Newark city: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How Newark 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
15.8%
2023
9.8%
Total change
-6.0 pp
% change
-38%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 15.8% | — |
| 2019 | 14.3% | -1.5 pp (-9.5%) |
| 2020 | 16.4% | +2.1 pp (14.7%) |
| 2021 | 16.5% | +0.1 pp (0.6%) |
| 2022 | 13.6% | -2.9 pp (-17.6%) |
| 2023 | 9.8% | -3.8 pp (-27.9%) |