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Table 9. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Selected Demographic Characteristics: Fiscal Year 2019

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Sex	Total	Immediate Relatives of U.S. citizens	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,031,765	505,765	204,139	139,458	43,463	106,911	32,029
Female	561,903	297,991	106,959	67,883	19,563	52,144	17,363
Male	469,710	207,695	97,120	71,573	23,891	54,766	14,665
Unknown	152	79	60	2	9	1	1

Age	Total	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,031,765	505,765	204,139	139,458	43,463	106,911	32,029
Under 1 year	2,468	172	1,111	193	717	-	275
1 to 4 years	26,611	5,103	9,833	3,116	3,660	3,493	1,406
5 to 9 years	51,480	11,535	15,969	9,633	3,551	9,179	1,613
10 to 14 years	57,004	15,449	18,814	10,127	2,255	9,214	1,145
15 to 19 years	70,341	21,764	24,484	9,724	2,032	10,369	1,968
20 to 24 years	85,978	40,625	19,969	6,250	5,707	10,448	2,979
25 to 29 years	120,474	77,357	12,372	8,885	7,802	11,248	2,810
30 to 34 years	132,512	68,485	15,686	25,059	6,844	12,755	3,683
35 to 39 years	111,914	47,628	18,112	26,607	4,421	10,296	4,850
40 to 44 years	92,238	39,434	18,827	18,547	2,718	7,996	4,716
45 to 49 years	80,647	38,432	18,153	11,737	1,725	7,084	3,516
50 to 54 years	61,497	33,911	13,794	5,714	980	5,381	1,717
55 to 59 years	47,272	30,583	9,157	2,424	646	3,649	813
60 to 64 years	35,892	27,434	4,865	1,001	252	2,005	335
65 to 74 years	41,115	35,030	2,765	406	144	2,589	181
75 years and over	14,322	12,823	228	35	9	1,205	22

Broad Age Group	Total	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,031,765	505,765	204,139	139,458	43,463	106,911	32,029
Under 16 years	150,042	35,908	50,048	25,012	10,528	23,811	4,735
16 to 20 years	75,033	23,409	26,269	9,825	2,533	10,721	2,276
21 years and over	806,690	446,448	127,822	104,621	30,402	72,379	25,018

Marital Status	Total	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,031,765	505,765	204,139	139,458	43,463	106,911	32,029
Married	628,330	390,776	81,002	81,752	20,009	40,748	14,043
Single	339,227	74,692	116,858	54,742	22,857	57,187	12,891
Widowed	23,661	19,773	1,281	161	110	2,105	231
Divorced/separated	29,671	15,835	4,458	1,735	476	5,622	1,545
Unknown	10,876	4,689	540	1,068	11	1,249	3,319

Occupation	Total	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,031,765	505,765	204,139	139,458	43,463	106,911	32,029
Management, professional, and related occupations	125,199	52,970	11,076	47,459	8,017	5,372	305
Service occupations	48,591	30,080	3,873	2,490	163	11,827	158
Sales and office occupations	50,890	27,163	13,460	5,056	1,085	3,980	146
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	11,321	5,642	4,849	191	271	D	D
Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations	15,903	10,988	1,771	342	62	2,670	70
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	45,269	24,798	6,787	1,056	100	12,404	124
Military	134	105	5	19	-	D	D
No occupation/not working outside home	375,926	157,956	118,028	41,174	19,650	32,202	6,916
Unknown	358,532	196,063	44,290	41,671	14,115	38,129	24,264

No Occupation/Not Working Outside Home

Occupation	Total	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	375,926	157,956	118,028	41,174	19,650	32,202	6,916
Homemakers	86,323	50,869	25,768	4,497	2,014	2,025	1,150
Students or children	213,450	54,303	77,737	33,470	16,684	25,989	5,267
Retirees	3,157	2,685	19	127	-	318	8
Unemployed	72,996	50,099	14,504	3,080	952	3,870	491