| Immigrants Admitted from Ukraine 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 | - | 45,356 | 17,740 | 10,855 | - | −38.8 |
| Family-related visas | - | 2,057 | 5,664 | 6,811 | - | 20.3 |
| Family preferences | - | 222 | 703 | 1,355 | - | 92.8 |
| First | - | 85 | 270 | 237 | - | −12.2 |
| Second | - | 69 | 186 | 674 | - | 262.4 |
| Third (Fourth preference prior to 1992) | - | 61 | 159 | 309 | - | 94.3 |
| Fourth (Fifth preference prior to 1992) | - | 7 | 44 | 135 | - | 206.8 |
| Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens | - | 1,835 | 4,961 | 5,456 | - | 10.0 |
| Spouses | - | 1,040 | 2,753 | 3,017 | - | 9.6 |
| Children | - | 379 | 721 | 483 | - | −33.0 |
| Parents | - | 416 | 1,487 | 1,956 | - | 31.5 |
| Employment preferences | - | 476 | 755 | 511 | - | −32.3 |
| First | - | 190 | 121 | 148 | - | 22.3 |
| Second | - | 48 | 128 | 210 | - | 64.1 |
| Third | - | 191 | 437 | 121 | - | −72.3 |
| Skilled workers | - | 183 | 400 | 116 | - | −71.0 |
| Needed unskilled workers | - | 8 | 37 | 5 | - | −86.5 |
| Fourth | - | 46 | 25 | 27 | - | 8.0 |
| Fifth | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | - |
| Pre-1992 Third preference | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pre-1992 Sixth preference | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diversity | - | 5,566 | 6,583 | 2,795 | - | −57.5 |
| Refugees/Asylees | - | 36,415 | 3,974 | 693 | - | −82.6 |
| Other | - | 842 | 764 | 45 | - | −94.1 |