Real IRS tax-return address changes, not a Census population estimate -- people who
actually filed from a different county the following year. Positive means more people
left than arrived; negative means the reverse. See the
reporting-vs-reality read of this same data
for how this compares against the Census's own population-change numbers.
2019→2020: 21,318 out, 21,793 in, net -475
2020→2021: 21,788 out, 21,677 in, net +111
2021→2022: 22,228 out, 21,665 in, net +563
2022→2023: 20,866 out, 20,160 in, net +706
Where Worcester County, MA's Leavers Went, 2022→2023
Each number below is people who moved specifically from Worcester County, MA to that one
county, in this one year -- not that county's own total gain from every source. Select it
in the picker above to see its own totals.
Middlesex County (MA)4,356
Norfolk County (MA)1,288
Suffolk County (MA)1,125
Hampden County (MA)905
Providence County (RI)839
Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region (CT)789
Essex County (MA)558
Hillsborough County (NH)547
Barnstable County (MA)501
Capitol Planning Region (CT)479
Where Worcester County, MA's Arrivals Came From, 2022→2023
Each number below is people who moved specifically from that one county to Worcester County, MA,
in this one year -- not that county's own total loss to everywhere else.
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