King County: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How King County'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
14.5%
2023
13.8%
Total change
-0.7 pp
% change
-4.8%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 14.5% | — |
| 2019 | 17.7% | +3.2 pp (22.1%) |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2021 | 14.8% | — |
| 2022 | 13.9% | -0.9 pp (-6.1%) |
| 2023 | 13.8% | -0.1 pp (-0.7%) |