Type and class of admission	Number				Percent Change
Immigrants Admitted from Mexico 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	3,856	9,462	12,820	14,374	272.8	12.1
Family-related visas	2,955	6,211	7,271	9,110	208.3	25.3
Family preferences	695	2,075	1,175	737	6.0	−37.3
First	90	167	86	49	−45.6	−43.0
Second	473	1,748	972	567	19.9	−41.7
Third (Fourth preference prior to 1992)	48	56	48	30	−37.5	−37.5
Fourth (Fifth preference prior to 1992)	84	104	43	91	8.3	111.6
Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	2,260	4,136	6,096	8,373	270.5	37.4
Spouses	1,707	2,935	3,797	4,893	186.6	28.9
Children	412	784	855	540	31.1	−36.8
Parents	141	417	1,444	2,940	1,985.1	103.6
Employment preferences	653	2,047	4,901	2,318	255.0	−52.7
First	-	108	275	231	-	−16.0
Second	-	25	155	293	-	89.0
Third	-	1,830	4,294	896	-	−79.1
Skilled workers	-	1,470	3,976	743	-	−81.3
Needed unskilled workers	-	360	318	153	-	−51.9
Fourth	-	84	131	893	-	581.7
Fifth	-	-	-	5	-	-
Pre-1992 Third preference	45	-	-	-	-	-
Pre-1992 Sixth preference	608	-	-	-	-	-
Diversity	6	9	-	-	-	-
Refugees/Asylees	4	2	51	43	975.0	−15.7
Other	238	1,193	589	2,903	1,119.8	392.9