Spruce Pine town: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How Spruce Pine town'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
8.1%
2023
7.5%
Total change
-0.6 pp
% change
-7.4%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8.1% | — |
| 2019 | 8.3% | +0.2 pp (2.5%) |
| 2020 | 8.2% | -0.1 pp (-1.2%) |
| 2021 | 3.9% | -4.3 pp (-52.4%) |
| 2022 | 5.9% | +2.0 pp (51.3%) |
| 2023 | 7.5% | +1.6 pp (27.1%) |