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1876–2024
Worcester, MA·Massachusetts

Worcester, MA has voted Democratic in nine straight presidential elections — D+10 in 2024.

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

1876 — 2024·38 elections
MA
LatestD+10in 2024
TypologyDiversifying Metrocluster typology
Population867,7882024 ACS

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

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+10MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Diversifying MetroAkashic 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 presidential election
Worcester, MA
HarrisD+10
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic53.6%225,680
Donald TrumpRepublican43.7%183,802
OtherAll other candidates2.7%11,359
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: +10.0% in 2024.flipped D · 1992+10.0%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−12.8%
1896−51.0%
1900−29.6%
1904−32.0%
1908−31.7%
1912−12.2%
1916−8.1%
1920−39.3%
1924−43.8%
1928−4.8%
1932−0.5%
1936+13.7%
1940+13.7%
1944+11.3%
1948+11.1%
1952−6.2%
1956−20.4%
1960+21.1%
1964+54.5%
1968+30.2%
1972+6.1%
1976+23.5%
1980−1.0%
1984−13.2%
1988−2.3%
1992+11.4%
1996+28.4%
2000+19.2%
2004+14.1%
2008+13.8%
2012+9.4%
2016+10.4%
2020+17.7%
2024+10.0%
DemocraticRepublican
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

2024 ACS
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.
2024 ACS
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.
2024 ACS
Median household income
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.
2024 ACS
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.
2024 ACS
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.
2020 religion census
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.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of fifty-four points in 1964 and a Republican high of fifty-one points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved eight points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was ten points.

A population of 867,788, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $95,939 describe the metro.

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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 typology?
Akashic places Worcester, MA, Massachusetts in the "Diversifying Metro" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. 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 typology — "Diversifying Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.