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Table 9. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Selected Demographic Characteristics: Fiscal Year 2014

By Sex

Characteristic	Total	Other	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees
Total	1,016,518	31,630	229,104	151,596	416,456	53,490	134,242
Male	468,653	14,670	108,365	77,966	168,577	29,566	69,509
Female	547,361	16,956	120,589	73,619	247,567	23,897	64,733
Unknown	504	4	150	11	312	27	-

By Age

Characteristic	Total	Other	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Diversity	Characteristic	Refugees and Asylees
Total	1,016,518	31,630	229,104	151,596	416,456	53,490	Total	134,242
Under 1 year	4,170	1,135	1,443	154	536	902	Under 1 year	-
1 to 4 years	33,408	2,185	11,384	3,430	7,862	3,807	1 to 4 years	4,740
5 to 9 years	48,935	1,550	15,914	8,408	10,252	3,617	5 to 9 years	9,194
10 to 14 years	57,245	1,497	20,031	9,367	14,326	2,517	10 to 14 years	9,507
15 to 19 years	76,376	2,434	28,485	10,598	21,927	2,451	15 to 19 years	10,481
20 to 24 years	93,468	3,587	26,474	4,849	36,991	7,649	20 to 24 years	13,918
25 to 29 years	122,327	4,056	18,473	8,189	63,149	10,688	25 to 29 years	17,772
30 to 34 years	132,821	4,069	19,151	31,930	53,476	8,528	30 to 34 years	15,667
35 to 39 years	110,482	3,908	19,943	33,269	35,678	5,193	35 to 39 years	12,491
40 to 44 years	86,227	3,352	19,028	20,190	28,575	3,433	40 to 44 years	11,649
45 to 49 years	67,919	2,025	17,014	11,488	26,138	2,034	45 to 49 years	9,220
50 to 54 years	53,828	1,028	13,866	5,893	25,005	1,266	50 to 54 years	6,770
55 to 59 years	42,640	473	9,578	2,335	25,321	776	55 to 59 years	4,157
60 to 64 years	33,190	194	4,984	993	23,610	381	60 to 64 years	3,028
65 to 74 years	39,084	117	2,923	443	31,364	206	65 to 74 years	4,031
75 years and over	13,996	19	262	48	12,036	14	75 years and over	1,617
Unknown	402	1	151	12	210	28	Unknown	-

By Broad Age Group

Characteristic	Total	Other	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees
Total	1,016,518	31,630	229,104	151,596	416,456	53,490	134,242
Under 16 years	156,946	6,762	53,715	23,278	36,549	11,242	25,400
16 to 20 years	81,718	2,678	30,880	10,390	23,860	3,146	10,764
21 years and over	777,452	22,189	144,358	117,916	355,837	39,074	98,078
Unknown	402	1	151	12	210	28	-

By Marital Status

Characteristic	Total	Other	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees
Total	1,016,518	31,630	229,104	151,596	416,456	53,490	134,242
Single	365,309	15,920	132,362	50,670	72,012	27,627	66,718
Married	594,216	13,091	90,326	98,326	310,618	25,075	56,780
Widowed	24,585	187	1,430	201	19,706	167	2,894
Divorced/separated	28,721	1,628	4,781	1,909	12,800	608	6,995
Unknown	3,687	804	205	490	1,320	13	855

By Occupation

Characteristic	Total	Other	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees
Total	1,016,518	31,630	229,104	151,596	416,456	53,490	134,242
Management, professional, and related occupations	118,630	707	17,200	57,655	26,569	12,207	4,292
Service occupations	50,142	311	14,633	2,671	18,714	5,044	8,769
Sales and office occupations	28,185	285	9,860	2,766	9,952	3,180	2,142
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	12,335	83	5,864	173	5,850	161	204
Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations	7,337	90	1,214	517	4,451	43	1,022
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	39,231	264	10,040	2,379	15,420	950	10,178
Military	47	-	6	3	29	4	5
No occupation/not working outside home	478,498	10,000	138,242	54,749	196,949	23,571	54,987
Homemakers	132,864	2,269	33,707	15,091	73,280	2,110	6,407
Students or children	253,467	7,480	93,315	34,339	64,959	19,032	34,342
Retirees	11,086	24	147	168	9,723	16	1,008
Unemployed	81,081	227	11,073	5,151	48,987	2,413	13,230
Unknown	282,113	19,890	32,045	30,683	138,522	8,330	52,643

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Table 9. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Selected Demographic Characteristics: Fiscal Year 2014

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By Marital Status

By Occupation

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Table 9. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Selected Demographic Characteristics: Fiscal Year 2014

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