Worcester County, Massachusetts Demographics

Worcester County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Size in square miles

Worcester County is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Current population (2012)

Worcester County is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Households

Worcester County is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Housing units

Worcester County is 3rd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in People per household

Worcester County is 3rd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Worcester County is 3rd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Retail sales

Worcester County is 4th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Worcester County is 4th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Worcester County is 4th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Size Demographics
	Worcester County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Current population (2012)	806,163	2nd	6,646,144	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,510.8	1st	7,800.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	528.6	9th	839.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	Worcester County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	4th	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.7%	3rd	21.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.4%	12th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Worcester County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.7%	10th	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	33.3%	9th	38.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Worcester County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Race - White	88.4%	8th	83.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	5.0%	8th	7.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	11th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	4.3%	5th	5.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	7th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.9%	9th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	5th	10.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	80.3%	8th	75.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Worcester County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Female residents	50.7%	12th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	10.9%	7th	14.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Worcester County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Housing units	328,586	2nd	2,818,940	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	36.8%	7th	41.8%	25.9%
Households	299,089	2nd	2,522,409	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	67.2%	8th	63.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$274,900	10th	$343,500	$186,200
People per household	2.6	3rd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,125	4th	11,111	829,658

Income Demographics
	Worcester County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Income per capita	$31,470	9th	$35,051	$27,915
Income per household	$65,772	7th	$65,981	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.9%	9th	10.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Worcester County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Non-farm private establishments	17,421	5th	169,146	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	270,224	4th	2,960,712	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	64,114	4th	596,790	27,092,908
Retail sales	$10,057,154	3rd	$88,082,966	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,634	10th	$13,553	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,150,731	5th	$14,917,210	$613,795,732