Worcester Business Journal
WBJ
October 25, 2021 Volume 32 • Number 20 $3.50
Central Massachusetts' Source for Business News
PHOTO/MATT WRIGHT
Doing
Business in
Central Mass.
14%
Worcester's population
growth rate from 2010
to 2020, making it the
fastest-growing major New
England city
2
Central Massachusetts
communities – East Brookfield
and Hopkinton – who had more
than 25% growth in population
in the last decade
1,298,149
The Central Massachusetts
population, according to the
2020 Decennial Census, which
showed the region grew 8%
in a decade and outpaced the
state and nation
13
Cities in the region with more
than 20,000 residents, as
Westborough and Hudson
joined this milestone club in
the last decade
9
Communities, mostly those
in rural western Worcester
County, who lost population
over the past decade
Hopkinton
town officials
Irfan Nasrullah
(left) and
Connor Degan
