Massachusetts · Census place 2582000
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester is a city in Worcester County, Massachusetts with an estimated 211,286 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 2nd largest of 58 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 211,286
- #2 of 58 in Massachusetts
- Change since 2020
- +4.4%
- +8,811 people
- Land area
- 37.4 sq mi
- + 1.08 sq mi water
- Density
- 5,655 / sq mi
- State median 2,852
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Worcester population, 2020 to 2024
Worcester added 8,811 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.4%. In the latest year it moved by +2,075. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 10th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Worcester is 4.8 times that size.
Worcester covers 37.36 square miles of land and 1.08 of water, for 5,655 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Worcester is denser than the typical town.
What county Worcester is in
All of Worcester's residents live in Worcester County, which had 881,248 residents in 2024. Worcester holds 24.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Worcester
9 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Worcester by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 01602, 01603, 01604, 01605, 01606, 01607, 01608, 01609, 01610. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Worcester is
The Census internal point of Worcester is at 42.269500, -71.807800. Boston, the capital, is 38.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Boston, MA (673,458 people), 40.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lowell, MA, 35.6 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 152 m (499 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.269500, -71.807800
- DMS
- 42°16'10.20"N 71°48'28.08"W
- UTM
- 19N 268439.5E 4683517.2N
- Geohash
- drsbmyzjs
- Plus code
- 87JC759R+RV
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Daylight in Worcester
At 42.27° N, Worcester gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Worcester daylight page.
Places near Worcester
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Marlborough, 14.4 miles away, with 42,169 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Worcester, MA?
211,286 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 8,811 (4.4%) from 202,475 in July 2020.
What county is Worcester in?
Worcester County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Worcester?
9 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 01602, 01603, 01604, 01605, 01606, 01607, 01608, 01609, 01610.
How far is Worcester from Boston?
38.5 miles (61.9 km) in a straight line, heading E from Worcester.
What is the nearest larger city to Worcester?
Boston, MA, with 673,458 residents, 40.6 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.