Type and class of admission	Number				Percent Change
Immigrants Admitted from Ecuador by Class of Admission
New York City, 1982 to 2021
Type and class of admission	1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s	80s to 10s	00s to 10s
TOTAL	22,857	30,867	34,817	27,698	21.2	−20.5
Family-related visas	20,305	25,574	28,533	23,510	15.8	−17.6
Family preferences	14,476	12,914	9,741	9,386	−35.2	−3.6
First	322	1,162	1,759	1,348	318.6	−23.4
Second	11,585	8,995	5,210	4,671	−59.7	−10.4
Third (Fourth preference prior to 1992)	599	910	1,345	869	45.1	−35.4
Fourth (Fifth preference prior to 1992)	1,970	1,847	1,427	2,498	26.8	75.1
Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	5,829	12,660	18,792	14,124	142.3	−24.8
Spouses	3,584	6,500	8,596	7,543	110.5	−12.3
Children	1,019	3,315	4,642	2,417	137.2	−47.9
Parents	1,226	2,845	5,554	4,164	239.6	−25.0
Employment preferences	1,657	3,058	5,478	1,808	9.1	−67.0
First	-	12	24	-	-	-
Second	-	14	29	26	-	−10.3
Third	-	2,933	5,327	1,096	-	−79.4
Skilled workers	-	2,335	4,806	848	-	−82.4
Needed unskilled workers	-	598	521	248	-	−52.4
Fourth	-	96	67	686	-	923.9
Fifth	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pre-1992 Third preference	15	-	-	-	-	-
Pre-1992 Sixth preference	1,642	3	-	-	-	-
Diversity	187	545	404	56	−70.1	−86.1
Refugees/Asylees	15	10	62	215	1,333.3	246.8
Other	693	1,680	339	2,109	204.3	522.1