Waterloo city: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How Waterloo 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
7.3%
2023
9.5%
Total change
+2.2 pp
% change
+30.1%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7.3% | — |
| 2019 | 9.2% | +1.9 pp (26%) |
| 2020 | 9.6% | +0.4 pp (4.3%) |
| 2021 | 9.2% | -0.4 pp (-4.2%) |
| 2022 | 9.3% | +0.1 pp (1.1%) |
| 2023 | 9.5% | +0.2 pp (2.2%) |