Columbia city: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How Columbia 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
5.6%
2023
5.1%
Total change
-0.5 pp
% change
-8.9%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5.6% | — |
| 2019 | 5.0% | -0.6 pp (-10.7%) |
| 2020 | 5.0% | +0.0 pp (0%) |
| 2021 | 4.8% | -0.2 pp (-4%) |
| 2022 | 4.6% | -0.2 pp (-4.2%) |
| 2023 | 5.1% | +0.5 pp (10.9%) |