Type and class of admission	Number				Percent Change
Immigrants Admitted from Haiti 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	48,518	30,329	27,461	20,397	−58.0	−25.7
Family-related visas	44,484	28,443	24,004	19,716	−55.7	−17.9
Family preferences	34,224	16,171	10,988	9,425	−72.5	−14.2
First	664	2,703	2,803	1,836	176.5	−34.5
Second	27,611	10,552	5,754	5,132	−81.4	−10.8
Third (Fourth preference prior to 1992)	440	530	962	522	18.6	−45.7
Fourth (Fifth preference prior to 1992)	5,509	2,386	1,469	1,935	−64.9	31.7
Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	10,260	12,272	13,016	10,291	0.3	−20.9
Spouses	6,504	4,795	5,932	5,373	−17.4	−9.4
Children	1,558	3,293	3,630	2,264	45.3	−37.6
Parents	2,198	4,184	3,454	2,654	20.8	−23.2
Employment preferences	1,153	564	158	218	−81.1	38.0
First	-	-	-	-	-	-
Second	-	14	3	-	-	-
Third	-	271	22	-	-	-
Skilled workers	-	104	9	-	-	-
Needed unskilled workers	-	167	13	-	-	-
Fourth	-	279	98	218	-	122.5
Fifth	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pre-1992 Third preference	63	-	-	-	-	-
Pre-1992 Sixth preference	1,090	-	-	-	-	-
Diversity	-	142	-	-	-	-
Refugees/Asylees	2,256	658	1,222	407	−82.0	−66.7
Other	625	522	2,076	56	−91.0	−97.3