Brooklyn city: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How Brooklyn 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
0.5%
2023
2.0%
Total change
+1.5 pp
% change
+300%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0.5% | — |
| 2019 | 1.2% | +0.7 pp (140%) |
| 2020 | 1.0% | -0.2 pp (-16.7%) |
| 2021 | 1.2% | +0.2 pp (20%) |
| 2022 | 1.6% | +0.4 pp (33.3%) |
| 2023 | 2.0% | +0.4 pp (25%) |