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
12.0%
2023
15.7%
Total change
+3.7 pp
% change
+30.8%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12.0% | — |
| 2019 | 10.4% | -1.6 pp (-13.3%) |
| 2020 | 15.2% | +4.8 pp (46.2%) |
| 2021 | 13.0% | -2.2 pp (-14.5%) |
| 2022 | 14.5% | +1.5 pp (11.5%) |
| 2023 | 15.7% | +1.2 pp (8.3%) |