Watertown city: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How Watertown 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
2.2%
2023
0.9%
Total change
-1.3 pp
% change
-59.1%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2.2% | — |
| 2019 | 3.4% | +1.2 pp (54.5%) |
| 2020 | 2.4% | -1.0 pp (-29.4%) |
| 2021 | 1.8% | -0.6 pp (-25%) |
| 2022 | 1.7% | -0.1 pp (-5.6%) |
| 2023 | 0.9% | -0.8 pp (-47.1%) |