Type and class of admission	Number				Percent Change
Immigrants Admitted from Mainland China 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	68,434	90,223	159,892	143,606	109.9	−10.2
Family-related visas	64,272	57,054	78,005	84,359	31.3	8.2
Family preferences	50,890	35,266	40,679	37,981	−25.4	−6.6
First	260	981	1,958	1,921	638.9	−1.9
Second	19,742	15,077	9,409	15,378	−22.1	63.4
Third (Fourth preference prior to 1992)	11,142	5,869	6,774	3,588	−67.8	−47.0
Fourth (Fifth preference prior to 1992)	19,746	13,339	22,538	17,094	−13.4	−24.2
Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	13,382	21,788	37,326	46,378	246.6	24.3
Spouses	3,925	8,289	17,304	19,821	405.0	14.6
Children	443	3,380	6,060	2,380	437.3	−60.7
Parents	9,014	10,119	13,962	24,177	168.2	73.2
Employment preferences	3,335	26,756	9,559	10,404	212.0	8.8
First	-	3,194	2,948	2,294	-	−22.2
Second	-	2,303	1,800	1,338	-	−25.7
Third	-	21,096	2,692	1,689	-	−37.3
Skilled workers	-	20,807	2,404	1,395	-	−42.0
Needed unskilled workers	-	289	288	294	-	2.1
Fourth	-	123	211	437	-	107.1
Fifth	-	40	1,908	4,646	-	143.5
Pre-1992 Third preference	1,030	-	-	-	-	-
Pre-1992 Sixth preference	2,305	-	-	-	-	-
Diversity	18	39	31	-	-	-
Refugees/Asylees	359	3,931	71,969	47,920	13,248.2	−33.4
Other	450	2,443	321	923	105.1	187.5