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Who=E2=80=99s working in America (on a visa)?=E2=80=AF=C2=A0
As Dolly Parton once said, =E2=80=9CWorkin=E2=80=99 nine to five, what a wa=
y to make a livin=E2=80=99=E2=80=9D =E2=80=94 but it=E2=80=99s not just Ame=
ricans pouring themselves a cup of ambition. Over 1 million people came to =
work in the US via authorized channels in fiscal year 2024. However, the to=
tal for 2025 could be quite different considering the recent implementation=
of a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications.
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[Here=E2=80=99s a closer look]([link removed]
work-visas-and-green-cards-does-the-us-issue/) at what types of work visas =
and green cards the US issues, who receives them, and the work they do.
- In FY 2024, 95.2% of work-related arrivals came on temporary visas, while=
4.8% received green cards[=E2=80=8B]([link removed]
pes-of-work-visas-and-green-cards-does-the-us-issue/) for work. (Employer-s=
ponsored green cards can offer permanent residence, while temporary visas d=
o not.)
- H-2A visas for temporary agricultural workers made up the largest share (=
315,328, or 29.1%) of all temporary visas in FY 2024. That=E2=80=99s more t=
han 10 times greater than the 30,201 that were issued in FY 2000.
- Last year, 90.6% of temporary agricultural workers (285,781 people on H-2=
A visas) were from Mexico. Others came from South Africa (14,694, 4.7% of t=
he total), Jamaica (4,718, 1.5%), and Guatemala (4,023, 1.3%).=C2=A0
- H-1B visas are for people with a bachelor=E2=80=99s degree or higher who =
work in such fields as engineering, mathematics, medicine, and health. In F=
Y 2024, there were 219,659 of such workers, 20.2% of temporary visa holders=
that year. (Another 139,541 temporary non-agricultural workers on H-2B vis=
as were hired for seasonal or peak-business periods, representing 12.9%.)=
=E2=80=AF
[H-1B visas granted by country, fiscal year 2024]([link removed]
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- Workers from India (150,647) comprised 68.6% of H-1B recipients. They wer=
e followed by: China (31,735, 14.4% of the total), the Philippines (3,562, =
1.6%), and South Korea (2,289, 1.0%).=C2=A0
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Who voted (and who didn=E2=80=99t) in 2024
The 2024 presidential election drew 65.3% of voting-age US citizens to the =
polls =E2=80=94 the third-highest turnout in the last 34 years. But not eve=
ryone showed up equally. From younger voters to folks in certain states,=C2=
=A0[here=E2=80=99s a look at who participated]([link removed]
s/how-many-americans-voted-in-2024/) and who sat this one out.=C2=A0
- Women voted at a higher rate than men in 2024: 61.0% vs. 57.4%. Women vot=
ers have outvoted men in every presidential election since 1980.=C2=A0
- Voters age 65 or older had the highest turnout at 74.7% =E2=80=94 and wer=
e the only age group to exceed their 2020 turnout. People between the ages =
of 18 and 24 were the least likely to vote, at about 47.7%.=C2=A0
- Hispanic voters had the lowest turnout rate at 50.6%, then came Asian vot=
ers at 57.1%. The Black voter turnout rate was the second-highest at 59.6%,=
and white, non-Hispanic voters had the highest voting rate: 70.5%. =C2=A0
[2024voter turnout rates by state]([link removed]
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- Among states, Minnesota had the highest voter turnout: 75.9%. It was foll=
owed by Oregon (75.3%), Virginia (72.9%), and New Jersey (72.5%). Washingto=
n, DC, had a higher rate than any state: 79.5%. Arkansas had the lowest, wi=
th a rate of 52.8%.=C2=A0
- Twenty-nine percent of voters [voted by mail]([link removed]
es/how-many-voters-cast-ballots-early-and-by-mail/), while 30.7% voted earl=
y in-person. That=E2=80=99s nearly 60% of voters. Another 39.6% of voters w=
ent to the polls on Election Day.
- Early and mail-in voting was up 10 percentage points from 2022, but down =
nine from 2020, when states expanded early in-person and mail-in options du=
ring the pandemic.=C2=A0
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Data behind the news
Illinois and Oregon officials have gone to court to prevent National Guard =
troops from other states from deploying to their cities. [Read more](https:=
//usafacts.org/articles/how-does-us-law-enforcement-work-who-has-jurisdicti=
on/) about jurisdiction in US law enforcement.
[Listeria outbreaks]([link removed]
-from-foodborne-illnesses/) have caused a California food company to recall=
thousands of cases of pastas that are used in meals sold at grocery stores=
nationwide. =C2=A0=C2=A0
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Think you know the facts? Then [quiz yourself]([link removed]
fact-quiz/).=C2=A0
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One last fact
[School districts in Mississippi, South Dakota, and Arkansas relied the mos=
t on federal funding]([link removed]
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During the 2021=E2=80=932022 school year, the federal government provided 1=
3.7% of [public-school funding]([link removed]
e-of-public-school-funding-comes-from-the-federal-government/country/united=
-states/) =E2=80=94 that=E2=80=99s about one in every seven dollars. School=
districts in Mississippi (23.2% of district revenue), South Dakota (21.8%)=
, and Arkansas (21.6%) relied more on federal funding than districts in oth=
er states.=E2=80=AF(And you can check your state [right here]([link removed]
cts.org/answers/what-percentage-of-public-school-funding-comes-from-the-fed=
eral-government/country/united-states/).)=C2=A0
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