Santa Monica city: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How Santa Monica 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
23.8%
2023
23.2%
Total change
-0.6 pp
% change
-2.5%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 23.8% | — |
| 2019 | 23.5% | -0.3 pp (-1.3%) |
| 2020 | 22.6% | -0.9 pp (-3.8%) |
| 2021 | 23.1% | +0.5 pp (2.2%) |
| 2022 | 22.5% | -0.6 pp (-2.6%) |
| 2023 | 23.2% | +0.7 pp (3.1%) |