† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupChicopeeMassachusettsUnited States
Irish15.1%18.6%9.4%
Italian9.9%11.1%4.8%
French9.0%4.7%1.6%
Polish8.8%3.4%2.2%
American8.4%3.3%5.3%
English7.3%9.7%9.5%
French Canadian4.8%——
German4.7%5.4%12.5%
Puerto Rican21.9%4.6%1.8%
Dominican1.8%2.7%0.7%
Mexican0.7%0.8%11.3%
Guatemalan0.5%0.8%0.5%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Salvadoran0.2%1.1%0.7%
Colombian0.2%0.6%0.4%
Ecuadorian0.2%0.3%—
African American†4.1%2.6%9.9%
Jamaican0.7%0.5%0.4%
African0.2%0.3%0.5%
Asian Indian0.4%1.9%1.4%
Nepalese0.3%——
Chinese0.2%2.5%1.3%
Vietnamese0.2%0.8%0.6%
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
Chicopee
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
41.9
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.7%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.5%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Chicopee
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$62,615
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.3%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.9%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Chicopee
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
24.1%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
15.0%
9.7%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
3.0%
1.0%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.8%
6.1%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.8%
1.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Chicopee
Massachusetts
United States
Catholic
—
35.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
3.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
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.
Chicopee, Massachusetts
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+23.0%
2008
+25.6%
2012
+26.5%
2016
+10.3%
2020
+15.0%
2024
+5.6%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
51.2%Harris12,630
45.6%Trump11,247
3.2%
D+5.6
R+9.4
D+7.1
24,669
D
56.2%Biden14,502
41.2%Trump10,636
2.5%
D+15.0
D+4.7
D+10.5
25,795
D
51.1%Clinton12,338
40.7%Trump9,841
8.2%
D+10.3
R+16.2
D+8.2
24,156
D
62.4%Obama14,331
35.9%Romney8,242
1.7%
D+26.5
D+0.9
D+22.7
22,961
D
61.4%Obama14,172
35.8%McCain8,268
2.7%
D+25.6
D+2.6
D+18.3
23,074
D
60.4%Kerry13,258
37.5%Bush8,221
2.1%
D+23.0
—
D+25.4
21,947
Chicopee's dense concentration of former defense and industrial workers has kept it among the more competitive mid-sized cities in western Massachusetts, often swinging several points from statewide Democratic margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.5 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 9.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.6 points.
A population of 55,295, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,615 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of West Springfield Town and Norwich.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Chicopee, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 5.6 points (D+5.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 24,669 votes cast, 12,630 went Democratic and 11,247 went Republican.
How many people live in Chicopee, Massachusetts?
Chicopee, Massachusetts has a population of 55,295 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Chicopee, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Chicopee, Massachusetts is $62,615 — below the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Chicopee, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Chicopee, Massachusetts from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
