Watsonville city: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How Watsonville 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
37.3%
2023
35.1%
Total change
-2.2 pp
% change
-5.9%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 37.3% | — |
| 2019 | 36.0% | -1.3 pp (-3.5%) |
| 2020 | 36.1% | +0.1 pp (0.3%) |
| 2021 | 37.3% | +1.2 pp (3.3%) |
| 2022 | 35.4% | -1.9 pp (-5.1%) |
| 2023 | 35.1% | -0.3 pp (-0.8%) |