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Table 9. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Selected Demographic Characteristics: Fiscal Year 2017

By Sex

Characteristic	Total	Immediate Relatives of U.S. citizens	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,127,167	516,508	232,238	137,855	51,592	146,003	42,971
Female	605,911	302,343	122,452	66,757	22,942	68,129	23,288
Male	521,242	214,163	109,776	71,097	28,650	77,874	19,682
Unknown	14	2	10	1	-	-	1

By Age

Characteristic	Total	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,127,167	516,508	232,238	137,855	51,592	146,003	42,971
Under 1 year	3,432	265	1,438	181	913	-	635
1 to 4 years	37,855	8,018	12,635	3,764	4,016	5,740	3,682
5 to 9 years	60,278	13,595	18,827	9,418	3,687	11,509	3,242
10 to 14 years	63,974	17,974	21,378	9,122	2,372	10,955	2,173
15 to 19 years	82,879	26,672	28,825	10,239	2,325	11,937	2,881
20 to 24 years	97,441	43,750	23,842	5,284	7,348	13,178	4,039
25 to 29 years	134,393	75,708	16,500	8,756	9,760	18,783	4,886
30 to 34 years	144,428	66,919	18,822	25,741	8,219	19,079	5,648
35 to 39 years	115,861	45,273	19,395	26,406	5,316	13,967	5,504
40 to 44 years	93,482	36,052	19,030	18,299	3,171	12,349	4,581
45 to 49 years	78,802	34,489	17,871	11,568	1,953	9,865	3,056
50 to 54 years	63,326	33,126	14,711	5,380	1,233	7,404	1,472
55 to 59 years	49,444	31,778	9,956	2,254	725	4,032	699
60 to 64 years	40,012	30,152	5,745	980	352	2,510	273
65 to 74 years	45,226	38,122	3,015	417	186	3,307	179
75 years and over	16,334	14,615	248	46	16	1,388	21

By Broad Age Group

Characteristic	Total	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,127,167	516,508	232,238	137,855	51,592	146,003	42,971
Under 16 years	179,919	44,380	59,337	24,211	11,371	30,408	10,212
16 to 20 years	88,944	28,708	31,186	10,482	3,032	12,382	3,154
21 years and over	858,304	443,420	141,715	103,162	37,189	103,213	29,605

By Marital Status

Characteristic	Total	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,127,167	516,508	232,238	137,855	51,592	146,003	42,971
Married	656,878	386,413	87,252	82,734	24,078	57,360	19,041
Single	405,916	90,477	138,264	52,825	26,701	77,526	20,123
Widowed	27,429	22,808	1,430	153	144	2,670	224
Divorced/separated	30,758	14,615	4,683	1,725	602	7,608	1,525
Unknown	6,186	2,195	609	418	67	839	2,058

By Occupation

Characteristic	Total	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,127,167	516,508	232,238	137,855	51,592	146,003	42,971
Management, professional, and related occupations	114,218	26,955	11,477	56,434	12,538	5,901	913
Service occupations	28,021	13,971	2,519	1,527	412	9,439	153
Sales and office occupations	41,284	18,238	13,930	4,090	2,049	2,633	344
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	12,594	6,717	5,135	163	D	D	29
Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations	12,867	8,536	1,455	315	177	2,293	91
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	42,745	23,814	7,359	759	233	10,379	201
Military	44	24	9	9	D	D	-
No occupation/not working outside home	525,564	233,483	144,200	53,734	24,026	54,920	15,201
Homemakers	143,149	85,849	33,824	12,410	2,512	5,180	3,374
Students or children	266,526	71,294	93,462	34,397	19,504	36,550	11,319
Retirees	9,735	8,560	33	167	D	962	D
Unemployed	106,154	67,780	16,881	6,760	D	12,228	D
Unknown	349,830	184,770	46,154	20,824	11,863	60,180	26,039

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Table 9. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Selected Demographic Characteristics: Fiscal Year 2017

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Table 9. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Selected Demographic Characteristics: Fiscal Year 2017

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