Worcester County Insights

Voter Registration Rate

	2012	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Worcester County	83%	81%	74%	83%	82%	84%	79%	87%	81%	83%
Athol	72%	69%	64%	73%	73%	75%	73%	81%	81%	86%
Clinton	85%	86%	77%	88%	87%	85%	83%	82%	82%	85%
Fitchburg	69%	70%	65%	76%	76%	81%	73%	78%	73%	79%
Gardner	71%	69%	63%	72%	67%	71%	69%	75%	73%	78%
Northbridge	82%	81%	76%	85%	85%	84%	84%	93%	90%	94%
Southbridge	84%	87%	77%	86%	87%	86%	82%	86%	88%	89%
Spencer	81%	78%	74%	80%	80%	81%	79%	86%	87%	88%
Webster	85%	84%	69%	80%	79%	79%	76%	84%	85%	88%
Westborough	84%	80%	77%	85%	85%	87%	86%	81%	82%	82%
Worcester	71%	73%	61%	71%	71%	75%	66%	67%	61%	66%
Massachusetts	83%	80%	75%	83%	82%	83%	80%	87%	84%	86%
Additional Worcester County localities
Ashburnham	90%	88%	83%	90%	90%	92%	88%	95%	94%	97%
Auburn	90%	88%	82%	89%	89%	89%	87%	92%	90%	93%
Barre	83%	81%	79%	87%	85%	84%	83%	92%	89%	92%
Berlin	86%	83%	80%	88%	87%	89%	87%	100%	85%	79%
Blackstone	86%	84%	76%	84%	84%	88%	81%	92%	92%	96%
Bolton	96%	93%	90%	102%	100%	104%	100%	104%	104%	102%
Boylston	91%	89%	85%	94%	91%	96%	96%	103%	103%	105%
Brookfield	82%	80%	77%	83%	82%	85%	83%	91%	90%	92%
Charlton	92%	92%	83%	90%	90%	91%	90%	99%	94%	97%
Douglas	92%	88%	82%	91%	90%	92%	90%	99%	97%	98%
Dudley	79%	76%	71%	78%	79%	79%	77%	84%	85%	88%
East Brookfield	85%	84%	83%	85%	87%	88%	87%	92%	92%	94%
Grafton	89%	85%	81%	91%	90%	90%	88%	92%	90%	92%
Hardwick	71%	71%	69%	74%	73%	73%	71%	89%	88%	90%
Harvard	81%	79%	78%	84%	82%	85%	82%	83%	80%	82%
Holden	96%	91%	86%	95%	95%	95%	94%	97%	97%	99%
Hopedale	85%	82%	80%	90%	87%	89%	87%	95%	95%	95%
Hubbardston	88%	87%	84%	90%	86%	86%	84%	100%	98%	96%
Lancaster	73%	74%	71%	78%	77%	79%	77%	79%	80%	77%
Leicester	83%	81%	77%	83%	82%	81%	79%	89%	89%	91%
Lunenburg	86%	83%	80%	89%	89%	89%	85%	93%	93%	97%
Mendon	94%	90%	87%	93%	92%	93%	92%	97%	94%	94%
Milford	80%	79%	73%	80%	80%	81%	76%	78%	75%	78%
Millbury	84%	79%	77%	84%	84%	84%	83%	92%	89%	91%
Millville	81%	81%	78%	86%	86%	87%	84%	93%	93%	96%
New Braintree	88%	90%	89%	92%	92%	93%	91%	98%	99%	103%
Northborough	95%	93%	87%	97%	96%	98%	95%	97%	97%	98%
North Brookfield	86%	86%	83%	91%	90%	90%	87%	95%	93%	98%
Oakham	88%	84%	80%	86%	85%	85%	82%	96%	94%	99%
Oxford	80%	78%	73%	82%	82%	82%	80%	91%	92%	91%
Paxton	81%	80%	78%	85%	83%	84%	81%	87%	85%	87%
Petersham	93%	89%	86%	93%	92%	93%	92%	103%	103%	107%
Phillipston	86%	86%	82%	87%	86%	88%	86%	95%	94%	96%
Princeton	98%	96%	94%	100%	96%	100%	98%	105%	103%	108%
Royalston	83%	84%	81%	86%	86%	85%	85%	96%	95%	99%
Rutland	95%	93%	88%	97%	95%	96%	93%	102%	98%	100%
Shrewsbury	83%	81%	77%	84%	83%	82%	79%	87%	82%	83%
Southborough	95%	95%	90%	96%	96%	97%	93%	97%	97%	95%
Sterling	93%	90%	87%	93%	89%	91%	90%	99%	97%	99%
Sturbridge	92%	90%	86%	97%	96%	98%	94%	97%	91%	94%
Sutton	95%	93%	90%	97%	93%	95%	94%	103%	102%	104%
Templeton	81%	77%	73%	81%	80%	82%	81%	90%	87%	90%
Upton	87%	85%	82%	94%	92%	91%	89%	99%	98%	99%
Uxbridge	93%	90%	81%	91%	91%	90%	87%	96%	92%	96%
Warren	78%	77%	73%	79%	79%	81%	79%	90%	88%	91%
West Boylston	77%	79%	78%	83%	82%	82%	80%	87%	89%	86%
West Brookfield	82%	79%	76%	85%	85%	87%	85%	90%	90%	94%
Westminster	96%	91%	86%	95%	95%	96%	92%	99%	98%	100%
Winchendon	76%	75%	74%	81%	80%	78%	78%	90%	87%	89%
Leominster	81%	79%	74%	83%	82%	85%	82%	86%	85%	84%

Source: Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Notes: Rates were calculated using Census estimates of the population 18 and over.

Number of Registered Voters

	2012	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Worcester County	517,604	518,105	476,159	533,855	533,348	547,585	521,021	573,246	554,533	574,056
Athol	6,661	6,346	5,962	6,775	6,774	7,000	6,833	7,674	7,681	8,129
Clinton	9,363	9,582	8,626	9,830	9,790	9,601	9,325	10,220	10,191	10,582
Fitchburg	21,905	22,203	20,715	24,121	24,285	25,668	23,003	25,581	23,699	25,594
Gardner	11,809	11,503	10,549	12,044	11,333	11,932	11,632	12,974	12,481	13,347
Northbridge	10,489	10,426	9,931	11,151	11,198	11,186	11,065	12,040	11,650	12,147
Southbridge	11,168	11,551	10,202	11,426	11,552	11,478	10,884	12,093	12,226	12,301
Spencer	7,843	7,592	7,137	7,848	7,888	7,935	7,710	8,475	8,514	8,587
Webster	11,636	11,593	9,523	11,003	10,977	10,929	10,545	12,182	12,267	12,612
Westborough	11,598	11,343	10,914	12,190	12,199	12,486	12,365	13,234	13,235	13,236
Worcester	103,767	108,428	89,881	104,464	104,938	111,233	98,048	111,344	101,052	109,147
Massachusetts	4,342,841	4,301,118	4,074,155	4,534,974	4,486,849	4,574,967	4,434,934	4,812,909	4,731,940	4,838,359
Additional Worcester County localities
Ashburnham	4,266	4,209	3,988	4,347	4,377	4,491	4,335	4,646	4,601	4,774
Auburn	11,784	11,650	10,864	11,875	11,866	11,935	11,625	12,463	12,163	12,488
Barre	3,518	3,484	3,388	3,770	3,690	3,689	3,624	4,007	3,875	3,985
Berlin	2,103	2,092	2,038	2,241	2,253	2,341	2,313	2,565	2,565	2,713
Blackstone	6,273	6,211	5,594	6,207	6,239	6,544	6,064	6,766	6,773	7,048
Bolton	3,519	3,505	3,392	3,887	3,879	4,077	3,986	4,305	4,312	4,295
Boylston	3,162	3,151	3,040	3,385	3,343	3,553	3,589	3,943	3,978	4,072
Brookfield	2,261	2,224	2,148	2,329	2,312	2,391	2,329	2,562	2,518	2,576
Charlton	9,514	9,630	8,707	9,564	9,597	9,785	9,687	10,375	9,919	10,192
Douglas	6,194	6,041	5,634	6,279	6,319	6,453	6,415	6,989	6,965	7,073
Dudley	7,145	6,986	6,569	7,317	7,368	7,408	7,228	7,983	8,041	8,360
East Brookfield	1,479	1,475	1,448	1,494	1,523	1,551	1,537	1,636	1,626	1,654
Grafton	12,364	12,112	11,517	13,046	13,010	13,147	12,790	14,017	13,701	14,141
Hardwick	1,736	1,744	1,688	1,814	1,806	1,804	1,765	1,916	1,903	1,947
Harvard	4,287	4,172	4,122	4,450	4,362	4,533	4,395	4,569	4,429	4,565
Holden	12,912	12,839	12,317	13,683	13,755	13,957	13,777	14,748	14,736	14,956
Hopedale	3,951	3,832	3,721	4,195	4,036	4,143	4,037	4,469	4,466	4,440
Hubbardston	3,179	3,211	3,131	3,383	3,293	3,359	3,299	3,512	3,440	3,404
Lancaster	4,807	4,783	4,606	5,108	5,112	5,218	5,087	5,425	5,406	5,233
Leicester	7,480	7,340	7,072	7,560	7,573	7,464	7,318	7,999	7,989	8,197
Lunenburg	7,345	7,188	6,972	7,810	7,868	8,065	7,799	8,571	8,625	8,966
Mendon	4,268	4,122	4,032	4,348	4,352	4,444	4,392	4,675	4,550	4,563
Milford	17,791	17,798	16,452	18,090	18,099	18,491	17,366	18,726	17,953	18,470
Millbury	9,122	8,678	8,495	9,318	9,362	9,538	9,468	10,337	10,081	10,322
Millville	2,038	2,071	1,986	2,191	2,209	2,238	2,152	2,333	2,308	2,374
New Braintree	721	739	732	754	758	760	751	785	786	818
Northborough	10,717	10,722	10,083	11,274	11,223	11,400	11,031	11,839	11,761	11,859
North Brookfield	3,290	3,313	3,212	3,493	3,494	3,480	3,394	3,643	3,569	3,770
Oakham	1,365	1,314	1,256	1,355	1,340	1,360	1,312	1,450	1,426	1,497
Oxford	8,932	8,750	8,297	9,258	9,308	9,315	9,083	9,888	9,970	9,886
Paxton	3,161	3,121	3,016	3,315	3,322	3,341	3,243	3,502	3,439	3,538
Petersham	961	914	886	961	954	960	947	1,009	1,005	1,042
Phillipston	1,177	1,188	1,137	1,211	1,194	1,236	1,205	1,310	1,294	1,326
Princeton	2,737	2,690	2,617	2,783	2,703	2,813	2,782	2,973	2,930	3,079
Royalston	877	891	856	912	918	905	911	1,002	997	1,040
Rutland	5,856	5,827	5,639	6,217	6,216	6,374	6,260	6,924	6,796	7,027
Shrewsbury	23,216	22,916	21,858	23,838	23,821	24,098	23,458	25,757	24,792	25,648
Southborough	7,071	7,131	6,804	7,339	7,350	7,439	7,205	7,709	7,638	7,465
Sterling	5,920	5,774	5,614	6,042	5,872	6,018	5,978	6,415	6,396	6,493
Sturbridge	6,631	6,558	6,336	7,158	7,118	7,323	7,007	7,457	6,968	7,218
Sutton	6,833	6,765	6,575	7,142	6,936	7,160	7,089	7,627	7,552	7,663
Templeton	5,174	4,938	4,657	5,220	5,160	5,255	5,214	5,766	5,642	5,827
Upton	5,142	5,091	4,911	5,661	5,680	5,677	5,570	6,133	6,109	6,255
Uxbridge	10,140	9,899	8,984	10,101	10,164	10,125	9,902	10,957	10,591	11,047
Warren	3,203	3,175	3,014	3,263	3,258	3,360	3,250	3,541	3,460	3,579
West Boylston	5,099	5,206	5,085	5,471	5,498	5,534	5,398	5,759	5,713	5,562
West Brookfield	2,524	2,435	2,358	2,627	2,635	2,694	2,635	2,849	2,865	2,987
Westminster	5,532	5,321	5,108	5,689	5,740	5,898	5,759	6,374	6,341	6,498
Winchendon	6,311	6,349	6,302	6,883	6,864	6,737	6,758	7,375	7,157	7,330
Leominster	26,277	25,963	24,461	27,345	27,285	28,256	27,092	29,848	29,417	29,112

Source: Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

INDICATORS	TREND
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation Establishments	1 Increasing
Average Charitable Contribution	0 Maintaining
Households With Internet Access	1 Increasing
Protected Land	10 Not Applicable*
Voter Participation Rate	-1 Decreasing
Voter Registration Rate	0 Maintaining
Arrest Rate by Race/Ethnicity	-1 Decreasing
Change in Total Population	1 Increasing
Change in Population by Race/Ethnicity	1 Increasing
Foreign-Born Population	1 Increasing
Language Diversity	1 Increasing
Population by Age	-1 Decreasing
Households by Type	0 Maintaining
Single-Parent Families by Race/Ethnicity	-1 Decreasing
Median Household Income	0 Maintaining
Household Income by Race/Ethnicity	0 Maintaining
80/20 Income Ratio	0 Maintaining
Income in Relation to Poverty Level	0 Maintaining
People Living in Poverty	0 Maintaining
People Living in Poverty, by Education Level	1 Increasing
People Living in Poverty, by Age	1 Increasing
People Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity	1 Increasing
Homeownership Rates, by Race/Ethnicity	1 Increasing
Overall Housing Cost Burden	-1 Decreasing
Cost of Rent, by Race/Ethnicity	10 Not Applicable*
Median Home Value by Race/Ethnicity	10 Not Applicable*
Homelessness	10 Not Applicable*
Households Receiving SNAP by Race/Ethnicity	1 Increasing
Household Receiving Temporary Assistance	0 Maintaining
Households Without Vehicles	0 Maintaining
Education Levels of Adults by Race/Ethnicity	1 Increasing
Change in Employment by Sector	10 Not Applicable*
Change in Average Salary by Sector	10 Not Applicable*
Female to Male Earnings Ratio	0 Maintaining
Unemployment Rate by Race/Ethnicity	-1 Decreasing
Employer Size	1 Increasing
Business Ownership, by Race/Ethnicity	10 Not Applicable*
Self-Employment Revenue	0 Maintaining
People Entering/Leaving County for Work	1 Increasing
Early Prenatal Care by Mother's Race/Ethnicity	1 Increasing
Preterm Births	10 Not Applicable*
Infant Mortality by Mother's Race/Ethnicity	10 Not Applicable*
Children with Elevated Blood Lead Levels	-1 Decreasing
Prevalence of Children with Asthma	1 Increasing
People with Disabilities	1 Increasing
People Without Health Insurance	-1 Decreasing
Cancer Incidence	0 Maintaining
Diabetes Incidence	-1 Decreasing
Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions	-1 Decreasing
Opioid Overdose Mortality Rate	1 Increasing
Children Living in Poverty	0 Maintaining
Children Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity	-1 Decreasing
Economically Disadvantaged Students	1 Increasing
Disengaged Youth	-1 Decreasing
Prekindergarten Participation	-1 Decreasing
Student Performance on Grade 3 English, by Student Subgroup	-1 Decreasing
Student Performance on Grade 8 Math, by Student Subgroup	-1 Decreasing
Student Performance on Grade 10 English, by Student Subgroup	-1 Decreasing
Student Performance on Grade 10 Math, by Student Subgroup	-1 Decreasing
High School Cohort Graduation Rate, by Student Group	1 Increasing
Arrest Rate by Race/Ethnicity	-1 Decreasing
Change in Population by Race/Ethnicity	1 Increasing
Single-Parent Families by Race/Ethnicity	-1 Decreasing
Household Income by Race/Ethnicity	0 Maintaining
People Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity	1 Increasing
Homeownership Rates, by Race/Ethnicity	1 Increasing
Cost of Rent, by Race/Ethnicity	10 Not Applicable*
Median Home Value by Race/Ethnicity	10 Not Applicable*
Households Receiving SNAP by Race/Ethnicity	1 Increasing
Education Levels of Adults by Race/Ethnicity	1 Increasing
Unemployment Rate by Race/Ethnicity	-1 Decreasing
Business Ownership, by Race/Ethnicity	10 Not Applicable*
Early Prenatal Care by Mother's Race/Ethnicity	1 Increasing
Infant Mortality by Mother's Race/Ethnicity	10 Not Applicable*
Children Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity	-1 Decreasing
Student Performance on Grade 3 English, by Student Subgroup	-1 Decreasing
Student Performance on Grade 8 Math, by Student Subgroup	-1 Decreasing
Student Performance on Grade 10 English, by Student Subgroup	-1 Decreasing
Student Performance on Grade 10 Math, by Student Subgroup	-1 Decreasing
High School Cohort Graduation Rate, by Student Group	1 Increasing

INDICATORS

TREND

Arts, Entertainment and Recreation Establishments

Increasing

Average Charitable Contribution

Maintaining

Households With Internet Access

Increasing

Protected Land

Not Applicable*

Voter Participation Rate

Decreasing