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
0.7%
2023
1.7%
Total change
+1.0 pp
% change
+142.9%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0.7% | — |
| 2019 | 1.6% | +0.9 pp (128.6%) |
| 2020 | 1.6% | +0.0 pp (0%) |
| 2021 | 1.7% | +0.1 pp (6.2%) |
| 2022 | 1.5% | -0.2 pp (-11.8%) |
| 2023 | 1.7% | +0.2 pp (13.3%) |