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People Statistics · City estimate

Born abroad in Fort Walton Beach

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 250 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 2, 2026

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Born abroad, 2013 – 2024 percent · Fort Walton Beach · Okaloosa County · Florida · United States · World
+2.7 pp since 2014
Fort Walton Beach Okaloosa County Florida United States World

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2013 – 2024

Compared with Born abroad · percent
Fort Walton Beach
9.4%
Florida
21.9%
World
3.7%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Fort Walton Beach · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 9.4% · 2024
First value 7.4% · 2013
Highest 9.9% · 2021
Lowest 6.6% · 2015
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearFort Walton BeachChange Okaloosa CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2024estimate 9.4% −0.0 pp 9.2% 21.9% 14.1% 3.7%
2023estimate 9.4% +0.2 pp 8.3% 21.4% 13.9% —
2022estimate 9.3% −0.6 pp 7.9% 21.1% 13.7% —
2021estimate 9.9% +1.5 pp 7.8% 21.0% 13.6% —
2020estimate 8.3% −0.6 pp 7.4% 20.8% — 3.5%
2019estimate 8.9% +0.6 pp 6.8% 20.7% — —
2018estimate 8.3% +1.5 pp 7.1% 20.5% — —
2017estimate 6.8% +0.1 pp 6.8% 20.2% — —
2016estimate 6.7% +0.1 pp 6.6% 19.9% — —
2015estimate 6.6% −0.1 pp 6.6% 19.7% — 3.3%
2014estimate 6.7% −0.6 pp 6.6% 19.6% — —
2013estimate 7.4% 6.6% 19.4% — —

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2013 – 2024

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBorn abroad
288 Alva 6.0%
363 Anna Maria 2.2%
364 Apalachicola 2.2%
233 Apollo Beach 8.7%
283 Atlantic Beach 6.4%
132 Atlantis 16.6%
25 Aventura 48.8%
269 Bagdad 7.2%
21 Bal Harbour 49.8%
376 Baldwin 1.3%
40 Bay Harbor Islands 41.6%
266 Bay Pines 7.4%
274 Bayonet Point 6.9%
133 Bayshore Gardens 16.6%
323 Bell 4.5%
72 Belle Glade 30.1%
142 Belleair 15.6%
156 Belleair Beach 13.8%
221 Belleair Bluffs 9.2%
326 Bellview 4.4%
312 Beverly Hills 4.9%
124 Big Pine Key 17.8%
43 Biscayne Park 40.0%
194 Bloomingdale 10.8%
107 Boca Raton 21.1%
…
119 Fort Myers 18.8%
254 Fort Myers Beach 7.9%
125 Fort Pierce 17.8%
276 Fort Walton Beach 6.8%
318 Freeport 4.7%
239 Fruit Cove 8.5%
186 Fruitville 11.4%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2017

What it means

The share of residents who were born in another country.

How it is calculated

Residents born outside the country divided by the total population (some countries count foreign citizens instead).