Tacoma city: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How Tacoma 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
12.8%
2023
12.2%
Total change
-0.6 pp
% change
-4.7%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12.8% | — |
| 2019 | 13.0% | +0.2 pp (1.6%) |
| 2020 | 12.1% | -0.9 pp (-6.9%) |
| 2021 | 12.5% | +0.4 pp (3.3%) |
| 2022 | 12.1% | -0.4 pp (-3.2%) |
| 2023 | 12.2% | +0.1 pp (0.8%) |