Buffalo city: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How Buffalo 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
17.0%
2023
12.4%
Total change
-4.6 pp
% change
-27.1%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 17.0% | — |
| 2019 | 13.2% | -3.8 pp (-22.4%) |
| 2020 | 12.4% | -0.8 pp (-6.1%) |
| 2021 | 10.2% | -2.2 pp (-17.7%) |
| 2022 | 8.2% | -2.0 pp (-19.6%) |
| 2023 | 12.4% | +4.2 pp (51.2%) |