Wake Forest town: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How Wake Forest 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
5.5%
2023
7.8%
Total change
+2.3 pp
% change
+41.8%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5.5% | — |
| 2019 | 6.6% | +1.1 pp (20%) |
| 2020 | 6.0% | -0.6 pp (-9.1%) |
| 2021 | 6.8% | +0.8 pp (13.3%) |
| 2022 | 7.1% | +0.3 pp (4.4%) |
| 2023 | 7.8% | +0.7 pp (9.9%) |