Melrose city: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How Melrose 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
12.0%
2023
7.6%
Total change
-4.4 pp
% change
-36.7%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12.0% | — |
| 2019 | 8.1% | -3.9 pp (-32.5%) |
| 2020 | 7.9% | -0.2 pp (-2.5%) |
| 2021 | 7.0% | -0.9 pp (-11.4%) |
| 2022 | 5.5% | -1.5 pp (-21.4%) |
| 2023 | 7.6% | +2.1 pp (38.2%) |