Type and class of admission	Number				Percent Change
Immigrants Admitted from Guyana 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	67,729	46,189	46,431	31,258	−53.9	−32.7
Family-related visas	62,737	42,987	45,092	30,863	−50.8	−31.6
Family preferences	52,189	29,596	28,017	18,544	−64.5	−33.8
First	914	4,627	8,693	6,960	661.5	−19.9
Second	29,842	11,164	3,657	5,014	−83.2	37.1
Third (Fourth preference prior to 1992)	4,346	5,927	10,893	3,990	−8.2	−63.4
Fourth (Fifth preference prior to 1992)	17,087	7,878	4,774	2,580	−84.9	−46.0
Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	10,548	13,391	17,075	12,319	16.8	−27.9
Spouses	4,200	5,743	8,220	6,762	61.0	−17.7
Children	1,881	2,666	3,834	2,118	12.6	−44.8
Parents	4,467	4,982	5,021	3,439	−23.0	−31.5
Employment preferences	4,708	2,634	1,094	247	−94.8	−77.4
First	-	7	16	-	-	-
Second	-	199	3	-	-	-
Third	-	2,016	848	168	-	−80.2
Skilled workers	-	704	642	160	-	−75.1
Needed unskilled workers	-	1,312	206	8	-	−96.1
Fourth	-	409	180	79	-	−56.1
Fifth	-	1	-	-	-	-
Pre-1992 Third preference	612	1	-	-	-	-
Pre-1992 Sixth preference	4,096	1	-	-	-	-
Diversity	4	255	73	10	150.0	−86.3
Refugees/Asylees	7	7	83	26	271.4	−68.7
Other	273	306	84	112	−59.0	33.3