Type and class of admission	Number				Percent Change
Immigrants Admitted from Ghana 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	2,382	10,813	13,419	13,253	456.4	−1.2
Family-related visas	2,072	4,938	9,851	11,541	457.0	17.2
Family preferences	998	1,643	1,458	2,166	117.0	48.6
First	138	742	611	619	348.6	1.3
Second	783	744	540	1,258	60.7	133.0
Third (Fourth preference prior to 1992)	21	86	147	135	542.9	−8.2
Fourth (Fifth preference prior to 1992)	56	71	160	154	175.0	−3.8
Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	1,074	3,295	8,393	9,375	772.9	11.7
Spouses	775	1,756	4,913	5,111	559.5	4.0
Children	250	1,310	2,907	3,150	1,160.0	8.4
Parents	49	229	573	1,114	2,173.5	94.4
Employment preferences	188	247	212	46	−75.5	−78.3
First	-	8	4	-	-	-
Second	-	32	13	-	-	-
Third	-	92	67	-	-	-
Skilled workers	-	72	67	-	-	-
Needed unskilled workers	-	20	-	-	-	-
Fourth	-	115	74	46	-	−37.8
Fifth	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pre-1992 Third preference	68	-	-	-	-	-
Pre-1992 Sixth preference	120	-	-	-	-	-
Diversity	15	5,377	3,042	1,565	10,333.3	−48.6
Refugees/Asylees	38	124	247	80	110.5	−67.6
Other	69	127	65	21	−69.6	−67.7