Type and class of admission	Number				Percent Change
Immigrants Admitted from Hong Kong 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	13,737	10,528	5,041	2,452	−82.2	−51.4
Family-related visas	12,562	8,720	4,387	1,907	−84.8	−56.5
Family preferences	10,505	7,451	3,406	1,203	−88.6	−64.7
First	323	178	169	38	−88.2	−77.5
Second	3,280	1,556	331	160	−95.1	−51.7
Third (Fourth preference prior to 1992)	2,314	810	360	179	−92.3	−50.3
Fourth (Fifth preference prior to 1992)	4,588	4,907	2,546	826	−82.0	−67.6
Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	2,057	1,269	981	704	−65.8	−28.2
Spouses	1,491	921	702	554	−62.8	−21.1
Children	352	157	134	53	−84.9	−60.5
Parents	214	191	145	97	−54.7	−33.1
Employment preferences	1,023	1,440	563	522	−49.0	−7.3
First	-	232	151	112	-	−25.8
Second	-	153	130	154	-	18.5
Third	-	1,002	223	145	-	−35.0
Skilled workers	-	908	217	145	-	−33.2
Needed unskilled workers	-	94	6	-	-	-
Fourth	-	31	14	4	-	−71.4
Fifth	-	22	13	107	-	723.1
Pre-1992 Third preference	221	-	-	-	-	-
Pre-1992 Sixth preference	802	-	-	-	-	-
Diversity	12	145	56	23	91.7	−58.9
Refugees/Asylees	19	1	7	-	-	-
Other	121	222	10	-	-	-