Rockaway borough: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How Rockaway borough'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
21.0%
2023
18.6%
Total change
-2.4 pp
% change
-11.4%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 21.0% | — |
| 2019 | 24.4% | +3.4 pp (16.2%) |
| 2020 | 15.9% | -8.5 pp (-34.8%) |
| 2021 | 20.8% | +4.9 pp (30.8%) |
| 2022 | 20.3% | -0.5 pp (-2.4%) |
| 2023 | 18.6% | -1.7 pp (-8.4%) |