HowardCounty?s foreign-born population has grown from just more than 6 percent in 1990 to more than 11 percent 10 years later.

By 2015, foreign-born residents are expected to account for 16.7 percent of Howard?s population, according to a study by the Association for the Study and Development of Community on behalf of Foreign-born Information and Referral Network Inc. and the county?s Department of Community Services.