Russian in America: Green Cards

Below is a table showing persons from Russia obtaining legal permanent resident status (green card) in the United States:

	FY 2008	FY 2007	FY 2006
Total	11,695	9,426	13,188

New arrivals	3,872	4,319	6,175
Adjustments of status	7,823	5,107	7,013

Age
Under 18 years	4,455	4,377	5,819
18 to 24 years	1,033	749	1,126
25 to 34 years	1,898	1,327	1,768
35 to 44 years	1,845	993	1,511
45 to 54 years	1,061	689	1,164
55 to 64 years	719	588	840
65 years and over	684	703	960
Unknown	-	-	-

Marital status
Single	5,785	5,227	7,089
Married	5,103	3,389	5,043
Other	754	762	1,000
Unknown	53	48	56

Occupation
Management, professional, and related occupations	2,028	1,006	1,197
Service occupations	279	278	386
Sales and office occupations	309	291	406
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	6	D	3
Construction, extraction, maintenance and repair occupations	43	D	87
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	158	144	222
Military	-	-	-
No occupation/not working outside home	6,751	6,100	8,196
Homemakers	839	474	666
Students or children	5,032	4,775	6,399
Retirees	145	105	191
Unemployed	735	746	940
Unknown	2,121	1,562	2,691

Broad class of admission
Family-sponsored preferences	235	135	198
Employment-based preferences	4,045	1,466	1,461
Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	4,023	4,502	6,932
Diversity	200	182	232
Refugees and asylees	3,114	3,065	4,146
Other	78	76	219

Leading states of residence
Arizona	168	158
California	1,960	1,446	2,226
Colorado	252	271	324
Connecticut	166		179
Florida	573	552	793
Georgia	325	268	281
Illinois	534	398	525
Maryland	425	286	415
Massachusetts	479	368	447
Michigan	222	202	224
Minnesota	226		333
New Jersey	472	350	521
New York	1,437	1,205	2,048
North Carolina	195	170	247
Ohio	262	202	316
Pennsylvania	492	363	515
Texas	495	366	493
Virginia	408	267	350
Washington	742	622	698

Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security