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Table 9. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Selected Demographic Characteristics: Fiscal Year 2020

By Sex

Sex	Total	Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	Family-sponsored preferences	Employment-based preferences	Diversity	Refugees and asylees	Other
Total	707,362	321,148	121,560	148,959	25,028	63,875	26,792
Female	380,786	189,559	63,463	71,254	11,309	31,515	13,686
Male	326,414	131,529	58,071	77,643	13,714	32,356	13,101
Unknown	162	60	26	62	5	4	5

By Age

Age	Total	Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	Family-sponsored preferences	Employment-based preferences	Diversity	Refugees and asylees	Other
Total	707,362	321,148	121,560	148,959	25,028	63,875	26,792
Under 1 year	1,457	85	564	117	430	D	D
1 to 4 years	16,472	2,821	5,176	2,707	1,992	2,134	1,642
5 to 9 years	35,965	6,839	8,564	10,665	1,979	5,940	1,978
10 to 14 years	38,124	9,385	10,277	10,492	1,172	5,529	1,269
15 to 19 years	44,624	13,403	13,449	9,121	1,065	6,007	1,579
20 to 24 years	56,125	24,929	12,622	6,155	3,367	6,785	2,267
25 to 29 years	80,726	48,975	8,142	9,561	4,767	6,942	2,339
30 to 34 years	96,353	44,489	9,792	27,238	4,096	7,757	2,981
35 to 39 years	84,960	31,337	11,045	30,077	2,743	6,136	3,622
40 to 44 years	68,154	26,061	11,167	21,245	1,500	4,554	3,627
45 to 49 years	56,590	25,769	11,042	12,366	884	3,813	2,716
50 to 54 years	41,476	22,462	8,934	5,481	451	2,744	1,404
55 to 59 years	30,634	19,375	5,916	2,351	303	2,060	629
60 to 64 years	22,357	16,664	3,063	929	179	1,236	286
65 to 74 years	24,876	20,992	1,697	406	96	1,527	158
75 years and over	8,468	7,562	110	47	4	D	D
Unknown	1	-	-	1	-	-	-

By Broad Age Group

Broad Age Group	Total	Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	Family-sponsored preferences	Employment-based preferences	Diversity	Refugees and asylees	Other
Total	707,362	321,148	121,560	148,959	25,028	63,875	26,792
Under 16 years	100,352	21,364	27,125	25,888	5,767	14,778	5,430
16 to 20 years	47,132	14,617	14,306	8,866	1,353	6,220	1,770
21 years and over	559,877	285,167	80,129	114,204	17,908	42,877	19,592
Unknown	1	-	-	1	-	-	-

By Marital Status

Marital Status	Total	Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	Family-sponsored preferences	Employment-based preferences	Diversity	Refugees and asylees	Other
Total	707,362	321,148	121,560	148,959	25,028	63,875	26,792
Married	435,758	250,834	49,898	88,437	11,448	24,045	11,096
Single	230,043	45,314	67,660	57,344	13,229	34,923	11,573
Widowed	14,172	11,685	776	137	62	1,349	163
Divorced/separated	19,010	10,100	2,912	1,866	273	2,822	1,037
Unknown	8,379	3,215	314	1,175	16	736	2,923

By Occupation

Occupation	Total	Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	Family-sponsored preferences	Employment-based preferences	Diversity	Refugees and asylees	Other
Total	707,362	321,148	121,560	148,959	25,028	63,875	26,792
Management, professional, and related occupations	107,321	38,083	7,879	52,710	4,181	4,246	222
Service occupations	34,219	21,352	2,593	2,963	99	7,000	212
Sales and office occupations	35,177	18,291	9,108	4,878	482	2,254	164
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	6,942	3,489	2,823	232	D	D	D
Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations	10,681	7,507	D	447	D	1,531	83
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	30,115	16,862	3,383	1,753	66	7,930	121
Military	118	97	D	15	D	D	D
No occupation/not working outside home	235,537	91,411	67,386	38,637	10,843	19,323	7,937
Unknown	247,252	124,056	27,302	47,324	9,174	21,382	18,014

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	235,537	91,411	67,386	38,637	10,843	19,323	7,937
Homemakers	49,385	28,694	13,845	3,245	1,172	1,040	1,389
Students or children	139,629	32,445	43,218	32,777	9,325	15,844	6,020
Retirees	1,654	1,326	14	136	-	171	7
Unemployed	44,869	28,946	10,309	2,479	346	2,268	521

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Table 9. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Selected Demographic Characteristics: Fiscal Year 2020

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Table 9. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Selected Demographic Characteristics: Fiscal Year 2020

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