Editing Worcester, Massachusetts (section)

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|type= USA
|1790|2095
|1800|2411
|1810|2577
|1820|2962
|1830|4173
|1840|7497
|1850|17049
|1860|24960
|1870|41105
|1880|58291
|1890|84655
|1900|118421
|1910|145986
|1920|179754
|1930|195311
|1940|193694
|1950|203486
|1960|186587
|1970|176572
|1980|161799
|1990|169759
|2000|172648
|2010|181045
|2020|206518
|2024|211286
|footnote=source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing (1790–2000)|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=March 9, 2012|archive-date=April 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426102944/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] | access-date=December 13, 2024 | url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Worcester, Massachusetts – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Worcester city, Massachusetts|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?g=160XX00US2582000|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Worcester city, Massachusetts|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2582000&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Worcester city, Massachusetts|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2582000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|122,211
|107,814
|style='background: #ffffe6; |101,039
|70.79%
|59.55%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |48.93%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|10,762
|18,501
|style='background: #ffffe6; |28,378
|6.23%
|10.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13.74%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|550
|427
|style='background: #ffffe6; |336
|0.32%
|0.24%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.16%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|8,336
|10,927
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14,562
|4.83%
|6.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.05%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|48
|52
|style='background: #ffffe6; |48
|0.03%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|824
|1,289
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,642
|0.48%
|0.71%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.28%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|3,762
|4,217
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8,777
|2.18%
|2.33%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.25%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|26,155
|37,818
|style='background: #ffffe6; |50,736
|15.15%
|20.89%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |24.57%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''172,648'''
|'''181,045'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''206,518'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}
[[File:Vietnamese community of Worcester, Massachusetts.jpg|thumb|right|Vietnamese community float in the Worcester Saint Patrick's Day Parade]]
According to the 2020 U.S. Census, Worcester had a population of 206,518, of which 104,911 (50.8%) were female and 101,607 (49.2%) were male. In terms of age, 81.0% were over 18 years old and 13.6% were over 65 years old; children under 5 made up 5.2% of the city's population.<ref name=":3" />

In terms of race and ethnicity, Worcester's population as of 2020 was 67.7% [[White American|White]] (including Hispanics), 13.0% Black or [[African American]], 0.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 7.2% Asian, &lt;0.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 5.2% from Some Other Race, and 6.4% from Two or More Races.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanics]] and Latinos of any race made up 24.6% of the population<ref name=2020CensusP2/> (of whom nearly half were Puerto Rican).<ref>[https://archive.today/20190521214830/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table American FactFinder] . Factfinder2.census.gov. Retrieved on August 2, 2013.</ref> [[Non-Hispanic Whites]] were 48.93% of the population in 2020,<ref name=2020CensusP2/> down from 96.8% in 1970.<ref>{{cite web|title=Massachusetts – Race and Hispanic Origin for Selected Cities and Other Places: Earliest Census to 1990 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812191959/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |archive-date=August 12, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010, 19.7% of Worcester's population are below the [[Poverty thresholds (United States Census Bureau)|poverty threshold]].<ref name=":3">{{cite web |title=Worcester (city), Massachusetts |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/25/2582000.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505125105/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/25/2582000.html |archive-date=May 5, 2012 |access-date=22 March 2022 |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

Worcester is known for its diversity and large immigrant population, with significant communities of [[Vietnamese Americans|Vietnamese]], [[Brazilian Americans|Brazilians]], [[Albanian Americans|Albanians]], [[Stateside Puerto Ricans|Puerto Ricans]], [[Ghanaian Americans|Ghanaians]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.masslive.com/news/worcester/2017/03/worcesters_ghanaian_community.html#:~:text=By%20the%201990s%2C%20large%20swaths,over%2020%2C000%20strong%20in%20Worcester.|title=Worcester's Ghanaian community celebrates 60 years of independence |work=Masslive.com |last=Murtishi |first=Alban |date=March 6, 2017 |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref> [[Dominican Americans|Dominicans]], along with [[Chinese Americans|Chinese]] and [[Indian Americans|Indian]] Americans.<ref name=":1" /> 22% of Worcester's population in 2018 was born outside the United States.<ref name=":2" />

===Income===
{{See also|List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income}}
Data is from the 2015–2019 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.<ref>{{cite web|title=SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS 2015–2019 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=ACSDP1Y2019.DP03&tid=ACSDP5Y2019.DP03&hidePreview=true|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503174231/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=ACSDP1Y2019.DP03&tid=ACSDP5Y2019.DP03&hidePreview=true|archive-date=May 3, 2021|access-date=May 3, 2021|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2015–2019 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=ACSDP1Y2019.DP05&tid=ACSDP5Y2019.DP05&hidePreview=true|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504124801/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=ACSDP1Y2019.DP05&tid=ACSDP5Y2019.DP05&hidePreview=true|archive-date=May 4, 2021|access-date=May 3, 2021|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES 2015–2019 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=ACSST1Y2019.S1101&tid=ACSST5Y2019.S1101&hidePreview=true|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504125153/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=ACSST1Y2019.S1101&tid=ACSST5Y2019.S1101&hidePreview=true|archive-date=May 4, 2021|access-date=May 3, 2021|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- valign=bottom
! Rank
! ZIP Code (ZCTA)
! Per capita<br />income
! Median<br />household<br />income
! Median<br />family<br />income
! Population
! Number of<br />households
|-
|
| ''[[Massachusetts]]''
| $43,761
| $81,215
| $103,126
| 6,850,553
| 2,617,497
|-
|
| ''[[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester County]]''
| $37,574
| $74,679
| $96,393
| 824,772
| 309,951
|-
| 1
| 01602
| $36,792
| $64,942
| $87,092
| 22,900
| 9,498
|-
| 2
| 01606
| $35,354
| $65,708
| $82,592
| 19,896
| 8,159
|-
|
| ''United States''
| $34,103
| $62,843
| $77,263
| 324,697,795
| 120,756,048
|-
| 3
| 01609
| $31,337
| $45,992
| $84,844
| 21,628
| 7,859
|-
| 4
| 01604
| $29,183
| $55,665
| $66,482
| 38,191
| 14,825
|-
|
| ''Worcester''
| $27,884
| $48,139
| $63,893
| 185,143
| 71,595
|-
| 5
| 01607
| $25,319
| $39,928
| $66,875
| 8,167
| 3,702
|-
| 6
| 01603
| $24,415
| $42,904
| $56,630
| 19,731
| 7,327
|-
| 7
| 01605
| $23,003
| $40,390
| $46,641
| 28,533
| 10,673
|-
| 8
| 01610
| $18,452
| $33,695
| $39,928
| 22,023
| 7,729
|-
| 9
| 01608
| $17,598
| $31,384
| $30,077
| 4,471
| 1,916
|-
|}