Population

Population Projections

Currently, the Central Massachusetts Region is home to 572,655 people, 8.44% of the Massachusetts population with that number expected to reach 641,260 by the year 2040 it is important to know where those people will live and what types of services they may need. The University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute was able to use use the regional and town population projections to calculate age cohort estimates for each of the landmark years of Mobility2040.  Below are links to interactive charts that show the total populations projected for the years 2020, 2030 and 2040 and age cohort estimates for those years and excel sheets containing the data.

Projection Dashboards

Click on the links below to view the interactive CMRPC Projections dashboards.

• Regional and Subregional Projections Dashboard
• Town Population Projections Dashboard

Town Level Projections Data

Click on the links below to view town level projections tables.

Auburn	Barre	Berlin	Blackstone	Boylston	Brookfield	Charlton	Douglas
Dudley	East Brookfield	Grafton	Hardwick	Holden	Hopedale	Leicester	Mendon
Millbury	Millville	New Braintree	North Brookfield	Northborough	Northbridge	Oakham	Oxford
Paxton	Princeton	Rutland	Shrewsbury	Southbridge	Spencer	Sturbridge	Sutton
Upton	Uxbridge	Warren	Webster	West Boylston	West Brookfield	Westborough	Worcester

 

Methodology

Click on the link below to view the population projections methodology.

Population Projections