El Centro, CA Metro Area: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How El Centro, CA Metro Area'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
31.7%
2023
30.8%
Total change
-0.9 pp
% change
-2.8%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 31.7% | — |
| 2019 | 30.7% | -1.0 pp (-3.2%) |
| 2020 | 30.1% | -0.6 pp (-2%) |
| 2021 | 29.9% | -0.2 pp (-0.7%) |
| 2022 | 30.5% | +0.6 pp (2%) |
| 2023 | 30.8% | +0.3 pp (1%) |