Worcester County, Massachusetts

• White (non-Hispanic) 610,037 70.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 118,968 13.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 41,254 4.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 46,129 5.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 41,065 4.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 600 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 180 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 9,555 1.1%

• Under 18 178,921 20.6%
• 18–24 79,818 9.2%
• 25–44 226,137 26.1%
• 45–64 235,222 27.1%
• 65 and over 147,690 17.0%

Median household income

$96,005

90% interval $92,912–$99,098

−$8,564 vs MA · 7th of 14

Below poverty line

9.6%

90% interval 8.6%–10.6%

−0.2 pp vs MA · 7th of 14

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

+0.04 pp vs. state

County GDP

$60.9B

7.83% of state

Avg. annual pay

$74,037

Establishments

28,551

• Education & health services 120,420 33.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 66,928 18.8%
• Professional & business services 39,367 11.0%
• Manufacturing 34,257 9.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 31,561 8.9%
• Construction 18,037 5.1%
• Financial activities 14,349 4.0%
• Public administration 13,956 3.9%
• Other services 10,192 2.9%
• Information 3,436 1.0%
• Natural resources & mining 1,906 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 99.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

65.8%

+3.3 pp vs MA · 9th of 14

Median gross rent

$1,426

−$336 vs MA · 8th of 14

Owner-occupied

220,916

Renter-occupied

114,910

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $118,983/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $30,359/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 225,680 53.9%
• Republican 183,802 43.9%
• Other / third-party 9,266 2.2%

• Spanish 78,315 9.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 8,082 1.0%
• Chinese 6,794 0.8%
• Arabic 6,563 0.8%
• Vietnamese 6,325 0.8%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 6,248 0.8%
• German or other West Germanic 2,400 0.3%
• Korean 1,141 0.1%
• Tagalog 699 0.1%

Households

335,826

Family households

220,104

65.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

62,534

28.4% of families

Single-mother families

21,236

9.6% of families

Veterans

34,457

5% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 278,698 32.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 39,282 4.6%
• Mainline Protestant 29,886 3.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 27,569 3.2%
• Orthodox 9,689 1.1%
• Black Protestant 1,172 0.1%

Health insured

97.5%

±0.2 pp

Uninsured

2.5%

±0.2 pp

8th of 14

With a disability

13.4%

±0.3 pp

6th of 14

Bachelor's or higher

39.7%

±0.6 pp

−7.6 pp vs MA · 12th of 14

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

3.2%

90% interval 2.9%–3.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Worcester County Superior Court

Judges

9 (Superior Court Justice base assignments per county (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 mass.gov/orgs/superior-court. Under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, Justices may be reassigned across counties by the Chief Justice of the Superior Court Department; counts here reflect typical base allocations rather than a permanently-fixed roster. Other Trial Court departments (District Court, Boston Municipal Court, Probate and Family Court, Juvenile Court, Land Court, Housing Court) handle limited-jurisdiction matters and are not counted here.)

Court seats

Worcester

Traffic fatalities

49

7.11 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

46