2022 population: 862,927 ( 150,670 from 2010 , 828 from 2020)
Land area: 1510.7 square miles
Population density: 571.2 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	637,088	73.83%	23.7%
Black:	46,058	5.34%	43.5%
Indian:	1,496	0.17%	29.6%
Asian:	48,614	5.63%	42.1%
2+ races:	16,815	1.95%	1.1%
Hispanic:	112,856	13.08%	26.0%

Total non-White:	225,839	26.17%	26.5%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	19,130	11.1
Deaths:	18,130	10.5
Net Migration:	-6,263	-3.6
Net Immigration:	5,736	3.3

Change in White population:	-198,019	-19.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	47,349	4.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
1,013,597
835,107	82.39%
32,099	3.17%
2,126	0.21%
34,223	3.38%
16,632	1.64%
89,544	8.83%
178,490	17.61%

2000
949,509
830,616	87.48%
21,034	2.22%
2,358	0.25%
21,081	2.22%
12,544	1.32%
59,968	6.32%
118,893	12.52%

1990
895,444
827,689	92.43%
14,983	1.67%
2,078	0.23%
12,919	1.44%
n/a
37,775	4.22%
67,755	7.57%

1980
812,122
781,737	96.26%
9,199	1.13%
1,227	0.15%
3,550	0.44%
n/a
16,102	1.98%
30,385	3.74%

1970
722,484
707,139	97.88%
6,446	0.89%
490	0.07%
1,130	0.16%
n/a
6,443	0.89%
15,345	2.12%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
104,117	11.0
70,953	7.5
-3,552	-0.4
24,489	2.6

4,491	0.5
59,597	6.3

Number	Rate
1990's
115,110	12.9
75,099	8.4
-12,306	-1.4
12,443	1.4

2,927	0.3
51,138	5.7

Number	Rate
1980's
110,263	13.6
70,981	8.7
37,947	4.7
n/a

45,952	5.7
37,370	4.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-21,578	-3.0
n/a

74,598	10.3
15,040	2.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Worcester, MA-CT Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
40.4
197,510	22.9%
665,417	77.1%
155,669	18.0%

368,893
2.51

242,646	65.8%
178,397	73.5%
23,330	9.6%
126,247	34.2%

2010
Number	Percent
39.4
235,487	23.2%
778,110	76.8%
129,997	12.8%

385,130
2.54

258,932	67.2%
193,910	74.9%
27,061	10.5%
126,198	32.8%

2000
Number	Percent
36.4
242,405	25.5%
707,104	74.5%
122,072	12.9%

359,423
2.56

246,374	68.5%
192,849	78.3%
24,636	10.0%
113,049	31.5%

1990
Number	Percent
33.0
221,663	24.8%
673,781	75.2%
120,430	13.4%

327,719
2.64

236,039	72.0%
191,267	81.0%
20,108	8.5%
91,680	28.0%

1980
Number	Percent
30.9
224,751	27.7%
587,371	72.3%
102,993	12.7%

282,710
2.77

210,767	74.6%
175,293	83.2%
16,561	7.9%
71,943	25.4%

2022 Housing Data for Worcester, MA-CT Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	14,662	4.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	12,877	3.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	11,505	3.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	11,631	3.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	11,973	3.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	11,581	3.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	10,583	2.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	10,266	2.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	10,778	2.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	22,321	6.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	31,468	8.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	45,793	12.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	38,928	10.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	29,981	8.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	41,952	11.4%
$200,000 or more	52,594	14.3%

Median Household Income	87,958
Per Capita Income	44,940

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	111

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	21,766	5.9%
Public Assistance	13,330	3.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	55,666	15.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	406,922	74.2%
Unemployed	23,468	4.3%
In Armed Forces	587	0.1%

Total Labor Force	430,977	78.6%
Not in Labor Force	117,361	21.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	182,720	148,711	55.1%
Non-Profit	18,626	32,638	36.3%
Self-Employed	24,565	15,060	62.0%

Local Government	13,853	24,564	36.1%
State Government	9,798	11,240	46.6%
Federal Government	4,851	2,452	66.4%

Total Private + Self	207,285	163,771	55.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	47,128	70,894	39.9%
Total	254,413	234,665	52.0%

Pct. Govt.	13.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	86,131	17.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	94,074	19.2%
Professional, Technical	131,832	26.9%
Service Occupations	79,975	16.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,392	0.3%
All others	97,935	20.0%

White Collar		63.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	79,940	18.1%
Manufacturing	58,584	13.3%
Educational services	56,217	12.7%
Retail trade	55,256	12.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	39,454	8.9%
Construction	32,007	7.2%
Accommodation and food services	25,908	5.9%
Finance and insurance	24,020	5.4%
Other services	20,449	4.6%
Transportation and warehousing	19,678	4.5%
Public administration	18,345	4.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	16,868	3.8%
Wholesale trade	11,345	2.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	9,169	2.1%
Information	8,046	1.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	6,364	1.4%
Utilities	4,795	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,671	0.6%
Management	640	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	191	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	7,957	0.83%
Puerto Rican	66,259	6.94%
Cuban	1,804	0.19%
Dominican	11,712	1.23%

Total Central American	11,686	1.22%
Costa Rican	179	0.02%
Guatemalan	3,139	0.33%
Honduran	927	0.10%
Nicaraguan	194	0.02%
Panamanian	663	0.07%
Salvadoran	6,553	0.69%
Other Central American	31	0.00%

Total South American	12,911	1.35%
Argentinean	1,049	0.11%
Bolivian	262	0.03%
Chilean	245	0.03%
Colombian	3,253	0.34%
Ecuadorian	4,655	0.49%
Paraguayan	15	0.00%
Peruvian	954	0.10%
Uruguayan	1,217	0.13%
Venezuelan	862	0.09%
Other South American	399	0.04%

Other Hispanic	6,187	0.65%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	16,334	1.71%
Chinese	8,878	0.93%
Vietnamese	7,854	0.82%
Korean	2,102	0.22%
Filipino	1,721	0.18%
Laotian	1,317	0.14%
Japanese	1,137	0.12%
Cambodian	1,008	0.11%
Hmong	694	0.07%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	724,619	80.0%
Spanish	78,988	8.7%
Other Indo-European	37,682	4.2%
Other	12,856	1.4%
Other Asian	9,802	1.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	9,347	1.0%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	7,553	0.8%
Chinese	7,456	0.8%
Vietnamese	6,595	0.7%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Irish	166,928	17.5%
Italian	110,871	11.6%
English	92,307	9.7%
French	89,306	9.4%
French Canadian	53,932	5.6%
German	52,841	5.5%
Polish	50,730	5.3%
American	49,172	5.2%
Swedish	23,251	2.4%
Portuguese	18,065	1.9%
Scottish	17,808	1.9%
Brazilian	12,972	1.4%
European	9,814	1.0%
Lithuanian	9,081	1.0%
Greek	8,433	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	899,404	94.2%
Not a citizen	55,181	5.8%

Native	834,988	87.5%
Foreign-born	119,597	12.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
22,510	3.4%	34,916	5.2%	183,345	27.5%	179,350	26.9%	143,706	21.6%	102,917	15.4%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	22,510	3.4%
9-12 Years	34,916	5.2%
H.S. Grad or GED	183,345	27.5%
Some College	179,350	26.9%
Bach. Degree	143,706	21.6%
Grad Degree	102,917	15.4%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	787,506	731,987	55,519	7.0%
1991	779,108	703,576	75,532	9.7%
1992	781,243	710,285	70,958	9.1%
1993	784,639	728,320	56,319	7.2%
1994	784,260	738,236	46,024	5.9%
1995	778,564	736,141	42,423	5.4%
1996	784,580	747,341	37,239	4.7%
1997	802,437	769,030	33,407	4.2%
1998	809,410	780,994	28,416	3.5%
1999	810,743	782,844	27,899	3.4%

2000	828,409	805,091	23,318	2.8%
2001	840,922	808,243	32,679	3.9%
2002	860,693	813,341	47,352	5.5%
2003	864,692	811,992	52,700	6.1%
2004	862,601	815,197	47,404	5.5%
2005	858,233	813,604	44,629	5.2%
2006	865,169	821,252	43,917	5.1%
2007	867,996	824,659	43,337	5.0%
2008	873,383	822,479	50,904	5.8%
2009	877,174	799,213	77,961	8.9%

2010	904,990	825,825	79,165	8.7%
2011	903,971	832,993	70,978	7.9%
2012	904,165	837,457	66,708	7.4%
2013	904,094	838,655	65,439	7.2%
2014	916,265	859,619	56,646	6.2%
2015	917,612	870,303	47,309	5.2%
2016	922,764	882,893	39,871	4.3%
2017	937,881	899,867	38,014	4.1%
2018	955,853	920,518	35,335	3.7%
2019	955,546	923,868	31,678	3.3%

2020	926,228	845,531	80,697	8.7%
2021	948,813	894,715	54,098	5.7%
2022	950,071	912,672	37,399	3.9%
2023	944,169	910,911	33,258	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	393,009
Median Value	$353,199

Occupied	368,893	93.9%
Vacant	24,116	6.1%

Owned	246,509	66.8%
Rented	122,384	33.2%
Median Rent	$1,248

Single-Family Units	254,672	64.8%
Detached	230,451	58.6%
Attached	24,221	6.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	60,844	15.5%
Mobile Homes	3,525	0.9%

Worcester, MA-CT Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Worcester, MA-CT Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Worcester, MA-CT Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Worcester, MA-CT Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Worcester, MA-CT Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Worcester, MA-CT Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Worcester, MA-CT Metro Area