Houston city: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How Houston 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
8.6%
2023
3.8%
Total change
-4.8 pp
% change
-55.8%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8.6% | — |
| 2019 | 2.7% | -5.9 pp (-68.6%) |
| 2020 | 2.1% | -0.6 pp (-22.2%) |
| 2021 | 2.8% | +0.7 pp (33.3%) |
| 2022 | 4.5% | +1.7 pp (60.7%) |
| 2023 | 3.8% | -0.7 pp (-15.6%) |