Which states employ the most farmworkers?
A 2000 report by the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) found that half of its reported hired farmworkers were found in five states: California (30%), Texas (10%), Florida (6%), New York (4%) and North Carolina (3%).18 The top three states cited by the ERS were also among the top five spenders on crop labor in a 1992 Department of Labor census. California was by far the biggest employer spending $3,418,724,096 in 1992; Florida comes in second for 1992 at $1,189,964,252.
