† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupWorcester, MAMassachusettsUnited States
Irish17.1%18.6%9.4%
Italian11.5%11.1%4.8%
English9.5%9.7%9.5%
French8.0%4.7%1.6%
German5.0%5.4%12.5%
French Canadian5.0%——
Polish4.7%3.4%2.2%
American4.2%3.3%5.3%
Puerto Rican6.9%4.6%1.8%
Dominican1.8%2.7%0.7%
Mexican0.9%0.8%11.3%
Salvadoran0.8%1.1%0.7%
Ecuadorian0.7%0.3%—
Guatemalan0.5%0.8%0.5%
Colombian0.3%0.6%0.4%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Asian Indian2.1%1.9%1.4%
Chinese0.9%2.5%1.3%
Vietnamese0.9%0.8%0.6%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Korean0.2%0.4%0.4%
Pakistani0.2%——
Laotian0.2%——
African American†2.2%2.6%9.9%
Ghanaian0.8%——
African0.5%0.3%0.5%
Haitian0.4%1.1%0.3%
Jamaican0.3%0.5%0.4%
Kenyan0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Worcester, MA
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
40.2
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.1%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Worcester, MA
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$95,939
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.3%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
39.7%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Worcester, MA
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
22.3%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
9.5%
9.7%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
5.4%
6.1%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.1%
1.2%
1.1%
Other languages
1.6%
1.0%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Worcester, MA
Massachusetts
United States
Catholic
32.3%
35.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
4.5%
3.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
55.3%
51.4%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Worcester, MA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−12.8%
1896
−51.0%
1900
−29.6%
1904
−32.0%
1908
−31.7%
1912
−12.2%
1916
−8.1%
1920
−39.3%
1924
−43.8%
1928
−4.8%
1932
−0.5%
1936
+13.7%
1940
+13.7%
1944
+11.3%
1948
+11.1%
1952
−6.2%
1956
−20.4%
1960
+21.1%
1964
+54.5%
1968
+30.2%
1972
+6.1%
1976
+23.5%
1980
−1.0%
1984
−13.2%
1988
−2.3%
1992
+11.4%
1996
+28.4%
2000
+19.2%
2004
+14.1%
2008
+13.8%
2012
+9.4%
2016
+10.4%
2020
+17.7%
2024
+10.0%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
53.6%Harris225,680
43.7%Trump183,802
0.7%Stein3,003 +6
D+10.0
R+7.8
D+11.4
420,841
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic53.6%225,680
Donald J TrumpRepublican43.7%183,802
Jill SteinIndependent0.7%3,003
Ayyadurai EllisIndependent0.6%2,578
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%2,450
All OthersIndependent0.5%2,057
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.3%1,235
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%24
West AbdullahIndependent0.0%12
D
57.2%Biden248,773
39.5%Trump171,683
3.3%
D+17.7
D+7.3
D+13.3
434,921
D
50.2%Clinton198,778
39.8%Trump157,682
10.0%
D+10.4
D+0.9
D+8.3
396,096
D
53.7%Obama198,244
44.3%Romney163,390
2.0%
D+9.4
R+4.3
D+5.6
369,112
D
55.6%Obama202,107
41.8%McCain152,101
2.6%
D+13.8
R+0.4
D+6.5
363,594
D
56.4%Kerry192,142
42.3%Bush144,094
1.3%
D+14.1
R+5.1
D+16.6
340,636
D
56.0%Gore173,769
36.8%Bush114,139
7.2%
D+19.2
R+9.2
D+18.7
310,148
D
58.3%Clinton169,892
29.8%Dole87,021
11.9%
D+28.4
D+17.0
D+19.9
291,617
D
43.7%Clinton138,122
32.3%Bush101,984
24.0%
D+11.4
D+13.8
D+5.9
315,782
R
48.2%Dukakis141,485
50.6%Bush148,365
1.2%
R+2.3
D+10.9
D+5.4
293,256
R
43.2%Mondale119,498
56.5%Reagan156,060
0.3%
R+13.2
R+12.2
D+5.0
276,440
R
42.1%Carter117,326
43.1%Reagan120,100
14.8%
R+1.0
R+24.5
D+8.7
278,561
D
60.4%Carter172,320
36.9%Ford105,217
2.7%
D+23.5
D+17.5
D+21.5
285,245
D
52.8%McGovern144,139
46.7%Nixon127,560
0.5%
D+6.1
R+24.1
D+29.2
273,127
D
63.5%Humphrey168,437
33.3%Nixon88,354
3.2%
D+30.2
R+24.3
D+30.9
265,179
D
77.1%Johnson209,383
22.6%Goldwater61,388
0.3%
D+54.5
D+33.4
D+31.9
271,631
D
60.5%Kennedy173,103
39.4%Nixon112,730
0.2%
D+21.1
D+41.5
D+20.9
286,333
R
39.7%Stevenson107,889
60.1%Eisenhower163,401
0.2%
R+20.4
R+14.2
R+5.0
271,870
R
46.8%Stevenson128,898
53.0%Eisenhower146,094
0.2%
R+6.2
R+17.3
D+4.5
275,637
D
54.7%Truman133,823
43.6%Dewey106,757
1.7%
D+11.1
R+0.2
D+6.6
244,757
D
55.5%Roosevelt123,440
44.3%Dewey98,414
0.2%
D+11.3
R+2.4
D+3.8
222,258
D
56.6%Roosevelt132,541
42.9%Willkie100,468
0.5%
D+13.7
±0.0
D+3.8
234,108
D
54.2%Roosevelt114,136
40.5%Landon85,316
5.4%
D+13.7
D+14.2
R+10.6
210,764
R
48.6%Roosevelt87,586
49.1%Hoover88,535
2.4%
R+0.5
D+4.2
R+18.3
180,402
R
47.3%Smith85,675
52.1%Hoover94,290
0.6%
R+4.8
D+39.0
D+12.7
181,010
R
23.3%Davis31,171
67.1%Coolidge89,679
9.5%
R+43.8
R+4.5
R+18.6
133,576
R
29.3%Cox34,667
68.6%Harding81,241
2.1%
R+39.3
R+31.2
R+13.2
118,372
R
44.6%Wilson27,540
52.8%Hughes32,541
2.6%
R+8.1
D+4.1
R+11.3
61,680
R
29.9%Wilson17,565
42.1%Taft24,719
28.1%
R+12.2
D+19.6
R+31.7
58,776
R
30.3%Bryan16,803
62.1%Taft34,394
7.6%
R+31.7
D+0.2
R+22.2
55,425
R
31.9%Parker17,037
63.8%Roosevelt34,124
4.3%
R+32.0
R+2.4
R+12.3
53,461
R
33.2%Bryan17,148
62.8%McKinley32,412
3.9%
R+29.6
D+21.4
R+22.0
51,582
R
22.4%Bryan10,855
73.4%McKinley35,579
4.2%
R+51.0
R+38.2
R+44.9
48,493
R
42.0%Cleveland20,797
54.8%Harrison27,130
3.1%
R+12.8
—
R+14.5
49,471
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
51.9%215,410
48.0%199,212
415,332
2020
D
58.3%247,805
40.4%171,613
425,185
2018
D
51.3%159,881
44.5%138,495
311,387
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2025D+8.9
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+10.0
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 1.1 points.
Domestic migration in Worcester, MA in Worcester, MA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−1,613
2012
−2,811
2013
−1,145
2014
−1,290
2015
−2,283
2016
−3,536
2017
−477
2018
−1,747
2019
−1,743
2021
+2,199
2022
−3,582
2023
−1,247
2024
−460
2025
−1,253
Worcester metro straddles the gap between Boston's Democratic strongholds and rural central Massachusetts, with a large Latino population and a cluster of colleges that together keep county-level margins closer than the state average.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 54.5 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 51.0 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 7.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.0 points.
A population of 867,788, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $95,939 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH and Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY.
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How did Worcester, MA, Massachusetts vote in 2024?
In 2024, Worcester, MA, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 10.0 points (D+10.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 420,841 votes cast, 225,680 went Democratic and 183,802 went Republican.
When did Worcester, MA, Massachusetts last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Worcester, MA, Massachusetts voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Worcester, MA, Massachusetts?
Worcester, MA, Massachusetts has a population of 867,788 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Worcester, MA, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Worcester, MA, Massachusetts is $95,939 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Worcester, MA, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Worcester, MA, Massachusetts from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 16 went Republican.
