Snitz explains immigration visas (one chart)

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In FY 2024, 95.2% of work-related arrivals came on temporary visas, while 4.8% received green cards​ for work. (Employer-sponsored green cards can offer permanent residence, while temporary visas do 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’s more than 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-2A visas) were from Mexico. Others came from South Africa (14,694, 4.7% of the total), Jamaica (4,718, 1.5%), and Guatemala (4,023, 1.3%).

H-1B visas are for people with a bachelor’s degree or higher who work in such fields as engineering, mathematics, medicine, and health. In FY 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 visas were hired for seasonal or peak-business periods, representing 12.9%.)

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The 2024 presidential election drew 65.3% of voting-age US citizens to the polls — the third-highest turnout in the last 34 years. But not everyone showed up equally. From younger voters to folks in certain states, here’s a look at who participated and who sat this one out.

Women voted at a higher rate than men in 2024: 61.0% vs. 57.4%. Women voters have outvoted men in every presidential election since 1980.

Voters age 65 or older had the highest turnout at 74.7% — and were 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%.

Hispanic voters had the lowest turnout rate at 50.6%, then came Asian voters 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%.

2024voter turnout rates by state

Among states, Minnesota had the highest voter turnout: 75.9%. It was followed by Oregon (75.3%), Virginia (72.9%), and New Jersey (72.5%). Washington, DC, had a higher rate than any state: 79.5%. Arkansas had the lowest, with a rate of 52.8%.

Twenty-nine percent of voters voted by mail, while 30.7% voted early in-person. That’s nearly 60% of voters. Another 39.6% of voters went 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 during the pandemic.