El Centro city: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How El Centro 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
32.7%
2023
29.4%
Total change
-3.3 pp
% change
-10.1%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 32.7% | — |
| 2019 | 31.1% | -1.6 pp (-4.9%) |
| 2020 | 27.9% | -3.2 pp (-10.3%) |
| 2021 | 27.6% | -0.3 pp (-1.1%) |
| 2022 | 29.0% | +1.4 pp (5.1%) |
| 2023 | 29.4% | +0.4 pp (1.4%) |