Lexington city: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How Lexington 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
2.5%
2023
0.5%
Total change
-2.0 pp
% change
-80%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2.5% | — |
| 2019 | 1.6% | -0.9 pp (-36%) |
| 2020 | 1.8% | +0.2 pp (12.5%) |
| 2021 | 0.3% | -1.5 pp (-83.3%) |
| 2022 | 0.5% | +0.2 pp (66.7%) |
| 2023 | 0.5% | +0.0 pp (0%) |