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
8.8%
2023
5.1%
Total change
-3.7 pp
% change
-42%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8.8% | — |
| 2019 | 1.6% | -7.2 pp (-81.8%) |
| 2020 | 0.3% | -1.3 pp (-81.3%) |
| 2021 | 3.5% | +3.2 pp (1066.7%) |
| 2022 | 2.4% | -1.1 pp (-31.4%) |
| 2023 | 5.1% | +2.7 pp (112.5%) |