Table 1
290,000 undocumented workers projected to benefit from Excluded Worker Fund
| Region | Tier 1 ($15,600 per Worker) |
Tier 2 ($3,200 per Worker) |
How Many Workers Benefit (Total) |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York City | 67,000 | 146,000 | 213,000 |
| Long Island | 11,000 | 24,000 | 35,000 |
| Nassau | 6,000 | 12,000 | 18,000 |
| Suffolk | 5,000 | 12,000 | 17,000 |
| Lower Hudson Valley | 6,000 | 14,000 | 20,000 |
| Mid Hudson Valley | 3,000 | 6,000 | 9,000 |
| Capital Region | 1,000 | 3,000 | 4,000 |
| Northern and Western NY | 3,000 | 6,000 | 9,000 |
| Central NY | 400 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Finger Lakes | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Mohawk Valley | 200 | 400 | 1,000 |
| North Country | 200 | 400 | 1,000 |
| Southern Tier | 400 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Western NY | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| New York State | 92,000 | 199,000 | 290,000 |
Source: Fiscal Policy Institute analysis of data from the Center for Migration Studies and the American Community Survey. Numbers are independently rounded. Indented regions are approximations (see methodology in https://fiscalpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Excluded-Worker-Fund-Statewide-Benefits-April-2021.pdf for details).
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