California: Foreign-Born Population Trend
How California'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
27.0%
2023
26.7%
Total change
-0.3 pp
% change
-1.1%
| Year | Foreign-Born Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 27.0% | — |
| 2019 | 26.8% | -0.2 pp (-0.7%) |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2021 | 26.5% | — |
| 2022 | 26.5% | +0.0 pp (0%) |
| 2023 | 26.7% | +0.2 pp (0.8%) |