2008 (76,362) was more than seven times higher than in 2004 (10,217). There were about 58,000 "other immigrants" in 2008. Less numerous groups of immigrants, such as persons and their dependents who legalized under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986, parolees, and diversity-visa lottery winners, are examples of "other immigrants." In 2008, there were 57,979 "other immigrants" who accounted for 5.2 percent of all lawful permanent immigrants. Seventy-two percent of the "other immigrants" in 2008 (41,761) were people who received their immigrant visas through the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, also known as the Green Card Lottery, run by the US State Department. The State Department received more than 9.1 million qualified applications for the 2009 Diversity Lottery. The Immigration Act of 1990 established the Diversity Visa Lottery (also known as the Green Card Lottery) to allow entry to immigrants from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. The act states that no more than 55,000 diversity visas are made available each fiscal year. Of the 55,000 visas, 5,000 have to be used for applicants under the Nicaraguan and Central America Relief Act of 1997, thus reducing the available number to 50,000. Applicants who registered for the 2009 lottery (between October and December 2007) were selected at random from over 9.1 million qualified entries. The number of qualified entries totaled 5.5 million in the 2007 lottery and 6.4 million in the 2008 lottery. (The Department of State does not release the total number of applications