Demographic information

[Guest guest]

I am a University of Washington student doing a presentation on the

WPS and would like to present a little demographic information of the

farmworker population here in the Northwest. I realize that concrete

numbers are hard to come by, but I would like to just give the class

an idea of some characteristics of the group. If anyone would be so

kind to give me any answers that they know, or refer me to

documents/websites where I can get these answers, that would be

great! I am especially interested in Washington state numbers, but

can present numbers for the Northwest or California if that is all

that is available.

Here are some of my questions?

Where are the farmworkers from? I assume most are from Mexico - and

if so, do most return to Mexico every year?

Are there many workers that DO NOT speak Spanish or English as their

first language? I was told that in Oregon, many workers speak only

indigenous languages such as Trique or Mizteca.

What percentage are literate?

What sort of education level do they have? (I know it varies, but I

just want a general idea).

What percent of the farmworkers are actually migrant workers and what

percentage are permanent members of the community?

Thank you very much!!