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Title: The Changing Spatial Distribution of Mexican Farm Workers in the United States

Citation Type: Conference Paper

Publication Year: 2008

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Abstract: Considerable attention has been given to the recent growth of the Hispanic population in many new rural destinations outside of traditional gateway cities and states. Although Mexican farm workers have long had a presence in rural America, this group has also been geographically concentrated in the Southwest. Declines in the use of family labor as well as the consolidation of agricultural production have increased the need for hired agricultural workers in regions outside the traditional Fruit Belt. The purpose of this research is to analyze the relationship between agricultural restructuring and the spatial distribution of Mexican farm workers using data from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) for the yeas 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2006 and also data from the 1992, 1997, and 2002 Censuses of Agriculture. This research extends the growing literature on new rural destinations for immigrants by situating agricultural workers within broader patterns of Hispanic spatial deconcentration.

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Authors: Jensen, Eric B.

Conference Name: Rural Sociological Society

Publisher Location: Manchester, NH

Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS CPS

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration, Poverty and Welfare, Race and Ethnicity

Countries: United States