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Haitian TPS Holders Make the U.S. Stronger
JANUARY 2026
330,000 Haitian Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders live across the U.S.
Florida New York Massachusetts New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio Georgia Indiana
158,000 40,000 19,000 16,000 15,000 14,000 11,000 11,000
Haitian TPS holders contribute an estimated $5.9 billion to the U.S. economy each year, and annually
pay $805 million in federal and payroll taxes and $755 million in state and local taxes.
Haitian TPS holders contribute billions of dollars Haitian TPS holders contribute millions of dollars
each year to metro economies. each year to mid-sized cities.
Miami $1.5 billion Allentown, PA $197 million
New York $1.1 billion Indianapolis, IN $136 million
Boston $418 million Port St. Lucie, FL $134 million
Orlando $329 million Springfield, OH $91 million
Tampa $125 million Jacksonville, FL $56 million
Atlanta $119 million Columbus, OH $44 million
200,000 Haitian TPS holders are already in the U.S. workforce.
Forcing Haitian TPS holders out of their jobs would drive up costs for everyday Americans,
raising the prices of food, goods, health care, and critical services.
22,000 cooks and servers 8,000 caregivers
serving 880,000 meals daily serving 12,000 children and aging parents
22,000 stockers and packers 6,000 vehicle cleaners
handling millions of boxes daily detailing 30,000 cars each week
14,000 retail staff 5,000 hotel cleaning staff
serving a million customers daily turning over 60,000 rooms daily
13,000 nursing assistants 4,000 property managers
serving 65,000 patients daily overseeing 200,000 individual dwellings
15,000 agricultural workers 3,000 taxi drivers
harvesting 5,000 acres daily moving 48,000 people daily
9,000 drivers 3,000 mechanics
delivering 900,000 parcels daily fixing 7,000 vehicles daily
7,000 security guards 3,000 landscapers
providing safety to 700,000 persons daily maintaining 150,000 properties weekly
7,000 factory workers 3,000 school assistants
producing millions of items weekly supporting 57,000 students daily
50,000 U.S. citizen children depend on their Haitian TPS parents’ contributions to the U.S. workforce.
Without their parent’s income, 25,000 U.S. citizen children would be pushed into poverty.
We must ensure TPS for Haiti continues.
Our economy and families rely on it.
Haitian TPS holders make Florida stronger Haitian TPS holders make Pennsylvania stronger
93,000 Haitian TPS workforce, including
cooks and servers (16,000), agricultural 7,000 Haitian TPS workforce, including
workers (12,000), stockers and packers agricultural workers (3,000) and retail staff
(8,000), security guards (5,000), and (1,000)
nursing assistants (4,000)
$2.6 billion in annual economic contributions $235 million in annual economic contributions
$300 million in annual federal and payroll taxes $54 million in annual federal and payroll taxes
$306 million in annual state and local taxes $31 million in annual state and local taxes
Haitian TPS holders make New York stronger Haitian TPS holders make Ohio stronger
25,000 Haitian TPS workforce, including
5,000 Haitian TPS workforce, including
caregivers (5,000), nursing assistants
stockers and packers (2,000), delivery
(2,000), mechanics (2,000), security guards
drivers (1,000) and caregivers (1,000)
(1,000), and hotel cleaning staff (1,000)
$863 million in annual economic contributions $160 million in annual economic contributions
$140 million in annual federal and payroll taxes $18 million in annual federal and payroll taxes
$141 million in annual state and local taxes $21 million in annual state and local taxes
Haitian TPS holders make Massachusetts stronger Haitian TPS holders make Georgia stronger
7,000 Haitian TPS workforce, including
10,000 Haitian TPS workforce, including
property managers (2,000), stockers and
retail staff (2,000), nursing assistants
packers (1,000), and nursing assistants
(1,000), and stockers and packers (1,000)
(1,000)
$481 million in annual economic contributions $151 million in annual economic contributions
$88 million in annual federal and payroll taxes $24 million in annual federal and payroll taxes
$59 million in annual state and local taxes $19 million in annual state and local taxes
Haitian TPS holders make New Jersey stronger Haitian TPS holders make Indiana stronger
9,000 Haitian TPS workforce, including 7,000 Haitian TPS workforce, including
nursing assistants (2,000), retail staff stockers and packers (3,000) and delivery
(1,000), and stockers and packers (1,000) drivers (1,000)
$264 million in annual economic contributions $209 million in annual economic contributions
$36 million in annual federal and payroll taxes $27 million in annual federal and payroll taxes
$34 million in annual state and local taxes $28 million in annual state and local taxes
Data, Methods, Notes
Population and worker estimates are based on augmented 2024 American Community Survey (ACS). Number of TPS holders is as of early 2025 before initial efforts by the Trump administration to terminate
the TPS designation for Haiti. All estimates were prepared by Dr. Phillip Connor, research fellow at Princeton University. See phillip-connor.com for more information on the ACS methodology. Economic
contribution is the total annual income after the payment of taxes. Federal and payroll taxes are based on tax rates from the Congressional Budget Office. State and local taxes are derived from the Institute
on Taxation and Economic Policy’s state tax rates and include all forms of state and local taxation. States and metros are top locations of residence for Haitian TPS holders as derived from the ACS analysis.
Occupational categories were collapsed to provide meaningful groups, rounded to thousands. Descriptions of worker services and produced goods are based on researched multipliers and are conservative
estimates. Meal count is based on 5 meals per labor hour for daily 8 hour shifts. Maximum work capacity for a cashier is 30-40 transactions per hour, but conservatively limited to 10 per hour for an 8 hour
daily shift. Parcels delivered each day is based on 100 packages per day. People moved each day is based on 2 passengers per hour for 8 hours daily. Patients served daily by nursing assistants is based on a
1:5 nurse to patient ratio. Each agricultural worker is assumed to harvest a third of an acre each day based on 2.4 million farmworkers nationwide and less than a million acres harvested each day. Security
guards are assumed to work under a 1:100 person ratio. Caregivers are assumed to care for 1.5 people daily. Mid-professional vehicle cleaners detail about 5 to 7 cars each day. Hotel staff clean 12 rooms per
day. A property manager manages 50 units in a building. Mechanic bays, and thus mechanics, service 2.2 cars per day. Landscapers are assumed to maintain 10 properties per day per worker for a 5 day work
week. School assistants are assumed to support the nation’s average class size of 19. The number of U.S. citizen children pushed into poverty currently live above the poverty line in their communities but with
the loss of their parent’s income would be pushed into poverty. Listed occupations for each state are top occupations of Haitian TPS holders.