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Cities and Towns in: Massachusetts
Time Frame: September 2009
Not Seasonally Adjusted Data
| Area | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Area Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 3,444,000 | 3,136,100 | 307,900 | 8.9 |
| City or Town | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abington | 9,310 | 8,375 | 935 | 10.0 |
| Acton | 11,658 | 10,864 | 794 | 6.8 |
| Acushnet | 5,841 | 5,216 | 625 | 10.7 |
| Adams | 4,487 | 3,993 | 494 | 11.0 |
| Agawam | 15,722 | 14,360 | 1,362 | 8.7 |
| Alford | 223 | 215 | 8 | 3.6 |
| Amesbury | 8,531 | 7,742 | 789 | 9.2 |
| Amherst | 18,661 | 17,579 | 1,082 | 5.8 |
| Andover | 16,908 | 15,533 | 1,375 | 8.1 |
| Aquinnah | 268 | 263 | 5 | 1.9 |
| Arlington | 24,232 | 22,440 | 1,792 | 7.4 |
| Ashburnham | 3,100 | 2,776 | 324 | 10.5 |
| Ashby | 1,573 | 1,414 | 159 | 10.1 |
| Ashfield | 1,085 | 1,018 | 67 | 6.2 |
| Ashland | 9,580 | 8,835 | 745 | 7.8 |
| Athol | 5,436 | 4,729 | 707 | 13.0 |
| Attleborough | 24,390 | 21,618 | 2,772 | 11.4 |
| Auburn | 8,828 | 8,047 | 781 | 8.8 |
| Avon | 2,326 | 2,040 | 286 | 12.3 |
| Ayer | 4,252 | 3,855 | 397 | 9.3 |
| Barnstable | 26,759 | 24,620 | 2,139 | 8.0 |
| Barnstable County | 121,685 | 111,971 | 9,714 | 8.0 |
| Barre | 2,767 | 2,517 | 250 | 9.0 |
| Becket | 1,025 | 919 | 106 | 10.3 |
| Bedford | 6,857 | 6,369 | 488 | 7.1 |
| Belchertown | 8,042 | 7,484 | 558 | 6.9 |
| Bellingham | 9,592 | 8,561 | 1,031 | 10.7 |
| Belmont | 12,678 | 11,822 | 856 | 6.8 |
| Berkley | 3,753 | 3,418 | 335 | 8.9 |
| Berkshire County | 71,746 | 65,751 | 5,995 | 8.4 |
| Berkshire WIA | 71,746 | 65,751 | 5,995 | 8.4 |
| Berlin | 1,541 | 1,403 | 138 | 9.0 |
| Bernardston | 1,212 | 1,106 | 106 | 8.7 |
| Beverly | 21,372 | 19,513 | 1,859 | 8.7 |
| Billerica | 23,208 | 21,086 | 2,122 | 9.1 |
| Blackstone | 5,297 | 4,655 | 642 | 12.1 |
| Blandford | 729 | 679 | 50 | 6.9 |
| Bolton | 2,569 | 2,384 | 185 | 7.2 |
| Boston | 308,373 | 280,010 | 28,363 | 9.2 |
| Boston WIA | 308,373 | 280,010 | 28,363 | 9.2 |
| Bourne | 10,631 | 9,607 | 1,024 | 9.6 |
| Boxborough | 2,930 | 2,758 | 172 | 5.9 |
| Boxford | 4,056 | 3,807 | 249 | 6.1 |
| Boylston | 2,307 | 2,119 | 188 | 8.1 |
| Braintree | 18,486 | 16,839 | 1,647 | 8.9 |
| Brewster | 5,625 | 5,220 | 405 | 7.2 |
| Bridgewater | 13,043 | 11,877 | 1,166 | 8.9 |
| Brimfield | 2,017 | 1,835 | 182 | 9.0 |
| Bristol County | 287,158 | 253,173 | 33,985 | 11.8 |
| Bristol WIA | 195,633 | 173,046 | 22,587 | 11.5 |
| Brockton | 44,980 | 39,546 | 5,434 | 12.1 |
| Brockton WIA | 122,804 | 110,045 | 12,759 | 10.4 |
| Brookfield | 1,703 | 1,513 | 190 | 11.2 |
| Brookline | 32,241 | 30,231 | 2,010 | 6.2 |
| Buckland | 1,079 | 1,038 | 41 | 3.8 |
| Burlington | 14,172 | 13,109 | 1,063 | 7.5 |
| Cambridge | 57,979 | 54,169 | 3,810 | 6.6 |
| Canton | 11,687 | 10,734 | 953 | 8.2 |
| Cape Cod and Islands WIA | 143,156 | 132,368 | 10,788 | 7.5 |
| Carlisle | 2,542 | 2,361 | 181 | 7.1 |
| Carver | 6,223 | 5,637 | 586 | 9.4 |
| Charlemont | 760 | 701 | 59 | 7.8 |
| Charlton | 6,924 | 6,271 | 653 | 9.4 |
| Chatham | 3,405 | 3,170 | 235 | 6.9 |
| Chelmsford | 18,859 | 17,270 | 1,589 | 8.4 |
| Chelsea | 15,415 | 13,813 | 1,602 | 10.4 |
| Cheshire | 1,891 | 1,724 | 167 | 8.8 |
| Chester | 705 | 644 | 61 | 8.7 |
| Chesterfield | 751 | 695 | 56 | 7.5 |
| Chicopee | 27,412 | 24,399 | 3,013 | 11.0 |
| Chilmark | 719 | 702 | 17 | 2.4 |
| Clarksburg | 959 | 863 | 96 | 10.0 |
| Clinton | 7,650 | 6,849 | 801 | 10.5 |
| Cohasset | 3,613 | 3,342 | 271 | 7.5 |
| Colrain | 964 | 882 | 82 | 8.5 |
| Concord | 7,672 | 7,125 | 547 | 7.1 |
| Conway | 1,130 | 1,062 | 68 | 6.0 |
| Cummington | 510 | 464 | 46 | 9.0 |
| Dalton | 3,731 | 3,407 | 324 | 8.7 |
| Danvers | 14,520 | 13,178 | 1,342 | 9.2 |
| Dartmouth | 15,760 | 14,065 | 1,695 | 10.8 |
| Dedham | 12,733 | 11,645 | 1,088 | 8.5 |
| Deerfield | 2,779 | 2,547 | 232 | 8.3 |
| Dennis | 8,126 | 7,478 | 648 | 8.0 |
| Dighton | 3,837 | 3,487 | 350 | 9.1 |
| Douglas | 4,611 | 4,174 | 437 | 9.5 |
| Dover | 2,796 | 2,634 | 162 | 5.8 |
| Dracut | 16,557 | 14,887 | 1,670 | 10.1 |
| Dudley | 6,061 | 5,384 | 677 | 11.2 |
| Dukes County | 12,099 | 11,497 | 602 | 5.0 |
| Dunstable | 1,854 | 1,720 | 134 | 7.2 |
| Duxbury | 7,239 | 6,650 | 589 | 8.1 |
| East Bridgewater | 7,536 | 6,800 | 736 | 9.8 |
| East Brookfield | 1,192 | 1,069 | 123 | 10.3 |
| East Longmeadow | 7,758 | 7,202 | 556 | 7.2 |
| Eastham | 2,756 | 2,558 | 198 | 7.2 |
| Easthampton | 9,475 | 8,642 | 833 | 8.8 |
| Easton | 13,116 | 12,026 | 1,090 | 8.3 |
| Edgartown | 3,088 | 2,931 | 157 | 5.1 |
| Egremont | 836 | 797 | 39 | 4.7 |
| Erving | 845 | 749 | 96 | 11.4 |
| Essex | 1,808 | 1,679 | 129 | 7.1 |
| Essex County | 375,753 | 337,865 | 37,888 | 10.1 |
| Everett | 19,165 | 17,199 | 1,966 | 10.3 |
| Fairhaven | 8,527 | 7,590 | 937 | 11.0 |
| Fall River | 44,194 | 37,505 | 6,689 | 15.1 |
| Falmouth | 18,185 | 16,861 | 1,324 | 7.3 |
| Fitchburg | 18,534 | 16,062 | 2,472 | 13.3 |
| Florida | 419 | 370 | 49 | 11.7 |
| Foxborough | 9,167 | 8,373 | 794 | 8.7 |
| Framingham | 36,926 | 34,185 | 2,741 | 7.4 |
| Franklin | 16,656 | 15,341 | 1,315 | 7.9 |
| Franklin County | 38,662 | 35,292 | 3,370 | 8.7 |
| Franklin/Hampshire WIA | 132,855 | 122,237 | 10,618 | 8.0 |
| Freetown | 5,480 | 4,960 | 520 | 9.5 |
| Gardner | 9,776 | 8,583 | 1,193 | 12.2 |
| Georgetown | 4,204 | 3,856 | 348 | 8.3 |
| Gill | 788 | 719 | 69 | 8.8 |
| Gloucester | 16,395 | 14,762 | 1,633 | 10.0 |
| Goshen | 581 | 545 | 36 | 6.2 |
| Gosnold | 35 | 32 | 3 | 8.6 |
| Grafton | 9,776 | 8,907 | 869 | 8.9 |
| Granby | 3,522 | 3,233 | 289 | 8.2 |
| Granville | 937 | 871 | 66 | 7.0 |
| Great Barrington | 4,326 | 4,020 | 306 | 7.1 |
| Greenfield | 8,933 | 8,070 | 863 | 9.7 |
| Groton | 5,621 | 5,218 | 403 | 7.2 |
| Groveland | 3,588 | 3,295 | 293 | 8.2 |
| Hadley | 2,524 | 2,359 | 165 | 6.5 |
| Halifax | 4,253 | 3,813 | 440 | 10.3 |
| Hamilton | 3,934 | 3,598 | 336 | 8.5 |
| Hampden | 2,855 | 2,631 | 224 | 7.8 |
| Hampden County | 221,960 | 198,713 | 23,247 | 10.5 |
| Hampden WIA | 221,960 | 198,713 | 23,247 | 10.5 |
| Hampshire County | 86,427 | 80,152 | 6,275 | 7.3 |
| Hancock | 591 | 574 | 17 | 2.9 |
| Hanover | 7,526 | 6,959 | 567 | 7.5 |
| Hanson | 5,544 | 5,000 | 544 | 9.8 |
| Hardwick | 1,344 | 1,202 | 142 | 10.6 |
| Harvard | 2,907 | 2,686 | 221 | 7.6 |
| Harwich | 6,311 | 5,854 | 457 | 7.2 |
| Hatfield | 1,967 | 1,848 | 119 | 6.0 |
| Haverhill | 30,548 | 27,264 | 3,284 | 10.8 |
| Hawley | 168 | 153 | 15 | 8.9 |
| Heath | 449 | 419 | 30 | 6.7 |
| Hingham | 11,223 | 10,448 | 775 | 6.9 |
| Hinsdale | 1,134 | 1,019 | 115 | 10.1 |
| Holbrook | 5,830 | 5,216 | 614 | 10.5 |
| Holden | 8,795 | 8,045 | 750 | 8.5 |
| Holland | 1,457 | 1,319 | 138 | 9.5 |
| Holliston | 7,668 | 7,088 | 580 | 7.6 |
| Holyoke | 16,275 | 14,206 | 2,069 | 12.7 |
| Hopedale | 3,399 | 3,142 | 257 | 7.6 |
| Hopkinton | 7,519 | 7,018 | 501 | 6.7 |
| Hubbardston | 2,506 | 2,292 | 214 | 8.5 |
| Hudson | 11,754 | 10,734 | 1,020 | 8.7 |
| Hull | 6,307 | 5,670 | 637 | 10.1 |
| Huntington | 1,251 | 1,143 | 108 | 8.6 |
| Ipswich | 7,329 | 6,773 | 556 | 7.6 |
| Kingston | 6,437 | 5,806 | 631 | 9.8 |
| Lakeville | 5,946 | 5,405 | 541 | 9.1 |
| Lancaster | 3,197 | 2,868 | 329 | 10.3 |
| Lanesborough | 1,735 | 1,618 | 117 | 6.7 |
| Lawrence | 29,923 | 24,466 | 5,457 | 18.2 |
| Lee | 3,682 | 3,409 | 273 | 7.4 |
| Leicester | 6,204 | 5,562 | 642 | 10.3 |
| Lenox | 2,646 | 2,456 | 190 | 7.2 |
| Leominster | 20,570 | 18,103 | 2,467 | 12.0 |
| Leverett | 1,016 | 961 | 55 | 5.4 |
| Lexington | 15,164 | 14,083 | 1,081 | 7.1 |
| Leyden | 473 | 439 | 34 | 7.2 |
| Lincoln | 3,303 | 3,091 | 212 | 6.4 |
| Littleton | 4,752 | 4,405 | 347 | 7.3 |
| Longmeadow | 7,654 | 7,090 | 564 | 7.4 |
| Lowell | 50,874 | 44,311 | 6,563 | 12.9 |
| Lower Merrimack Valley WIA | 161,386 | 143,374 | 18,012 | 11.2 |
| Ludlow | 11,041 | 10,053 | 988 | 8.9 |
| Lunenburg | 5,256 | 4,730 | 526 | 10.0 |
| Lynn | 41,339 | 36,803 | 4,536 | 11.0 |
| Lynnfield | 5,650 | 5,208 | 442 | 7.8 |
| Malden | 31,437 | 28,472 | 2,965 | 9.4 |
| Manchester | 2,722 | 2,544 | 178 | 6.5 |
| Mansfield | 12,419 | 11,424 | 995 | 8.0 |
| Marblehead | 10,946 | 10,110 | 836 | 7.6 |
| Marion | 3,173 | 2,933 | 240 | 7.6 |
| Marlborough | 22,756 | 21,085 | 1,671 | 7.3 |
| Marshfield | 13,665 | 12,499 | 1,166 | 8.5 |
| Mashpee | 8,182 | 7,490 | 692 | 8.5 |
| Mattapoisett | 3,382 | 3,125 | 257 | 7.6 |
| Maynard | 6,027 | 5,569 | 458 | 7.6 |
| Medfield | 5,975 | 5,541 | 434 | 7.3 |
| Medford | 30,598 | 27,846 | 2,752 | 9.0 |
| Medway | 7,118 | 6,556 | 562 | 7.9 |
| Melrose | 15,261 | 13,970 | 1,291 | 8.5 |
| Mendon | 3,350 | 3,114 | 236 | 7.0 |
| Merrimac | 3,465 | 3,174 | 291 | 8.4 |
| Methuen | 23,241 | 20,401 | 2,840 | 12.2 |
| Metropolitan North WIA | 415,031 | 380,897 | 34,134 | 8.2 |
| Metropolitan South/West WIA | 486,507 | 450,586 | 35,921 | 7.4 |
| Middleborough | 11,591 | 10,412 | 1,179 | 10.2 |
| Middlefield | 325 | 297 | 28 | 8.6 |
| Middlesex County | 818,003 | 751,402 | 66,601 | 8.1 |
| Middleton | 4,301 | 3,926 | 375 | 8.7 |
| Milford | 15,319 | 13,998 | 1,321 | 8.6 |
| Millbury | 7,601 | 6,883 | 718 | 9.4 |
| Millis | 4,498 | 4,134 | 364 | 8.1 |
| Millville | 1,605 | 1,405 | 200 | 12.5 |
| Milton | 13,515 | 12,376 | 1,139 | 8.4 |
| Monroe | 27 | 23 | 4 | 14.8 |
| Monson | 4,635 | 4,248 | 387 | 8.3 |
| Montague | 4,277 | 3,842 | 435 | 10.2 |
| Monterey | 586 | 558 | 28 | 4.8 |
| Montgomery | 437 | 410 | 27 | 6.2 |
| Mount Washington | 98 | 94 | 4 | 4.1 |
| Nahant | 1,950 | 1,791 | 159 | 8.2 |
| Nantucket | 9,372 | 8,900 | 472 | 5.0 |
| Natick | 18,873 | 17,534 | 1,339 | 7.1 |
| Needham | 14,042 | 13,057 | 985 | 7.0 |
| New Ashford | 151 | 145 | 6 | 4.0 |
| New Bedford | 42,801 | 36,270 | 6,531 | 15.3 |
| New Bedford WIA | 106,381 | 93,445 | 12,936 | 12.2 |
| New Braintree | 637 | 583 | 54 | 8.5 |
| New Marlborough | 887 | 843 | 44 | 5.0 |
| New Salem | 564 | 512 | 52 | 9.2 |
| Newbury | 3,788 | 3,521 | 267 | 7.0 |
| Newburyport | 9,748 | 8,969 | 779 | 8.0 |
| Newton | 46,036 | 43,057 | 2,979 | 6.5 |
| Norfolk | 4,746 | 4,342 | 404 | 8.5 |
| Norfolk County | 357,332 | 327,116 | 30,216 | 8.5 |
| North Adams | 7,186 | 6,487 | 699 | 9.7 |
| North Andover | 13,382 | 12,196 | 1,186 | 8.9 |
| North Attleborough | 16,450 | 14,630 | 1,820 | 11.1 |
| North Brookfield | 2,525 | 2,287 | 238 | 9.4 |
| North Reading | 7,928 | 7,287 | 641 | 8.1 |
| Northampton | 16,439 | 15,320 | 1,119 | 6.8 |
| Northborough | 8,154 | 7,481 | 673 | 8.3 |
| Northbridge | 7,487 | 6,746 | 741 | 9.9 |
| Northern Middlesex WIA | 146,363 | 131,149 | 15,214 | 10.4 |
| Northern Worcester WIA | 125,984 | 112,793 | 13,191 | 10.5 |
| Northfield | 1,687 | 1,567 | 120 | 7.1 |
| Norton | 10,444 | 9,414 | 1,030 | 9.9 |
| Norwell | 5,353 | 4,931 | 422 | 7.9 |
| Norwood | 15,545 | 14,323 | 1,222 | 7.9 |
| Oak Bluffs | 2,834 | 2,667 | 167 | 5.9 |
| Oakham | 1,076 | 974 | 102 | 9.5 |
| Orange | 3,849 | 3,392 | 457 | 11.9 |
| Orleans | 3,036 | 2,827 | 209 | 6.9 |
| Otis | 835 | 783 | 52 | 6.2 |
| Oxford | 7,753 | 6,985 | 768 | 9.9 |
| Palmer | 6,941 | 6,275 | 666 | 9.6 |
| Paxton | 2,392 | 2,192 | 200 | 8.4 |
| Peabody | 27,492 | 24,939 | 2,553 | 9.3 |
| Pelham | 812 | 780 | 32 | 3.9 |
| Pembroke | 10,342 | 9,424 | 918 | 8.9 |
| Pepperell | 6,396 | 5,876 | 520 | 8.1 |
| Peru | 479 | 450 | 29 | 6.1 |
| Petersham | 681 | 619 | 62 | 9.1 |
| Phillipston | 982 | 852 | 130 | 13.2 |
| Pittsfield | 22,655 | 20,561 | 2,094 | 9.2 |
| Plainfield | 294 | 274 | 20 | 6.8 |
| Plainville | 4,966 | 4,408 | 558 | 11.2 |
| Plymouth | 29,377 | 26,573 | 2,804 | 9.5 |
| Plymouth County | 260,676 | 235,497 | 25,179 | 9.7 |
| Plympton | 1,608 | 1,461 | 147 | 9.1 |
| Princeton | 1,939 | 1,804 | 135 | 7.0 |
| Provincetown | 1,928 | 1,774 | 154 | 8.0 |
| Quincy | 53,063 | 48,017 | 5,046 | 9.5 |
| Randolph | 16,840 | 15,141 | 1,699 | 10.1 |
| Raynham | 7,902 | 7,182 | 720 | 9.1 |
| Reading | 12,766 | 11,745 | 1,021 | 8.0 |
| Rehoboth | 6,737 | 6,065 | 672 | 10.0 |
| Revere | 26,524 | 23,873 | 2,651 | 10.0 |
| Richmond | 948 | 898 | 50 | 5.3 |
| Rochester | 2,932 | 2,701 | 231 | 7.9 |
| Rockland | 10,040 | 9,066 | 974 | 9.7 |
| Rockport | 4,071 | 3,747 | 324 | 8.0 |
| Rowe | 186 | 165 | 21 | 11.3 |
| Rowley | 3,382 | 3,101 | 281 | 8.3 |
| Royalston | 667 | 593 | 74 | 11.1 |
| Russell | 964 | 883 | 81 | 8.4 |
| Rutland | 4,416 | 4,008 | 408 | 9.2 |
| Salem | 23,245 | 21,051 | 2,194 | 9.4 |
| Salisbury | 4,404 | 4,001 | 403 | 9.2 |
| Sandisfield | 491 | 455 | 36 | 7.3 |
| Sandwich | 11,709 | 10,791 | 918 | 7.8 |
| Saugus | 14,916 | 13,516 | 1,400 | 9.4 |
| Savoy | 411 | 375 | 36 | 8.8 |
| Scituate | 9,360 | 8,678 | 682 | 7.3 |
| Seekonk | 7,522 | 6,654 | 868 | 11.5 |
| Sharon | 9,095 | 8,399 | 696 | 7.7 |
| Sheffield | 2,040 | 1,899 | 141 | 6.9 |
| Shelburne | 1,111 | 967 | 144 | 13.0 |
| Sherborn | 1,955 | 1,810 | 145 | 7.4 |
| Shirley | 3,655 | 3,323 | 332 | 9.1 |
| Shrewsbury | 17,498 | 16,106 | 1,392 | 8.0 |
| Shutesbury | 1,110 | 1,057 | 53 | 4.8 |
| Somerset | 9,665 | 8,605 | 1,060 | 11.0 |
| Somerville | 45,887 | 42,504 | 3,383 | 7.4 |
| South Coastal WIA | 281,686 | 255,941 | 25,745 | 9.1 |
| South Essex WIA | 214,367 | 194,491 | 19,876 | 9.3 |
| South Hadley | 9,345 | 8,591 | 754 | 8.1 |
| Southampton | 3,476 | 3,245 | 231 | 6.6 |
| Southborough | 4,952 | 4,580 | 372 | 7.5 |
| Southbridge | 8,118 | 7,206 | 912 | 11.2 |
| Southern Worcester WIA | 290,855 | 262,428 | 28,427 | 9.8 |
| Southwick | 5,122 | 4,670 | 452 | 8.8 |
| Spencer | 6,771 | 6,087 | 684 | 10.1 |
| Springfield | 65,791 | 57,356 | 8,435 | 12.8 |
| Sterling | 4,479 | 4,141 | 338 | 7.5 |
| Stockbridge | 1,324 | 1,272 | 52 | 3.9 |
| Stoneham | 11,858 | 10,840 | 1,018 | 8.6 |
| Stoughton | 15,202 | 13,853 | 1,349 | 8.9 |
| Stow | 3,499 | 3,249 | 250 | 7.1 |
| Sturbridge | 5,103 | 4,670 | 433 | 8.5 |
| Sudbury | 8,460 | 7,866 | 594 | 7.0 |
| Suffolk County | 361,350 | 327,847 | 33,503 | 9.3 |
| Sunderland | 2,289 | 2,160 | 129 | 5.6 |
| Sutton | 4,919 | 4,519 | 400 | 8.1 |
| Swampscott | 7,578 | 6,967 | 611 | 8.1 |
| Swansea | 9,181 | 8,202 | 979 | 10.7 |
| Taunton | 30,766 | 27,451 | 3,315 | 10.8 |
| Templeton | 3,800 | 3,382 | 418 | 11.0 |
| Tewksbury | 16,657 | 15,109 | 1,548 | 9.3 |
| Tisbury | 2,959 | 2,790 | 169 | 5.7 |
| Tolland | 246 | 231 | 15 | 6.1 |
| Topsfield | 2,996 | 2,755 | 241 | 8.0 |
| Townsend | 5,196 | 4,810 | 386 | 7.4 |
| Truro | 1,173 | 1,093 | 80 | 6.8 |
| Tyngsborough | 6,560 | 5,988 | 572 | 8.7 |
| Tyringham | 249 | 239 | 10 | 4.0 |
| Upton | 3,487 | 3,181 | 306 | 8.8 |
| Uxbridge | 7,023 | 6,359 | 664 | 9.5 |
| Wakefield | 13,854 | 12,676 | 1,178 | 8.5 |
| Wales | 1,060 | 965 | 95 | 9.0 |
| Walpole | 12,177 | 11,244 | 933 | 7.7 |
| Waltham | 34,910 | 32,341 | 2,569 | 7.4 |
| Ware | 5,337 | 4,777 | 560 | 10.5 |
| Wareham | 12,539 | 11,180 | 1,359 | 10.8 |
| Warren | 2,494 | 2,240 | 254 | 10.2 |
| Warwick | 359 | 320 | 39 | 10.9 |
| Washington | 318 | 298 | 20 | 6.3 |
| Watertown | 19,758 | 18,339 | 1,419 | 7.2 |
| Wayland | 6,672 | 6,218 | 454 | 6.8 |
| Webster | 8,567 | 7,530 | 1,037 | 12.1 |
| Wellesley | 13,087 | 12,198 | 889 | 6.8 |
| Wellfleet | 1,636 | 1,491 | 145 | 8.9 |
| Wendell | 587 | 538 | 49 | 8.3 |
| Wenham | 1,803 | 1,631 | 172 | 9.5 |
| West Boylston | 3,387 | 3,075 | 312 | 9.2 |
| West Bridgewater | 3,489 | 3,141 | 348 | 10.0 |
| West Brookfield | 1,893 | 1,705 | 188 | 9.9 |
| West Newbury | 2,218 | 2,048 | 170 | 7.7 |
| West Springfield | 14,367 | 12,967 | 1,400 | 9.7 |
| West Stockbridge | 874 | 816 | 58 | 6.6 |
| West Tisbury | 2,196 | 2,112 | 84 | 3.8 |
| Westborough | 9,188 | 8,489 | 699 | 7.6 |
| Westfield | 20,942 | 19,076 | 1,866 | 8.9 |
| Westford | 11,794 | 10,778 | 1,016 | 8.6 |
| Westhampton | 959 | 880 | 79 | 8.2 |
| Westminster | 3,832 | 3,431 | 401 | 10.5 |
| Weston | 5,380 | 5,052 | 328 | 6.1 |
| Westport | 8,373 | 7,391 | 982 | 11.7 |
| Westwood | 6,710 | 6,249 | 461 | 6.9 |
| Weymouth | 29,795 | 26,983 | 2,812 | 9.4 |
| Whately | 935 | 885 | 50 | 5.3 |
| Whitman | 8,258 | 7,387 | 871 | 10.5 |
| Wilbraham | 6,893 | 6,343 | 550 | 8.0 |
| Williamsburg | 1,486 | 1,374 | 112 | 7.5 |
| Williamstown | 4,030 | 3,731 | 299 | 7.4 |
| Wilmington | 12,290 | 11,230 | 1,060 | 8.6 |
| Winchendon | 4,868 | 4,286 | 582 | 12.0 |
| Winchester | 10,746 | 9,992 | 754 | 7.0 |
| Windsor | 499 | 463 | 36 | 7.2 |
| Winthrop | 11,038 | 10,151 | 887 | 8.0 |
| Woburn | 21,445 | 19,420 | 2,025 | 9.4 |
| Worcester | 83,651 | 74,515 | 9,136 | 10.9 |
| Worcester County | 402,864 | 362,098 | 40,766 | 10.1 |
| Worthington | 670 | 622 | 48 | 7.2 |
| Wrentham | 5,831 | 5,339 | 492 | 8.4 |
| Yarmouth | 12,223 | 11,137 | 1,086 | 8.9 |