Foreign-Born Residents by Neighborhood in San Francisco

Chinatown has the highest share of residents born outside the US in San Francisco at 68.5%, and Haight Ashbury the lowest at 15.8%, a spread of 52.7 points. The citywide figure is 34.0%, and 16 of 38 neighborhoods sit above it.

Residents born outside the United States, naturalized citizens included. For related figures, see the San Francisco demographics overview, and the methodology for how the numbers are built.

Foreign-born residents by neighborhood on the map

All 38 neighborhoods ranked

Foreign-born residents across the city

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Residents born outside the United States, naturalized citizens included. Figures are five-year American Community Survey estimates for 2020-2024. Each neighborhood's share adds up the counts from its census tracts before dividing, out of residents. The San Francisco row comes straight from the Census Bureau's county figures. Small groups in small neighborhoods carry wide margins of error, so a gap of a point or two between neighborhoods is not meaningful. Neighborhoods with fewer than 500 homes are left out.

More language and birthplace rankings

• English-only speakers56.4%
• Chinese speakers17.5%
• Spanish speakers11.1%
• Tagalog speakers2.8%
• Russian and Slavic speakers1.7%
• Vietnamese speakers1.3%

San Francisco Languages and Immigrant Population by Neighborhood →

Other San Francisco data

• Rent6
• Home values4
• Income2
• Owners and renters2
• Vacancy9
• Building types11
• Year built11
• Households3
• Housing stock2
• Age5
• Race and ethnicity6
• Education3
• Commute6