Type and class of admission	Number				Percent Change
Immigrants Admitted from Jamaica 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	87,112	55,686	50,317	46,099	−47.1	−8.4
Family-related visas	80,185	51,888	48,683	44,895	−44.0	−7.8
Family preferences	66,338	29,659	17,389	14,103	−78.7	−18.9
First	2,368	6,864	9,477	6,509	174.9	−31.3
Second	47,025	15,396	4,170	4,463	−90.5	7.0
Third (Fourth preference prior to 1992)	4,229	1,942	1,868	1,611	−61.9	−13.8
Fourth (Fifth preference prior to 1992)	12,716	5,457	1,874	1,520	−88.1	−18.9
Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	13,847	22,229	31,294	30,792	122.4	−1.6
Spouses	7,523	10,821	17,092	17,152	128.0	0.4
Children	3,389	7,929	9,116	7,800	130.2	−14.4
Parents	2,935	3,479	5,086	5,840	99.0	14.8
Employment preferences	6,048	3,061	1,431	878	−85.5	−38.6
First	-	17	23	4	-	−82.6
Second	-	444	35	21	-	−40.0
Third	-	1,764	1,033	351	-	−66.0
Skilled workers	-	647	742	344	-	−53.6
Needed unskilled workers	-	1,117	291	7	-	−97.6
Fourth	-	834	317	502	-	58.4
Fifth	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pre-1992 Third preference	1,234	-	-	-	-	-
Pre-1992 Sixth preference	4,814	2	-	-	-	-
Diversity	3	7	-	-	-	-
Refugees/Asylees	2	3	45	150	7,400.0	233.3
Other	874	727	143	176	−79.9	23.1