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Table 9. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Selected Demographic Characteristics: Fiscal Year 2022

By Sex

Sex	Total	Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	Family-sponsored preferences	Employment-based preferences	Diversity	Refugees and asylees	Other
Total	1,018,349	428,268	166,041	270,284	43,233	83,082	27,441
Female	543,797	250,343	89,239	130,950	19,135	40,124	14,006
Male	474,242	177,684	76,745	139,331	24,093	42,957	13,432
Unknown	310	241	57	3	5	1	3

By Age

Age	Total	Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	Family-sponsored preferences	Employment-based preferences	Diversity	Refugees and asylees	Other
Total	1,018,349	428,268	166,041	270,284	43,233	83,082	27,441
Under 1 year	2,225	91	760	401	613	0	360
1 to 4 years	20,746	3,446	6,910	4,393	3,205	755	2,037
5 to 9 years	45,401	9,582	12,174	13,062	3,572	4,803	2,208
10 to 14 years	56,607	14,456	14,886	16,849	2,502	6,366	1,548
15 to 19 years	62,784	18,669	17,985	16,711	1,749	6,300	1,370
20 to 24 years	79,971	29,691	21,187	14,402	4,612	8,167	1,912
25 to 29 years	103,160	56,510	12,328	14,450	7,546	9,982	2,344
30 to 34 years	134,495	56,021	13,436	44,188	7,245	11,052	2,553
35 to 39 years	135,312	40,094	13,521	63,061	5,169	10,104	3,363
40 to 44 years	105,620	32,381	13,466	45,518	2,966	7,708	3,581
45 to 49 years	78,091	32,577	13,319	21,738	1,741	5,786	2,930
50 to 54 years	59,772	31,755	11,147	9,704	1,099	4,259	1,808
55 to 59 years	46,609	30,515	7,754	3,686	664	3,134	856
60 to 64 years	35,255	27,097	4,229	1,399	317	1,871	342
65 to 74 years	39,762	34,002	2,724	664	214	1,957	201
75 years and over	12,537	11,380	215	58	18	838	28
Unknown	2	1	0	0	1	0	0

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	1,018,349	428,268	166,041	270,284	43,233	83,082	27,441
Under 16 years	136,910	30,802	37,993	38,269	10,293	13,156	6,397
16 to 20 years	65,435	19,768	19,221	16,530	1,985	6,462	1,469
21 years and over	816,002	377,697	108,827	215,485	30,954	63,464	19,575
Unknown	2	1	0	0	1	0	0

By Marital Status

Marital Status	Total	Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	Family-sponsored preferences	Employment-based preferences	Diversity	Refugees and asylees	Other
Total	1,018,349	428,268	166,041	270,284	43,233	83,082	27,441
Married	625,325	321,677	68,603	171,678	19,541	32,759	11,067
Single	333,313	69,883	92,129	92,545	22,920	44,212	11,624
Widowed	20,379	17,522	939	260	113	1,394	151
Divorced/separated	28,276	15,779	4,110	2,954	651	3,982	800
Unknown	11,056	3,407	260	2,847	8	735	3,799

By Occupation

Occupation	Total	Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	Family-sponsored preferences	Employment-based preferences	Diversity	Refugees and asylees	Other
Total	1,018,349	428,268	166,041	270,284	43,233	83,082	27,441
Management, professional, and related occupations	133,637	38,764	8,895	72,775	4,837	8,189	177
Service occupations	28,182	14,440	2,702	2,946	129	7,843	122
Sales and office occupations	50,878	26,922	10,377	8,176	836	4,453	114
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	11,294	6,409	3,306	489	265	779	46
Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations	12,104	8,722	D	505	D	1,704	D
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	39,087	19,638	6,005	6,467	533	6,297	147
Military	310	207	D	46	D	32	D
No occupation/not working outside home	339,183	140,420	96,370	58,087	18,390	17,140	8,776
Unknown	403,674	172,746	37,324	120,793	18,201	36,645	17,965

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	339,183	140,420	96,370	58,087	18,390	17,140	8,776
Homemakers	70,235	43,448	18,732	4,551	1,795	714	995
Students or children	199,276	49,836	62,329	50,017	15,615	14,552	6,927
Retirees	745	444	6	148	0	142	5
Unemployed	68,927	46,692	15,303	3,371	980	1,732	849

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Table 9. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Selected Demographic Characteristics: Fiscal Year 2022

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