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Table 9. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Selected Demographic Characteristics: Fiscal Year 2018

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Sex	Total	Immediate Relatives of U.S. citizens	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,096,611	478,961	216,563	138,171	45,350	185,909	31,657
Female	584,426	277,901	114,550	67,249	20,399	87,300	17,027
Male	512,176	201,058	102,012	70,921	24,947	98,608	14,630
Unknown	9	2	1	1	4	1	-

Age	Total	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,096,611	478,961	216,563	138,171	45,350	185,909	31,657
Under 1 year	2,959	218	1,342	D	798	D	398
1 to 4 years	34,215	6,448	11,514	3,334	3,812	7,208	1,899
5 to 9 years	61,533	12,438	17,745	9,247	3,622	16,553	1,928
10 to 14 years	64,298	16,086	19,983	8,954	2,346	15,459	1,470
15 to 19 years	80,317	23,421	26,881	9,724	2,109	15,882	2,300
20 to 24 years	91,213	37,879	21,248	5,965	6,232	16,869	3,020
25 to 29 years	124,077	66,911	15,373	8,819	8,156	21,690	3,128
30 to 34 years	138,204	61,179	17,487	25,504	7,033	23,210	3,791
35 to 39 years	116,352	43,724	18,831	27,067	4,555	17,750	4,425
40 to 44 years	93,808	35,687	18,167	18,412	2,855	14,691	3,996
45 to 49 years	79,901	34,587	16,725	11,507	1,747	12,556	2,779
50 to 54 years	62,506	31,832	13,429	5,535	1,002	9,294	1,414
55 to 59 years	48,504	30,162	9,226	2,413	623	5,441	639
60 to 64 years	38,503	28,310	5,293	1,019	307	3,282	292
65 to 74 years	44,452	36,443	3,092	427	140	4,195	155
75 years and over	15,769	13,636	227	D	13	D	23

Broad Age Group	Total	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,096,611	478,961	216,563	138,171	45,350	185,909	31,657
Under 16 years	177,300	39,128	55,299	23,667	10,936	42,195	6,075
16 to 20 years	85,830	25,197	28,906	10,178	2,730	16,291	2,528
21 years and over	833,481	414,636	132,358	104,326	31,684	127,423	23,054

Marital Status	Total	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,096,611	478,961	216,563	138,171	45,350	185,909	31,657
Married	627,443	358,001	81,547	82,465	21,281	71,535	12,614
Single	400,196	81,569	128,584	52,880	23,458	99,887	13,818
Widowed	26,579	21,458	1,344	152	120	3,327	178
Divorced/separated	32,416	14,766	4,781	1,674	484	9,562	1,149
Unknown	9,977	3,167	307	1,000	7	1,598	3,898

Occupation	Total	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,096,611	478,961	216,563	138,171	45,350	185,909	31,657
Management, professional, and related occupations	114,188	33,757	10,416	51,390	10,512	7,731	382
Service occupations	42,652	19,627	2,717	1,899	271	17,995	143
Sales and office occupations	44,871	20,522	12,869	3,993	1,718	5,491	278
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	12,006	6,309	4,734	144	286	478	55
Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations	16,838	10,176	1,686	325	171	4,384	96
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	55,385	25,603	7,483	635	257	21,280	127
Military	80	54	4	14	-	8	-
No occupation/not working outside home	474,469	199,233	132,815	48,207	21,146	64,112	8,956
Unknown	336,122	163,680	43,839	31,564	10,989	64,430	21,620

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	474,469	199,233	132,815	48,207	21,146	64,112	8,956
Homemakers	118,819	69,291	30,948	9,422	2,220	5,076	1,862
Students or children	253,623	62,350	85,703	33,360	17,169	48,213	6,828
Retirees	6,854	5,811	27	158	-	851	7
Unemployed	95,173	61,781	16,137	5,267	1,757	9,972	259