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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 3, 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

2023 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBorn abroad
243 Alva 9.4%
272 Anna Maria 8.0%
318 Apalachicola 5.6%
233 Apollo Beach 9.7%
230 Atlantic Beach 9.8%
125 Atlantis 19.1%
164 Ave Maria 14.3%
21 Aventura 52.8%
324 Bagdad 5.4%
39 Bal Harbour 43.9%
368 Baldwin 2.3%
26 Bay Harbor Islands 50.9%
286 Bay Pines 7.2%
285 Bayonet Point 7.4%
182 Bayshore Gardens 12.8%
170 Bell 13.6%
88 Belle Glade 28.2%
188 Belleair 12.3%
143 Belleair Beach 16.9%
231 Belleair Bluffs 9.8%
315 Bellview 5.6%
275 Beverly Hills 8.0%
282 Big Pine Key 7.7%
112 Biscayne Park 22.1%
273 Bloomingdale 8.0%
…
119 Fort Myers 20.0%
305 Fort Myers Beach 6.3%
133 Fort Pierce 18.3%
241 Fort Walton Beach 9.4%
261 Freeport 8.5%
250 Fruit Cove 9.1%
194 Fruitville 12.0%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2023

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).