Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 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
17.8%
2023
20.4%
Total change
+2.6 pp
% change
+14.6%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 17.8% | — |
| 2019 | 18.7% | +0.9 pp (5.1%) |
| 2020 | 19.2% | +0.5 pp (2.7%) |
| 2021 | 19.5% | +0.3 pp (1.6%) |
| 2022 | 19.9% | +0.4 pp (2.1%) |
| 2023 | 20.4% | +0.5 pp (2.5%) |