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1876–2024
Worcester, MA·Massachusetts

Worcester, MA has voted Democratic in nine straight presidential cycles.

Central Massachusetts's swing-county anchor with a college-dense core

1876 — 2024·38 elections
MA
Latest
D+10
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
867,788
2024 ACS

Worcester, MA, Massachusetts: Democratic loyalist metro. In 2024, voted D+10%. Democratic peak: D+54 in 1964.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+10MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population
867,7882024 5-year
Median household income
$95,9392024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
72.7%2024 5-year
Black
5.2%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
13.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+54 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+51 in 1896MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 1 D · 0 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+10.0%
225,680183,802420,841
D
+17.7%
248,773171,683434,921
D
+10.4%
198,778157,682396,096
D
+9.4%
198,244163,390369,112
D
+13.8%
202,107152,101363,594
D
+14.1%
192,142144,094340,636
D
+19.2%
173,769114,139310,148
D
+28.4%
169,89287,021291,617
D
+11.4%
138,122101,984315,782
R
−2.3%
141,485148,365293,256
R
−13.2%
119,498156,060276,440
R
−1.0%
117,326120,100278,561
D
+23.5%
172,320105,217285,245
D
+6.1%
144,139127,560273,127
D
+30.2%
168,43788,354265,179
D
+54.5%
209,38361,388271,631
D
+21.1%
173,103112,730286,333
R
−20.4%
107,889163,401271,870
R
−6.2%
128,898146,094275,637
D
+11.1%
133,823106,757244,757
D
+11.3%
123,44098,414222,258
D
+13.7%
132,541100,468234,108
D
+13.7%
114,13685,316210,764
R
−0.5%
87,58688,535180,402
R
−4.8%
85,67594,290181,010
R
−43.8%
31,17189,679133,576
R
−39.3%
34,66781,241118,372
R
−8.1%
27,54032,54161,680
R
−12.2%
17,56524,71958,776
R
−31.7%
16,80334,39455,425
R
−32.0%
17,03734,12453,461
R
−29.6%
17,14832,41251,582
R
−51.0%
10,85535,57948,493
R
−12.8%
20,79727,13049,471
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
17.1%
Italian
11.5%
English
9.5%
French
8.0%
German
5.0%
Polish
4.7%
American
4.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.3%
2.2%
75–84
2.7%
5.0%
65–74
5.3%
7.1%
55–64
7.1%
6.4%
45–54
6.5%
6.6%
35–44
6.5%
6.6%
25–34
6.4%
4.7%
18–24
4.5%
7.9%
5–17
7.5%
2.7%
<5
2.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$95,939
Worcester, MA ranks near the middle of US counties.
Worcester, MA$95,939
Massachusetts$103,960
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.1%
Working age (18–64)9.7%
Seniors (65+)12.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
77.7%
speak English only
Spanish9.5%
Other Indo-European7.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.9%
Other languages2.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
33.2%
Other Christian
4.2%
Mainline Protestant
2.5%
Non-Christian
2.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.2%
Methodist
0.7%
Baptist
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

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.

The Democratic margin in Worcester, MA reached its widest at fifty-four points in 1964. The margin in 2024 was ten points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $95,939, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 867,788 together describe a metro whose political habits are deeply settled.

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Worcester, MA, Massachusetts — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/49340/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Worcester, MA, Massachusetts vote in 2024?
In 2024, Worcester, MA, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 10.0 points (D+10), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 420,841 votes cast, 225,680 went Democratic and 183,802 went Republican.
What is Worcester, MA, Massachusetts's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Worcester, MA, Massachusetts as a "Democratic loyalist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 18 times, Republican 16 times, and other 0 times.
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 38 presidential elections in Worcester, MA, Massachusetts from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.