The National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) is an employment-based, random-sample survey of U.S. crop workers that collects demographic, employment, and health data in face-to-face interviews.

crop workers in field

The survey began in Fiscal Year (FY) 1989; since then, over 76,000 crop workers have been interviewed.

The latest reports are available on this site and can also be accessed at ETA’s Research and Evaluation Publication Database. Report 17 summarizes national-level findings that are based on 2,598 interviews that were conducted in fiscal years 2021 and 2022. A research brief summarizes national-level findings on crop workers’ access to health care, based on 2,172 interviews that were conducted in fiscal years 2019 and 2020.