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County · Massachusetts
Worcester County
881,248Population
2.2 %Change since 2020
6,585Net migration
4.6 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 881,248 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 2.2 %
- Net migration
- 6,585 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.6 % (2025)
- State
- Massachusetts
- Population base, April 2020
- 862,104 (2020)
- Births
- 8,429 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.6
- Deaths
- 7,778 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.8
- Natural change, 2023
- 651
- International migration
- 7,868 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -1,283 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 7.5
- Postal code
- MA
- FIPS code
- 25027
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.6 % |
| 2024 | 4.0 % |
| 2023 | 3.6 % |
| 2022 | 3.8 % |
| 2021 | 5.4 % |
| 2020 | 9.1 % |
| 2019 | 3.3 % |
| 2018 | 3.6 % |
| 2017 | 4.0 % |
| 2016 | 4.2 % |
| 2015 | 5.1 % |
| 2014 | 6.1 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 881,248 |
| 2023 | 872,813 |
| 2022 | 865,735 |
| 2021 | 862,052 |
| 2020 | 857,092 |