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Table 9. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Selected Demographic Characteristics: Fiscal Year 2021

By Sex

Sex	Total	Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	Family-sponsored preferences	Employment-based preferences	Diversity	Refugees and asylees	Other
Total	740,002	385,396	65,690	193,338	15,145	56,397	24,036
Female	403,479	228,555	35,339	93,347	6,760	27,310	12,168
Male	336,452	156,793	30,333	99,990	8,382	29,087	11,867
Unknown	71	48	18	1	3	-	1

By Age

Age	Total	Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	Family-sponsored preferences	Employment-based preferences	Diversity	Refugees and asylees	Other
Total	740,002	385,396	65,690	193,338	15,145	56,397	24,036
Under 1 year	751	93	166	115	137	-	240
1 to 4 years	11,949	3,482	2,411	2,488	930	1,238	1,400
5 to 9 years	31,253	9,931	4,181	10,892	1,058	3,541	1,650
10 to 14 years	36,491	14,090	4,550	12,223	802	3,647	1,179
15 to 19 years	41,252	17,663	5,818	12,468	584	3,597	1,122
20 to 24 years	57,916	31,397	7,824	10,024	1,634	5,347	1,690
25 to 29 years	90,438	63,350	6,215	9,263	2,836	6,806	1,968
30 to 34 years	110,803	59,102	7,110	31,734	2,756	7,748	2,353
35 to 39 years	101,886	40,096	6,807	43,346	1,778	6,521	3,338
40 to 44 years	82,443	31,635	6,327	35,106	1,115	4,578	3,682
45 to 49 years	58,404	29,423	5,432	16,147	686	3,949	2,767
50 to 54 years	39,708	24,726	3,928	6,079	396	3,048	1,531
55 to 59 years	28,214	19,931	2,616	2,256	250	2,456	705
60 to 64 years	19,576	15,636	1,323	821	119	1,426	251
65 to 74 years	21,561	18,435	892	348	58	1,682	146
75 years and over	7,356	6,405	90	28	6	813	14
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	740,002	385,396	65,690	193,338	15,145	56,397	24,036
Under 16 years	88,229	30,581	12,300	28,461	3,050	9,136	4,701
16 to 20 years	43,680	19,157	6,593	12,235	677	3,799	1,219
21 years and over	608,092	335,657	46,797	152,642	11,418	43,462	18,116
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	740,002	385,396	65,690	193,338	15,145	56,397	24,036
Married	493,500	301,286	29,476	123,446	6,890	23,055	9,347
Single	206,000	60,742	34,003	65,801	7,978	28,039	9,437
Widowed	11,841	10,099	316	162	28	1,128	108
Divorced/separated	18,207	10,135	1,582	1,909	248	3,516	817
Unknown	10,454	3,134	313	2,020	1	659	4,327

By Occupation

Occupation	Total	Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	Family-sponsored preferences	Employment-based preferences	Diversity	Refugees and asylees	Other
Total	740,002	385,396	65,690	193,338	15,145	56,397	24,036
Management, professional, and related occupations	122,866	47,447	5,912	61,841	2,789	4,774	103
Service occupations	31,732	20,986	D	2,458	D	5,853	110
Sales and office occupations	36,344	23,737	4,029	5,671	298	2,546	63
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	6,008	3,979	1,238	290	120	318	63
Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations	10,325	7,595	806	330	18	1,469	107
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	28,242	17,419	2,610	2,191	54	5,859	109
Military	167	131	D	29	D	3	-
No occupation/not working outside home	210,970	111,312	30,579	44,030	5,636	12,716	6,697
Unknown	293,348	152,790	18,259	76,498	6,158	22,859	16,784

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	210,970	111,312	30,579	44,030	5,636	12,716	6,697
Homemakers	42,320	30,105	6,170	3,847	457	701	1,040
Students or children	124,967	47,165	19,933	37,889	4,990	9,830	5,160
Retirees	1,377	1,125	19	61	-	167	5
Unemployed	42,306	32,917	4,457	2,233	189	2,018	492

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Table 9. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Selected Demographic Characteristics: Fiscal Year 2021

By Sex

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By Marital Status

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Table 9. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Selected Demographic Characteristics: Fiscal Year 2021

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