| Immigrants Admitted from Yemen 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 | 3,142 | 5,681 | 8,447 | 13,997 | 345.5 | 65.7 |
| Family-related visas | 3,109 | 5,557 | 8,183 | 13,470 | 333.3 | 64.6 |
| Family preferences | 1,052 | 1,669 | 1,830 | 4,390 | 317.3 | 139.9 |
| First | 376 | 729 | 189 | 320 | −14.9 | 69.3 |
| Second | 280 | 347 | 1,190 | 2,942 | 950.7 | 147.2 |
| Third (Fourth preference prior to 1992) | 284 | 536 | 351 | 1,006 | 254.2 | 186.6 |
| Fourth (Fifth preference prior to 1992) | 112 | 57 | 59 | 122 | 8.9 | 106.8 |
| Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens | 2,057 | 3,888 | 6,353 | 9,080 | 341.4 | 42.9 |
| Spouses | 465 | 997 | 2,253 | 4,376 | 841.1 | 94.2 |
| Children | 1,556 | 2,845 | 3,979 | 4,282 | 175.2 | 7.6 |
| Parents | 36 | 46 | 103 | 422 | 1,072.2 | 309.7 |
| Employment preferences | 15 | 44 | 29 | 42 | 180.0 | 44.8 |
| First | - | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| Second | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Third | - | 15 | 9 | 6 | - | −33.3 |
| Skilled workers | - | 14 | 9 | - | - | - |
| Needed unskilled workers | - | 1 | - | 6 | - | - |
| Fourth | - | 20 | 17 | 36 | - | 111.8 |
| Fifth | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pre-1992 Third preference | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pre-1992 Sixth preference | 11 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Diversity | 12 | 70 | 94 | 442 | 3,583.3 | 370.2 |
| Refugees/Asylees | 1 | 8 | 123 | 43 | 4,200.0 | −65.0 |
| Other | 5 | 2 | 8 | - | - | - |