# H-2A Visa Agricultural Workers

**URL:** <https://forum.ipums.org/t/h-2a-visa-agricultural-workers/5398>\
**Category:** USA\
**Created:** [August 8, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/h-2a-visa-agricultural-workers/5398 "2023-08-08T02:26:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![zrutledge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eb8c5e/32.png) [@zrutledge](https://forum.ipums.org/u/zrutledge)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/h-2a-visa-agricultural-workers/5398/1 "2023-08-08T02:26:45Z")

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Are H-2A visa temporary foreign agricultural guest workers surveyed in the ACS data? If yes, is there a way I can exclude them from my sample?

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**Author:** ![Isabel\_Pastoor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.ipums.org/isabel_pastoor/32/788_2.png) [@Isabel\_Pastoor](https://forum.ipums.org/u/Isabel_Pastoor)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/h-2a-visa-agricultural-workers/5398/2 "2023-08-10T18:23:03Z")

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[From the Census Bureau](https://ask.census.gov/prweb/PRServletCustom/app/ECORRAsk2_/YACFBFye-rFIz_FoGtyvDRUGg1Uzu5Mn*/!STANDARD?pzuiactionzzz=CXtpbn0rTEpMcGRYOG1vS0tqTFAwaENUZWpvM1NNWEMzZ3p5aFpnWUxzVmw0TjJoWmQ4UG1kNHdZZzJZZkQ2UFVqYktl*), “the universe of the ACS is the resident population. This universe includes all persons who are ‘usually resident’ in a specified geographic area.” [This ACS handbook](https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2018/acs/acs_general_handbook_2018_ch09.pdf) describes on page 61 in box 9.1 who counts as a resident in the ACS. Respondents are not included in or excluded from the ACS on the basis of immigration status, and there is not a way to identify specific types of visa holders in the ACS data.