Blue Ridge city: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How Blue Ridge city's foreign-born population changed from 2017 to 2023, based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. The 2019 vintage reflects the pre-COVID peak; 2021 captures the immediate COVID-era disruption; 2022–2023 show the recovery.
2017
5.2%
2023
2.5%
Total change
-2.7 pp
% change
-51.9%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5.2% | — |
| 2019 | 2.6% | -2.6 pp (-50%) |
| 2020 | 3.0% | +0.4 pp (15.4%) |
| 2021 | 0.6% | -2.4 pp (-80%) |
| 2022 | 2.0% | +1.4 pp (233.3%) |
| 2023 | 2.5% | +0.5 pp (25%) |