combined metro areaBoston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004D+19.9
2008D+22.0
2012D+19.2
2016D+21.2
2020D+27.9
2024D+20.2
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 68.2% of 6,174,471 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
2,477,243
1,626,729
104,484
4,208,456
6,174,471
68.2%
2020
2,731,768
1,515,212
116,716
4,363,696
5,989,366
72.9%
2016
2,266,581
1,415,857
323,630
4,006,068
5,806,372
69.0%
2012
2,211,586
1,488,900
66,105
3,766,591
5,594,971
67.3%
2008
2,221,551
1,407,817
70,727
3,700,095
5,506,921
67.2%
2004
2,070,559
1,377,007
44,791
3,492,357
5,418,871†
64.4%
† 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
18 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
GroupBoston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NHUnited States
Irish19.0%9.4%
Italian11.7%4.8%
English10.8%9.5%
German5.7%12.5%
French5.5%1.6%
American3.1%5.3%
French Canadian2.9%—
Portuguese2.8%—
Puerto Rican3.3%1.8%
Dominican3.1%0.7%
Guatemalan1.1%0.5%
Salvadoran1.0%0.7%
Mexican0.8%11.3%
Colombian0.7%0.4%
Ecuadorian0.2%—
Cuban0.2%0.7%
Chinese2.2%1.3%
Asian Indian1.7%1.4%
Vietnamese0.7%0.6%
Korean0.4%0.4%
Cambodian0.4%—
Filipino0.2%0.9%
African American†2.1%9.9%
Haitian1.0%0.3%
Cape Verdean0.9%—
Jamaican0.4%0.4%
African0.4%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%0.2%
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
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH
United States
Median age
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH
United States
Median household income
$106,848
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
46.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
23.4%
22.3%
Spanish
9.2%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.9%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
5.6%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.9%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH
United States
Catholic
34.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
3.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
52.8%
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.
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−6.0%
1896
−42.5%
1900
−19.7%
1904
−20.2%
1908
−24.0%
1912
+4.4%
1916
−3.2%
1920
−37.3%
1924
−33.6%
1928
+0.4%
1932
+5.6%
1936
+9.4%
1940
+7.6%
1944
+6.8%
1948
+11.9%
1952
−8.0%
1956
−19.2%
1960
+20.0%
1964
+52.6%
1968
+28.0%
1972
+3.9%
1976
+12.4%
1980
−2.2%
1984
−6.8%
1988
+3.3%
1992
+15.5%
1996
+29.9%
2000
+23.6%
2004
+19.9%
2008
+22.0%
2012
+19.2%
2016
+21.2%
2020
+27.9%
2024
+20.2%
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
58.9%Harris2,477,243
38.7%Trump1,626,729
2.5%
D+20.2
R+7.7
D+21.7
4,208,456
D
62.6%Biden2,731,768
34.7%Trump1,515,212
2.7%
D+27.9
D+6.6
D+23.4
4,363,696
D
56.6%Clinton2,266,581
35.3%Trump1,415,857
8.1%
D+21.2
D+2.0
D+19.1
4,006,068
D
58.7%Obama2,211,586
39.5%Romney1,488,900
1.8%
D+19.2
R+2.8
D+15.3
3,766,591
D
60.0%Obama2,221,551
38.0%McCain1,407,817
1.9%
D+22.0
D+2.1
D+14.7
3,700,095
D
59.3%Kerry2,070,559
39.4%Bush1,377,007
1.3%
D+19.9
R+3.7
D+22.3
3,492,357
D
58.3%Gore1,869,116
34.7%Bush1,112,821
6.9%
D+23.6
R+6.3
D+23.1
3,204,624
D
59.6%Clinton1,779,390
29.7%Dole887,461
10.7%
D+29.9
D+14.3
D+21.3
2,986,649
D
46.1%Clinton1,504,500
30.5%Bush997,626
23.4%
D+15.5
D+12.2
D+10.0
3,266,035
D
51.0%Dukakis1,548,502
47.7%Bush1,448,612
1.3%
D+3.3
D+10.0
D+11.0
3,037,148
R
46.5%Mondale1,355,990
53.2%Reagan1,553,120
0.3%
R+6.8
R+4.6
D+11.5
2,919,069
R
41.0%Carter1,180,456
43.1%Reagan1,243,244
15.9%
R+2.2
R+14.6
D+7.6
2,881,617
D
54.8%Carter1,565,355
42.3%Ford1,209,852
2.9%
D+12.4
D+8.5
D+10.4
2,856,870
D
51.7%McGovern1,438,468
47.8%Nixon1,329,405
0.6%
D+3.9
R+24.0
D+27.1
2,783,326
D
62.0%Humphrey1,622,241
34.0%Nixon890,769
4.0%
D+28.0
R+24.6
D+28.7
2,616,622
D
76.2%Johnson2,000,484
23.6%Goldwater619,367
0.3%
D+52.6
D+32.6
D+30.0
2,626,942
D
59.9%Kennedy1,645,525
39.9%Nixon1,096,170
0.2%
D+20.0
D+39.2
D+19.8
2,746,239
R
40.3%Stevenson1,046,258
59.5%Eisenhower1,543,562
0.2%
R+19.2
R+11.2
R+3.8
2,595,659
R
45.9%Stevenson1,218,616
53.9%Eisenhower1,431,317
0.3%
R+8.0
R+19.9
D+2.8
2,656,736
D
54.9%Truman1,267,197
43.1%Dewey993,298
2.0%
D+11.9
D+5.1
D+7.4
2,306,349
D
53.3%Roosevelt1,145,795
46.5%Dewey999,644
0.2%
D+6.8
R+0.8
R+0.7
2,149,210
D
53.6%Roosevelt1,197,447
46.0%Willkie1,027,890
0.4%
D+7.6
R+1.8
R+2.4
2,234,936
D
51.2%Roosevelt1,049,487
41.8%Landon857,006
6.9%
D+9.4
D+3.8
R+14.9
2,047,968
D
51.7%Roosevelt912,094
46.1%Hoover812,888
2.2%
D+5.6
D+5.2
R+12.2
1,764,065
D
49.9%Smith864,706
49.5%Hoover857,395
0.5%
D+0.4
D+34.1
D+17.9
1,731,275
R
27.7%Davis361,238
61.4%Coolidge799,387
10.9%
R+33.6
D+3.7
R+8.5
1,302,147
R
29.6%Cox336,840
66.9%Harding760,928
3.4%
R+37.3
R+34.1
R+11.1
1,136,681
R
47.0%Wilson283,884
50.2%Hughes303,194
2.7%
R+3.2
R+7.6
R+6.3
603,670
D
36.7%Wilson204,679
32.2%Taft179,894
31.1%
D+4.4
D+28.4
R+15.1
558,060
R
34.7%Bryan182,798
58.7%Taft309,204
6.7%
R+24.0
R+3.8
R+14.4
527,171
R
37.8%Parker194,367
58.0%Roosevelt298,237
4.3%
R+20.2
R+0.5
R+0.5
514,517
R
37.9%Bryan180,359
57.6%McKinley274,053
4.5%
R+19.7
D+22.8
R+12.1
475,754
R
26.5%Bryan121,103
69.0%McKinley314,982
4.4%
R+42.5
R+36.5
R+36.4
456,343
R
45.6%Cleveland203,568
51.6%Harrison230,355
2.8%
R+6.0
—
R+7.7
446,357
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+6.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+20.2
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 14 points more Republican.
1,435,595 registered voters · 2026 · down from 4,370,280 in 2025
Democratic30.5%Republican24.4%Unaffiliated45.0%
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−28,472 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −298,044 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH in Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−9,784
2012
−9,036
2013
−5,966
2014
−9,173
2015
−22,129
2016
−27,740
2017
−20,621
2018
−24,922
2019
−25,931
2021
−22,246
2022
−44,028
2023
−33,220
2024
−14,776
2025
−28,472
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 52.6 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 42.5 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 7.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.2 points.
A population of 8,383,885, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $106,848 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD and Albany-Schenectady, NY.
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How did Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH, Massachusetts vote in 2024?
In 2024, Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 20.2 points (D+20.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,208,456 votes cast, 2,477,243 went Democratic and 1,626,729 went Republican.
When did Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH, Massachusetts last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH, Massachusetts voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH, Massachusetts?
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH, Massachusetts has a population of 8,383,885 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH, Massachusetts is $106,848 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH, Massachusetts from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
