wbjournal.com | October 25, 2021 | Worcester Business Journal 33
M A N U F A C T U R I N G F A C T B O O K
Manufacturing employment growth,
year-over-year
Worcester County National
employment employment
Year growth growth
Note: Manufacturing figures are for private manufacturing
only
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census
of Employment and Wages
Worcester County National
employment employment
Year growth growth
2016 0.91% 0.04%
2017 0.63% 0.90%
2018 1.24% 1.94%
2019 0.01% 1.02%
2020 -5.42% -5.42%
2009 -11.08% -11.75%
2010 -1.82% -2.73%
2011 -1.56% 1.86%
2012 -2.89% 1.74%
2013 0.45% 0.76%
2014 1.63% 1.35%
2015 1.10% 1.11%
Central Mass. cannabis
businesses, by town
The following communities have established cannabis businesses, which have received
final licenses to operate by the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission.
Licensed
Community cannabis businesses
Worcester 18
Fitchburg 13
Uxbridge 9
Framingham 7
Holliston 7
Clinton 5
Milford 5
Athol 4
Hudson 4
Southbridge 4
Ayer 3
Barre 3
Franklin 3
Leicester 3
Marlborough 3
Webster 3
Bellingham 2
Blackstone 2
Douglas 2
Gardner 2
Licensed
Community cannabis businesses
Hopedale 2
Hubbardston 2
Maynard 2
Medway 2
North Brookfield 2
Oxford 2
Shrewsbury 2
Sturbridge 2
West Boylston 2
Ashby 1
Charlton 1
Grafton 1
Hopkinton 1
Millbury 1
Millis 1
Millville 1
Natick 1
Northbridge 1
Upton 1
Winchendon 1
Notes: Businesses include retailers, cultivators, testing laboratories, product manufacturers, microbusinesses, and
transporters. Businesses with multiple licenses are counted multiple times, based on their number of licenses.
Source: Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission
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