Reading city: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How Reading 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
4.3%
2023
4.5%
Total change
+0.2 pp
% change
+4.7%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4.3% | — |
| 2019 | 6.7% | +2.4 pp (55.8%) |
| 2020 | 6.3% | -0.4 pp (-6%) |
| 2021 | 5.0% | -1.3 pp (-20.6%) |
| 2022 | 4.9% | -0.1 pp (-2%) |
| 2023 | 4.5% | -0.4 pp (-8.2%) |