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14 Worcester Business Journal | October 31, 2022 | wbjournal.com F A C T B O O K E C O N O M I C D E V E L O P M E N T Central Mass. population change 2020 decennial 2021 population Community census estimate % change Acton 23,973 23,846 -0.53% Ashburnham 6,311 6,341 0.48% Ashby 3,189 3,170 -0.60% Ashland 18,838 18,560 -1.48% Athol 11,929 11,905 -0.20% Auburn 16,862 16,830 -0.19% Ayer 8,473 8,400 -0.86% Barre 5,523 5,526 0.05% Bellingham 16,979 16,905 -0.44% Berlin 3,279 3,674 12.05% Blackstone 9,176 9,177 0.01% Bolton 5,669 5,676 0.12% Boxborough 5,500 5,425 -1.36% Boylston 4,854 4,882 0.58% Brookfield 3,437 3,432 -0.15% Charlton 13,304 13,317 0.10% Clinton 15,404 15,381 -0.15% Douglas 8,996 9,049 0.59% Dudley 11,911 11,884 -0.23% East Brookfield 2,221 2,209 -0.54% Fitchburg 41,872 41,732 -0.33% Framingham 72,162 71,265 -1.24% Franklin 33,227 33,036 -0.57% Gardner 21,252 21,191 -0.29% Grafton 19,643 19,756 0.58% Groton 11,274 11,147 -1.13% Hardwick 2,661 2,660 -0.04% Harvard 6,851 6,844 -0.10% Holden 19,893 19,898 0.03% Holliston 14,998 14,840 -1.05% Hopedale 6,004 5,998 -0.10% Hopkinton 18,798 18,943 0.77% Hubbardston 4,316 4,312 -0.09% Hudson 20,053 19,790 -1.31% Lancaster 8,447 8,455 0.09% Leicester 11,065 11,048 -0.15% Leominster 43,744 43,613 -0.30% Littleton 10,136 10,121 -0.15% Lunenburg 11,786 11,816 0.25% Marlborough 41,700 41,110 -1.41% Maynard 10,736 10,574 -1.51% Medway 13,106 13,131 0.19% Mendon 6,225 6,251 0.42% Milford 30,339 30,277 -0.20% Millbury 13,827 13,884 0.41% Millis 8,519 8,668 1.75% Millville 3,165 3,151 -0.44% Natick 36,941 36,426 -1.39% New Braintree 992 990 -0.20% North Brookfield 4,745 4,743 -0.04% Northborough 15,710 15,667 -0.27% Northbridge 16,317 16,298 -0.12% Oakham 1,849 1,846 -0.16% Oxford 13,321 13,287 -0.26% Paxton 5,007 5,028 0.42% Pepperell 11,609 11,577 -0.28% Petersham 1,193 1,188 -0.42% Phillipston 1,723 1,720 -0.17% Princeton 3,494 3,499 0.14% Royalston 1,252 1,256 0.32% Rutland 9,067 9,169 1.12% Sherborn 4,417 4,390 -0.61% Shirley 7,365 7,279 -1.17% Shrewsbury 38,450 38,999 1.43% Southborough 10,444 10,421 -0.22% Southbridge 17,711 17,657 -0.30% Spencer 11,960 11,928 -0.27% Sterling 7,976 8,152 2.21% Stow 7,164 7,059 -1.47% Sturbridge 9,847 9,846 -0.01% Sudbury 18,897 19,059 0.86% Sutton 9,349 9,361 0.13% Templeton 8,139 8,160 0.26% Townsend 9,118 8,983 -1.48% Upton 8,002 8,050 0.60% Uxbridge 14,191 14,270 0.56% Warren 4,965 4,955 -0.20% Wayland 13,915 13,724 -1.37% Webster 17,735 17,651 -0.47% West Boylston 7,876 7,855 -0.27% West Brookfield 3,828 3,820 -0.21% Westborough 21,539 21,499 -0.19% Westminster 8,227 8,275 0.58% Winchendon 10,344 10,352 0.08% Worcester 206,242 205,918 -0.16% Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2020 decennial 2021 population Community census estimate % change