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

A line chart shows the average age of U.S. farm laborers/graders/sorters by place of birth from 2006 to 2022. The average age of foreign-born farmworkers rose by close to 7 years between 2006 and 2022.

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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.

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