| Immigrants Admitted from the Dominican Republic by Class of Admission | ||||||
| New York City, 1982 to 2021 | ||||||
| Type and class of admission |
Number
|
Percent Change
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 80s to 10s | 00s to 10s | |
| TOTAL | 151,712 | 161,704 | 153,440 | 176,144 | 16.1 | 14.8 |
| Family-related visas | 149,371 | 159,238 | 152,592 | 175,295 | 17.4 | 14.9 |
| Family preferences | 113,151 | 95,303 | 83,964 | 96,331 | −14.9 | 14.7 |
| First | 2,992 | 6,271 | 8,024 | 10,985 | 267.2 | 36.9 |
| Second | 92,885 | 74,463 | 66,456 | 76,663 | −17.5 | 15.4 |
| Third (Fourth preference prior to 1992) | 3,085 | 3,199 | 2,185 | 1,791 | −41.9 | −18.0 |
| Fourth (Fifth preference prior to 1992) | 14,189 | 11,370 | 7,299 | 6,892 | −51.4 | −5.6 |
| Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens | 36,220 | 63,935 | 68,628 | 78,964 | 118.0 | 15.1 |
| Spouses | 20,750 | 33,299 | 32,046 | 40,816 | 96.7 | 27.4 |
| Children | 9,079 | 20,721 | 22,245 | 2,021 | −77.7 | −90.9 |
| Parents | 6,391 | 9,915 | 14,337 | 17,933 | 180.6 | 25.1 |
| Employment preferences | 484 | 942 | 595 | 420 | −13.2 | −29.4 |
| First | - | 44 | 14 | 11 | - | −21.4 |
| Second | - | 29 | 19 | 26 | - | 36.8 |
| Third | - | 336 | 240 | 88 | - | −63.3 |
| Skilled workers | - | 219 | 218 | 84 | - | −61.5 |
| Needed unskilled workers | - | 117 | 22 | 4 | - | −81.8 |
| Fourth | - | 533 | 282 | 295 | - | 4.6 |
| Fifth | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pre-1992 Third preference | 68 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pre-1992 Sixth preference | 416 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diversity | 2 | 22 | 14 | - | - | - |
| Refugees/Asylees | 6 | 5 | 20 | 35 | 483.3 | 75.0 |
| Other | 1,849 | 1,497 | 213 | 394 | −78.7 | 85.0 |