| Immigrants Admitted from Russia by Class of Admission | ||||||
| New York City, 1982 to 2021 | ||||||
| Type and class of admission |
Number
|
Percent Change
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 80s to 10s | 00s to 10s | |
| TOTAL | - | 26,760 | 12,952 | 11,392 | - | −12.0 |
| Family-related visas | - | 3,398 | 4,871 | 7,098 | - | 45.7 |
| Family preferences | - | 209 | 454 | 742 | - | 63.4 |
| First | - | 100 | 180 | 192 | - | 6.7 |
| Second | - | 55 | 130 | 320 | - | 146.2 |
| Third (Fourth preference prior to 1992) | - | 48 | 78 | 147 | - | 88.5 |
| Fourth (Fifth preference prior to 1992) | - | 6 | 23 | 83 | - | 260.9 |
| Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens | - | 3,189 | 4,417 | 6,356 | - | 43.9 |
| Spouses | - | 1,945 | 2,175 | 3,925 | - | 80.5 |
| Children | - | 939 | 1,033 | 436 | - | −57.8 |
| Parents | - | 305 | 1,209 | 1,995 | - | 65.0 |
| Employment preferences | - | 1,210 | 1,361 | 1,053 | - | −22.6 |
| First | - | 714 | 492 | 339 | - | −31.1 |
| Second | - | 142 | 351 | 407 | - | 16.0 |
| Third | - | 230 | 406 | 189 | - | −53.5 |
| Skilled workers | - | 221 | 390 | 189 | - | −51.5 |
| Needed unskilled workers | - | 9 | 16 | - | - | - |
| Fourth | - | 124 | 84 | 48 | - | −42.9 |
| Fifth | - | - | 16 | 70 | - | 337.5 |
| Pre-1992 Third preference | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pre-1992 Sixth preference | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diversity | - | 3,859 | 1,642 | 2,303 | - | 40.3 |
| Refugees/Asylees | - | 17,552 | 4,490 | 908 | - | −79.8 |
| Other | - | 741 | 588 | 30 | - | −94.9 |