Brownsville city: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How Brownsville 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
29.5%
2023
27.2%
Total change
-2.3 pp
% change
-7.8%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 29.5% | — |
| 2019 | 28.6% | -0.9 pp (-3.1%) |
| 2020 | 28.0% | -0.6 pp (-2.1%) |
| 2021 | 27.1% | -0.9 pp (-3.2%) |
| 2022 | 27.3% | +0.2 pp (0.7%) |
| 2023 | 27.2% | -0.1 pp (-0.4%) |