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Worcester and Hampden District·Massachusetts

Worcester and Hampden District delivered D+10 in 2024 — Democratic for the long memory.

A blue-state district where Trump outran the statewide margin by double digits

2008 — 2024·5 elections
MA
Latest
D+10
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
181,709
2024 ACS

Worcester and Hampden District, Massachusetts: Democratic loyalist district. In 2024, voted D+10%. Democratic peak: D+18 in 2020.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+10MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population
181,7092024 5-year
Median household income
$93,7322024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
71.9%2024 5-year
Black
5.5%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
14.9%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+18 in 2020MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 2 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.
5 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+9.9%
46,92438,29287,564
D
+17.8%
51,85535,80090,031
D
+10.9%
41,85432,82782,873
D
+10.7%
41,61233,43176,367
D
+14.8%
42,80031,50576,268

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
16.7%
Italian
11.2%
English
9.2%
French
8.0%
Polish
5.0%
German
4.9%
American
4.5%
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%
7.0%
55–64
7.1%
6.3%
45–54
6.5%
6.5%
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
$93,732
Worcester and Hampden District ranks near the middle of US counties.
Worcester and Hampden District$93,732
Massachusetts$103,960
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.1%
Working age (18–64)10.1%
Seniors (65+)12.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
77.4%
speak English only
Spanish10.2%
Other Indo-European7.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.8%
Other languages2.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
33.1%
Other Christian
4.3%
Mainline Protestant
2.5%
Non-Christian
2.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Methodist
0.7%
Baptist
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Spanning working-class cities like Worcester's outer wards and Hampden County's post-industrial towns, this district has trended toward Republican presidential candidates faster than most of Massachusetts, making it an outlier worth watching in statewide wave elections.

The Democratic margin in Worcester and Hampden District reached its widest at eighteen points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was ten points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $93,732, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 181,709 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

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Worcester and Hampden District, Massachusetts — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/sld-upper/25D07/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Worcester and Hampden District, Massachusetts vote in 2024?
In 2024, Worcester and Hampden District, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 9.9 points (D+10), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 87,564 votes cast, 46,924 went Democratic and 38,292 went Republican.
What is Worcester and Hampden District, Massachusetts's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Worcester and Hampden District, Massachusetts as a "Democratic loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 5 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 0 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in Worcester and Hampden District, Massachusetts?
Worcester and Hampden District, Massachusetts has a population of 181,709 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Worcester and Hampden District, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Worcester and Hampden District, Massachusetts is $93,732 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Worcester and Hampden District, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Worcester and Hampden District, Massachusetts from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.