Seasonal positions certified (thousand)

Stacked Bar chart with 16 groups and 11 items per group.

Group 1, 2005, Total value of 48.336.
Item 1, Arkansas value of 0 which is .0% of 2005.
Item 2, Kentucky value of 0 which is .0% of 2005.
Item 3, New York value of 0 which is .0% of 2005.
Item 4, Arizona value of 0 which is .0% of 2005.
Item 5, Louisiana value of 0 which is .0% of 2005.
Item 6, North Carolina value of 0 which is .0% of 2005.
Item 7, California value of 0 which is .0% of 2005.
Item 8, Washington value of 0 which is .0% of 2005.
Item 9, Georgia value of 0 which is .0% of 2005.
Item 10, Florida value of 0 which is .0% of 2005.
Item 11, Other States value of 48.336 which is 100.0% of 2005.
Group 2, 2006, Total value of 59.11.
Item 1, Arkansas value of 0 which is .0% of 2006.
Item 2, Kentucky value of 0 which is .0% of 2006.
Item 3, New York value of 0 which is .0% of 2006.
Item 4, Arizona value of 0 which is .0% of 2006.
Item 5, Louisiana value of 0 which is .0% of 2006.
Item 6, North Carolina value of 0 which is .0% of 2006.
Item 7, California value of 0 which is .0% of 2006.
Item 8, Washington value of 0 which is .0% of 2006.
Item 9, Georgia value of 0 which is .0% of 2006.
Item 10, Florida value of 0 which is .0% of 2006.
Item 11, Other States value of 59.11 which is 100.0% of 2006.
Group 3, 2007, Total value of 74.817.
Item 1, Arkansas value of 2.914 which is 3.9% of 2007.
Item 2, Kentucky value of 4.891 which is 6.5% of 2007.
Item 3, New York value of 4.039 which is 5.4% of 2007.
Item 4, Arizona value of 1.956 which is 2.6% of 2007.
Item 5, Louisiana value of 5.17 which is 6.9% of 2007.
Item 6, North Carolina value of 8.822 which is 11.8% of 2007.
Item 7, California value of 2.173 which is 2.9% of 2007.
Item 8, Washington value of 1.794 which is 2.4% of 2007.
Item 9, Georgia value of 6.983 which is 9.3% of 2007.
Item 10, Florida value of 4.411 which is 5.9% of 2007.
Item 11, Other States value of 31.664 which is 42.3% of 2007.
Group 4, 2008, Total value of 90.125.
Item 1, Arkansas value of 3.222 which is 3.6% of 2008.
Item 2, Kentucky value of 5.852 which is 6.5% of 2008.
Item 3, New York value of 4.194 which is 4.7% of 2008.
Item 4, Arizona value of 6.16 which is 6.8% of 2008.
Item 5, Louisiana value of 5.933 which is 6.6% of 2008.
Item 6, North Carolina value of 9.127 which is 10.1% of 2008.
Item 7, California value of 2.929 which is 3.2% of 2008.
Item 8, Washington value of 2.573 which is 2.9% of 2008.
Item 9, Georgia value of 6.488 which is 7.2% of 2008.
Item 10, Florida value of 5.852 which is 6.5% of 2008.
Item 11, Other States value of 37.795 which is 41.9% of 2008.
Group 5, 2009, Total value of 85.972.
Item 1, Arkansas value of 3.022 which is 3.5% of 2009.
Item 2, Kentucky value of 5.754 which is 6.7% of 2009.
Item 3, New York value of 4.299 which is 5.0% of 2009.
Item 4, Arizona value of 3.861 which is 4.5% of 2009.
Item 5, Louisiana value of 6.696 which is 7.8% of 2009.
Item 6, North Carolina value of 8.728 which is 10.2% of 2009.
Item 7, California value of 2.812 which is 3.3% of 2009.
Item 8, Washington value of 1.984 which is 2.3% of 2009.
Item 9, Georgia value of 6.654 which is 7.7% of 2009.
Item 10, Florida value of 5.823 which is 6.8% of 2009.
Item 11, Other States value of 36.339 which is 42.3% of 2009.
Group 6, 2010, Total value of 79.149.
Item 1, Arkansas value of 2.998 which is 3.8% of 2010.
Item 2, Kentucky value of 5.452 which is 6.9% of 2010.
Item 3, New York value of 3.872 which is 4.9% of 2010.
Item 4, Arizona value of 4.305 which is 5.4% of 2010.
Item 5, Louisiana value of 6.788 which is 8.6% of 2010.
Item 6, North Carolina value of 9.793 which is 12.4% of 2010.
Item 7, California value of 2.629 which is 3.3% of 2010.
Item 8, Washington value of 3.013 which is 3.8% of 2010.
Item 9, Georgia value of 4.874 which is 6.2% of 2010.
Item 10, Florida value of 4.515 which is 5.7% of 2010.
Item 11, Other States value of 30.91 which is 39.1% of 2010.
Group 7, 2011, Total value of 77.101.
Item 1, Arkansas value of 2.472 which is 3.2% of 2011.
Item 2, Kentucky value of 4.692 which is 6.1% of 2011.
Item 3, New York value of 3.938 which is 5.1% of 2011.
Item 4, Arizona value of 2.11 which is 2.7% of 2011.
Item 5, Louisiana value of 7.342 which is 9.5% of 2011.
Item 6, North Carolina value of 9.137 which is 11.9% of 2011.
Item 7, California value of 1.598 which is 2.1% of 2011.
Item 8, Washington value of 3.194 which is 4.1% of 2011.
Item 9, Georgia value of 6.793 which is 8.8% of 2011.
Item 10, Florida value of 5.741 which is 7.4% of 2011.
Item 11, Other States value of 30.084 which is 39.0% of 2011.
Group 8, 2012, Total value of 85.246.
Item 1, Arkansas value of 2.701 which is 3.2% of 2012.
Item 2, Kentucky value of 4.754 which is 5.6% of 2012.
Item 3, New York value of 3.632 which is 4.3% of 2012.
Item 4, Arizona value of 2.375 which is 2.8% of 2012.
Item 5, Louisiana value of 6.771 which is 7.9% of 2012.
Item 6, North Carolina value of 10.498 which is 12.3% of 2012.
Item 7, California value of 2.862 which is 3.4% of 2012.
Item 8, Washington value of 4.443 which is 5.2% of 2012.
Item 9, Georgia value of 8.227 which is 9.7% of 2012.
Item 10, Florida value of 6.945 which is 8.1% of 2012.
Item 11, Other States value of 32.038 which is 37.6% of 2012.
Group 9, 2013, Total value of 97.866.
Item 1, Arkansas value of 2.802 which is 2.9% of 2013.
Item 2, Kentucky value of 5.813 which is 5.9% of 2013.
Item 3, New York value of 4.699 which is 4.8% of 2013.
Item 4, Arizona value of 2.964 which is 3.0% of 2013.
Item 5, Louisiana value of 6.588 which is 6.7% of 2013.
Item 6, North Carolina value of 12.386 which is 12.7% of 2013.
Item 7, California value of 4.199 which is 4.3% of 2013.
Item 8, Washington value of 6.24 which is 6.4% of 2013.
Item 9, Georgia value of 9.268 which is 9.5% of 2013.
Item 10, Florida value of 9.971 which is 10.2% of 2013.
Item 11, Other States value of 32.936 which is 33.7% of 2013.
Group 10, 2014, Total value of 116.645.
Item 1, Arkansas value of 2.504 which is 2.1% of 2014.
Item 2, Kentucky value of 6.753 which is 5.8% of 2014.
Item 3, New York value of 4.68 which is 4.0% of 2014.
Item 4, Arizona value of 3.751 which is 3.2% of 2014.
Item 5, Louisiana value of 7.214 which is 6.2% of 2014.
Item 6, North Carolina value of 15.135 which is 13.0% of 2014.
Item 7, California value of 6.043 which is 5.2% of 2014.
Item 8, Washington value of 9.064 which is 7.8% of 2014.
Item 9, Georgia value of 10.387 which is 8.9% of 2014.
Item 10, Florida value of 13.519 which is 11.6% of 2014.
Item 11, Other States value of 37.595 which is 32.2% of 2014.
Group 11, 2015, Total value of 139.465.
Item 1, Arkansas value of 2.552 which is 1.8% of 2015.
Item 2, Kentucky value of 6.71 which is 4.8% of 2015.
Item 3, New York value of 5.039 which is 3.6% of 2015.
Item 4, Arizona value of 3.713 which is 2.7% of 2015.
Item 5, Louisiana value of 7.787 which is 5.6% of 2015.
Item 6, North Carolina value of 17.487 which is 12.5% of 2015.
Item 7, California value of 8.591 which is 6.2% of 2015.
Item 8, Washington value of 11.774 which is 8.4% of 2015.
Item 9, Georgia value of 14.393 which is 10.3% of 2015.
Item 10, Florida value of 17.942 which is 12.9% of 2015.
Item 11, Other States value of 43.477 which is 31.2% of 2015.
Group 12, 2016, Total value of 165.701.
Item 1, Arkansas value of 3.114 which is 1.9% of 2016.
Item 2, Kentucky value of 6.779 which is 4.1% of 2016.
Item 3, New York value of 5.522 which is 3.3% of 2016.
Item 4, Arizona value of 5.391 which is 3.3% of 2016.
Item 5, Louisiana value of 8.301 which is 5.0% of 2016.
Item 6, North Carolina value of 19.786 which is 11.9% of 2016.
Item 7, California value of 11.106 which is 6.7% of 2016.
Item 8, Washington value of 13.649 which is 8.2% of 2016.
Item 9, Georgia value of 17.392 which is 10.5% of 2016.
Item 10, Florida value of 22.828 which is 13.8% of 2016.
Item 11, Other States value of 51.833 which is 31.3% of 2016.
Group 13, 2017, Total value of 200.09.
Item 1, Arkansas value of 3.148 which is 1.6% of 2017.
Item 2, Kentucky value of 7.403 which is 3.7% of 2017.
Item 3, New York value of 6.87 which is 3.4% of 2017.
Item 4, Arizona value of 6.06 which is 3.0% of 2017.
Item 5, Louisiana value of 8.875 which is 4.4% of 2017.
Item 6, North Carolina value of 20.738 which is 10.4% of 2017.
Item 7, California value of 15.232 which is 7.6% of 2017.
Item 8, Washington value of 18.571 which is 9.3% of 2017.
Item 9, Georgia value of 23.421 which is 11.7% of 2017.
Item 10, Florida value of 25.303 which is 12.6% of 2017.
Item 11, Other States value of 64.469 which is 32.2% of 2017.
Group 14, 2018, Total value of 242.816.
Item 1, Arkansas value of 3.538 which is 1.5% of 2018.
Item 2, Kentucky value of 7.589 which is 3.1% of 2018.
Item 3, New York value of 7.634 which is 3.1% of 2018.
Item 4, Arizona value of 7.497 which is 3.1% of 2018.
Item 5, Louisiana value of 10.079 which is 4.2% of 2018.
Item 6, North Carolina value of 21.885 which is 9.0% of 2018.
Item 7, California value of 18.908 which is 7.8% of 2018.
Item 8, Washington value of 24.862 which is 10.2% of 2018.
Item 9, Georgia value of 32.364 which is 13.3% of 2018.
Item 10, Florida value of 30.462 which is 12.5% of 2018.
Item 11, Other States value of 77.998 which is 32.1% of 2018.
Group 15, 2019, Total value of 257.71.
Item 1, Arkansas value of 3.958 which is 1.5% of 2019.
Item 2, Kentucky value of 8.315 which is 3.2% of 2019.
Item 3, New York value of 8.104 which is 3.1% of 2019.
Item 4, Arizona value of 5.647 which is 2.2% of 2019.
Item 5, Louisiana value of 10.788 which is 4.2% of 2019.
Item 6, North Carolina value of 21.706 which is 8.4% of 2019.
Item 7, California value of 23.321 which is 9.0% of 2019.
Item 8, Washington value of 26.226 which is 10.2% of 2019.
Item 9, Georgia value of 29.48 which is 11.4% of 2019.
Item 10, Florida value of 33.598 which is 13.0% of 2019.
Item 11, Other States value of 86.567 which is 33.6% of 2019.
Group 16, 2020, Total value of 275.392.
Item 1, Arkansas value of 4.47 which is 1.6% of 2020.
Item 2, Kentucky value of 6.952 which is 2.5% of 2020.
Item 3, New York value of 8.482 which is 3.1% of 2020.
Item 4, Arizona value of 8.602 which is 3.1% of 2020.
Item 5, Louisiana value of 11.332 which is 4.1% of 2020.
Item 6, North Carolina value of 22.052 which is 8.0% of 2020.
Item 7, California value of 25.453 which is 9.2% of 2020.
Item 8, Washington value of 26.832 which is 9.7% of 2020.
Item 9, Georgia value of 27.614 which is 10.0% of 2020.
Item 10, Florida value of 39.064 which is 14.2% of 2020.
Item 11, Other States value of 94.539 which is 34.3% of 2020.

Note: State-level data are not available for fiscal years 2005-06. The individual States included in the chart had more than 2,000 H-2A positions certified in fiscal year 2010.
Source: USDA, Economic Research Service using data from U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification.