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
3.0%
2023
2.4%
Total change
-0.6 pp
% change
-20%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3.0% | — |
| 2019 | 2.0% | -1.0 pp (-33.3%) |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1.7% | — |
| 2022 | 2.2% | +0.5 pp (29.4%) |
| 2023 | 2.4% | +0.2 pp (9.1%) |