Santa Cruz city: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How Santa Cruz 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
14.4%
2023
12.8%
Total change
-1.6 pp
% change
-11.1%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 14.4% | — |
| 2019 | 14.6% | +0.2 pp (1.4%) |
| 2020 | 13.7% | -0.9 pp (-6.2%) |
| 2021 | 13.7% | +0.0 pp (0%) |
| 2022 | 12.5% | -1.2 pp (-8.8%) |
| 2023 | 12.8% | +0.3 pp (2.4%) |