| Immigrants Admitted from Egypt 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 | 5,243 | 7,789 | 10,111 | 11,521 | 119.7 | 14.0 |
| Family-related visas | 4,529 | 4,895 | 4,739 | 5,781 | 27.6 | 22.0 |
| Family preferences | 1,685 | 1,370 | 867 | 1,174 | −30.3 | 35.4 |
| First | 31 | 59 | 47 | 29 | −6.5 | −38.3 |
| Second | 794 | 737 | 223 | 710 | −10.6 | 218.4 |
| Third (Fourth preference prior to 1992) | 91 | 65 | 78 | 74 | −18.7 | −5.1 |
| Fourth (Fifth preference prior to 1992) | 769 | 509 | 506 | 361 | −53.1 | −28.7 |
| Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens | 2,844 | 3,525 | 3,872 | 4,607 | 62.0 | 19.0 |
| Spouses | 2,343 | 2,430 | 2,351 | 2,186 | −6.7 | −7.0 |
| Children | 83 | 480 | 897 | 1,189 | 1,332.5 | 32.6 |
| Parents | 418 | 615 | 624 | 1,232 | 194.7 | 97.4 |
| Employment preferences | 347 | 405 | 668 | 521 | 50.1 | −22.0 |
| First | - | 48 | 55 | 77 | - | 40.0 |
| Second | - | 39 | 55 | 284 | - | 416.4 |
| Third | - | 219 | 354 | 62 | - | −82.5 |
| Skilled workers | - | 200 | 354 | 57 | - | −83.9 |
| Needed unskilled workers | - | 19 | - | 5 | - | - |
| Fourth | - | 99 | 158 | 98 | - | −38.0 |
| Fifth | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pre-1992 Third preference | 164 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pre-1992 Sixth preference | 183 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diversity | 240 | 2,385 | 3,664 | 3,702 | 1,442.5 | 1.0 |
| Refugees/Asylees | 12 | 29 | 976 | 1,491 | 12,325.0 | 52.8 |
| Other | 115 | 75 | 62 | 26 | −77.4 | −58.1 |