Orange County: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How Orange 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
30.3%
2023
5.5%
Total change
-24.8 pp
% change
-81.8%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 30.3% | — |
| 2019 | 30.1% | -0.2 pp (-0.7%) |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2021 | 44.7% | — |
| 2022 | 7.0% | -37.7 pp (-84.3%) |
| 2023 | 5.5% | -1.5 pp (-21.4%) |