Type and class of admission	Number				Percent Change
Immigrants Admitted from Korea 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	24,361	13,785	14,060	12,176	−50.0	−13.4
Family-related visas	20,747	8,673	7,172	6,058	−70.8	−15.5
Family preferences	14,829	4,924	1,855	909	−93.9	−51.0
First	56	264	341	104	85.7	−69.5
Second	9,050	3,165	471	315	−96.5	−33.1
Third (Fourth preference prior to 1992)	590	325	584	132	−77.6	−77.4
Fourth (Fifth preference prior to 1992)	5,133	1,170	459	358	−93.0	−22.0
Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	5,918	3,749	5,317	5,149	−13.0	−3.2
Spouses	2,311	2,291	3,780	3,765	62.9	−0.4
Children	931	490	478	219	−76.5	−54.2
Parents	2,676	968	1,059	1,165	−56.5	10.0
Employment preferences	3,131	4,786	6,819	6,104	95.0	−10.5
First	-	243	450	497	-	10.4
Second	-	252	896	1,786	-	99.3
Third	-	2,942	4,015	3,256	-	−18.9
Skilled workers	-	2,163	3,731	2,733	-	−26.8
Needed unskilled workers	-	779	284	523	-	84.2
Fourth	-	1,327	1,040	307	-	−70.5
Fifth	-	17	418	258	-	−38.3
Pre-1992 Third preference	1,226	-	-	-	-	-
Pre-1992 Sixth preference	1,905	5	-	-	-	-
Diversity	1	25	3	-	-	-
Refugees/Asylees	4	2	11	10	150.0	−9.1
Other	478	299	39	4	−99.2	−89.7