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Sherborn 3,989 4,200 4,119 4,401 4,372 Shirley 6,118 6,373 7,211 7,431 6,782 Shrewsbury 24,146 31,640 35,608 38,325 39,805 Southborough 6,628 8,781 9,767 10,450 10,409 Southbridge 17,816 17,214 16,719 17,740 17,619 Southwick 7,667 8,835 9,502 9,232 9,190 Spencer 11,645 11,691 11,688 11,992 11,911 Sterling 6,481 7,257 7,808 7,985 8,139 Stow 5,328 5,902 6,590 7,174 7,042 Sturbridge 7,775 7,837 9,268 9,867 9,882 Sudbury 14,358 16,841 17,659 18,934 18,965 Sutton 6,824 8,250 8,963 9,357 9,379 Templeton 6,438 6,799 8,013 8,149 8,183 Townsend 8,496 9,198 8,926 9,127 8,948 Upton 4,677 5,642 7,542 8,000 8,128 Uxbridge 10,415 11,156 13,457 14,162 14,386 Warren 4,437 4,776 5,135 4,975 4,968 Wayland 11,874 13,100 12,994 13,943 13,664 Webster 16,196 16,415 16,767 17,776 17,601 West Boylston 6,611 7,481 7,669 7,877 7,757 West Brookfield 3,532 3,804 3,701 3,833 3,817 Westborough 14,133 17,997 18,272 21,567 21,506 Westminster 6,191 6,907 7,277 8,213 8,330 Winchendon 8,805 9,611 10,300 10,364 10,385 Worcester 169,759 172,648 181,045 206,518 205,319 TOTAL 1,066,567 1,150,542 1,216,708 1,312,978 1,309,998 Source: U.S.Census Bureau, Decennial Census 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020 and American Community Survey 2022 wbjournal.com | October 28, 2024 | Worcester Business Journal 35 WBJ Acton 17,872 20,331 21,924 24,021 23,829 Ashburnham 5,433 5,546 6,081 6,315 6,372 Ashby 2,717 2,845 3,074 3,193 3,163 Ashland 12,066 14,674 16,593 18,832 18,466 Athol 11,451 11,299 11,584 11,945 11,897 Auburn 15,005 15,901 16,188 16,889 16,762 Ayer 6,871 7,287 7,427 8,479 8,424 Barre 4,546 5,113 5,398 5,530 5,533 Bellingham 14,877 15,314 16,332 16,945 17,407 Berlin 2,293 2,380 2,866 3,158 4,189 Blackstone 8,023 8,804 9,026 9,208 9,211 Bolton 3,134 4,148 4,897 5,665 5,728 Boxborough 3,343 4,868 4,996 5,506 5,412 Boylston 3,517 4,008 4,355 4,849 4,924 Brookfield 2,968 3,051 3,390 3,439 3,432 Charlton 9,576 11,263 12,981 13,315 13,360 Clinton 13,222 13,435 13,606 15,428 15,484 Douglas 5,438 7,045 8,471 8,983 9,153 Dudley 9,540 10,036 11,390 11,921 11,850 East Brookfield 2,033 2,097 2,183 2,224 2,204 Fitchburg 41,194 39,102 40,318 41,946 41,502 Framingham 64,989 66,910 68,318 72,362 70,963 Franklin 22,095 29,560 31,635 33,261 33,656 Gardner 20,125 20,770 20,228 21,287 20,902 Grafton 13,035 14,894 17,765 19,664 19,815 Groton 7,511 9,547 10,646 11,315 11,162 Hardwick 2,385 2,622 2,990 2,667 2,658 Harvard 12,329 5,981 6,520 6,851 6,870 Holden 14,628 15,621 17,346 19,905 19,880 Holliston 12,926 13,801 13,547 14,996 14,856 Hopedale 5,666 5,907 5,911 6,017 6,008 Hopkinton 9,191 13,346 14,925 18,758 19,249 Hubbardston 2,797 3,909 4,382 4,328 4,335 Hudson 17,233 18,113 19,063 20,092 19,744 Lancaster 6,661 7,380 8,055 8,441 8,394 Leicester 10,191 10,471 10,970 11,087 11,033 Leominster 38,145 41,303 40,759 43,782 43,646 Littleton 7,051 8,184 8,924 10,141 10,139 Lunenburg 9,117 9,401 10,086 11,782 11,835 Marlborough 31,813 36,255 38,499 41,793 40,971 Maynard 10,325 10,433 10,106 10,746 10,546 Medway 9,931 12,448 12,752 13,115 13,393 Mendon 4,010 5,286 5,839 6,228 6,286 Milford 25,355 26,799 27,999 30,379 30,196 Millbury 12,228 12,784 13,261 13,831 13,936 Millis 7,613 7,902 7,891 8,460 8,836 Millville 2,236 2,724 3,190 3,174 3,147 Natick 30,510 32,170 33,006 37,006 36,272 New Braintree 881 927 999 996 990 North Brookfield 4,708 4,683 4,680 4,735 4,728 Northborough 11,929 14,013 14,155 15,741 15,663 Northbridge 13,371 13,182 15,707 16,335 16,337 Oakham 1,503 1,673 1,902 1,851 1,866 Oxford 12,588 13,352 13,709 13,347 13,287 Paxton 4,047 4,386 4,806 5,004 5,024 Pepperell 10,098 11,142 11,497 11,604 11,620 Petersham 1,131 1,180 1,234 1,194 1,183 Phillipston 1,485 1,621 1,682 1,726 1,720 Princeton 3,189 3,353 3,413 3,495 3,504 Royalston 1,147 1,254 1,258 1,250 1,261 Rutland 4,936 6,353 7,973 9,049 9,298 Town 1990 2000 2010 2020 2022 Central Massachuses population grew 22.8% from 1990 to 2022 Town 1990 2000 2010 2020 2022