Type and class of admission	Number				Percent Change
Immigrants Admitted from China by Class of Admission¹
New York City, 1982 to 2021
Type and class of admission	1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s	80s to 10s	00s to 10s
TOTAL	93,962	107,088	170,056	148,954	58.5	−12.4
Family-related visas	85,787	70,123	86,004	87,997	2.6	2.3
Family preferences	68,537	45,727	45,893	39,614	−42.2	−13.7
First	695	1,377	2,299	1,995	187.1	−13.2
Second	26,683	17,646	9,933	15,644	−41.4	57.5
Third (Fourth preference prior to 1992)	14,006	6,984	7,352	3,819	−72.7	−48.1
Fourth (Fifth preference prior to 1992)	27,153	19,720	26,255	18,156	−33.1	−30.9
Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	17,250	24,396	40,111	48,383	180.5	20.6
Spouses	6,438	9,995	19,338	21,456	233.3	11.0
Children	1,080	3,716	6,324	2,484	130.0	−60.7
Parents	9,732	10,685	14,420	24,443	151.2	69.5
Employment preferences	7,076	30,015	11,394	12,020	69.9	5.5
First	-	3,698	3,283	2,493	-	−24.1
Second	-	2,843	2,462	2,161	-	−12.2
Third	-	23,151	3,353	2,110	-	−37.1
Skilled workers	-	22,597	3,053	1,812	-	−40.7
Needed unskilled workers	-	554	300	298	-	−0.7
Fourth	-	234	277	441	-	59.2
Fifth	-	88	1,951	4,815	-	146.8
Pre-1992 Third preference	2,525	-	-	-	-	-
Pre-1992 Sixth preference	4,551	1	-	-	-	-
Diversity	40	234	294	94	135.0	−68.0
Refugees/Asylees	385	3,933	71,979	47,920	12,346.8	−33.4
Other	674	2,783	338	923	36.9	173.1
¹ Includes Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong