Worcester Business Journal

8 Worcester Business Journal | October 30, 2023 | wbjournal.com F A C T B O O K Central Mass. population, by community April 2020 2020 2021 2022 Community estimates base (As of July 1) (As of July 1) (As of July 1) Acton 24,016 23,938 23,848 23,829 Ashburnham 6,313 6,310 6,357 6,372 Ashby 3,189 3,180 3,170 3,163 Ashland 18,829 18,815 18,579 18,466 Athol 11,942 11,927 11,924 11,897 Auburn 16,891 16,863 16,836 16,762 Ayer 8,480 8,471 8,401 8,424 Barre 5,528 5,521 5,538 5,533 Bellingham 16,947 16,945 16,917 17,407 Berlin 3,159 3,276 3,678 4,189 Blackstone 9,204 9,183 9,208 9,211 Bolton 5,662 5,669 5,691 5,728 Boxborough 5,508 5,490 5,431 5,412 Boylston 4,851 4,852 4,891 4,924 Brookfield 3,442 3,437 3,438 3,432 Charlton 13,317 13,305 13,335 13,360 Clinton 15,430 15,406 15,425 15,484 Douglas 8,983 8,993 9,070 9,153 Dudley 11,919 11,902 11,902 11,850 East Brookfield 2,226 2,221 2,215 2,204 Fitchburg 41,945 41,659 41,592 41,502 Framingham 72,381 72,136 71,289 70,963 Franklin 33,272 32,341 33,136 33,656 Gardner 21,285 21,219 20,995 20,902 Grafton 19,662 19,641 19,804 19,815 Groton 11,321 11,276 11,177 11,162 Hardwick 2,664 2,660 2,666 2,658 Harvard 6,839 6,835 6,845 6,870 Holden 19,916 19,895 19,927 19,880 Holliston 15,001 14,973 14,856 14,856 Hopedale 6,013 6,005 6,015 6,008 Hopkinton 18,763 18,773 18,967 19,249 Hubbardston 4,322 4,315 4,322 4,335 Hudson 20,082 20,018 19,814 19,744 Lancaster 8,441 8,423 8,308 8,394 Leicester 11,086 11,062 11,069 11,033 Leominster 43,793 43,744 43,668 43,646 Littleton 10,134 10,123 10,085 10,139 Lunenburg 11,778 11,788 11,847 11,835 Marlborough 41,799 41,654 41,142 40,971 Maynard 10,746 10,718 10,587 10,546 Medway 13,112 13,085 13,137 13,393 Mendon 6,227 6,224 6,266 6,286 Milford 30,382 30,329 30,308 30,196 Millbury 13,827 13,824 13,891 13,936 Millis 8,461 8,503 8,675 8,836 Millville 3,175 3,165 3,160 3,147 Natick 37,013 36,891 36,416 36,272 New Braintree 994 992 993 990 North Brookfield 4,734 4,746 4,755 4,728 Northborough 15,740 15,710 15,691 15,663 Northbridge 16,336 16,313 16,293 16,337 Oakham 1,855 1,853 1,855 1,866 Oxford 13,350 13,325 13,326 13,287 Paxton 5,010 5,003 5,033 5,024 Pepperell 11,601 11,586 11,590 11,620 Petersham 1,195 1,192 1,190 1,183 Phillipston 1,727 1,723 1,725 1,720 Princeton 3,495 3,492 3,506 3,504 Royalston 1,253 1,252 1,260 1,261 Rutland 9,054 9,068 9,192 9,298 Sherborn 4,402 4,408 4,389 4,372 Shirley 7,438 7,225 6,822 6,782 Shrewsbury 38,321 38,449 39,088 39,805 Southborough 10,451 10,441 10,446 10,409 Southbridge 17,746 17,711 17,689 17,619 Southwick 9,234 9,216 9,210 9,190 Spencer 11,985 11,960 11,960 11,911 Sterling 7,985 7,977 8,167 8,139 Stow 7,177 7,151 7,066 7,042 Sturbridge 9,864 9,846 9,872 9,882 Sudbury 18,932 18,872 19,061 18,965 Sutton 9,358 9,350 9,386 9,379 Templeton 8,143 8,137 8,166 8,183 Townsend 9,127 9,099 8,990 8,948 Upton 8,000 8,001 8,072 8,128 Uxbridge 14,164 14,191 14,292 14,386 Warren 4,973 4,964 4,967 4,968 Wayland 13,944 13,893 13,741 13,664 Webster 17,773 17,732 17,656 17,601 West Boylston 7,875 7,635 7,695 7,757 West Brookfield 3,834 3,826 3,819 3,817 Westborough 21,570 21,534 21,512 21,506 Westminster 8,212 8,228 8,299 8,330 Winchendon 10,361 10,341 10,376 10,385 Worcester 206,519 205,063 205,660 205,319 Massachusetts 7,029,949 6,995,729 6,989,690 6,981,974 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division Release Date: May 2023 April 2020 2020 2021 2022 Community estimates base (As of July 1) (As of July 1) (As of July 1)

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