Worcester, Massachusetts

**Worcester** is a city of Worcester County in the state of Massachusetts in the United States.  It is the county seat of Worcester County.  About 206,000 people were living in Worcester as of 2020.

Worcester is 40 miles from Boston, Massachusetts and 40 miles from Springfield, Massachusetts—right in the middle.

In 1774, the first public reading of the United States Declaration of Independence in New England took place in Worcester.

## Sister cities

- Worcester, England (1998)
- Piraeus, Greece (2005)
- Pushkin, Russia (1987)
- Afula, Israel

## Other websites

- Worcester official website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Worcester, Massachusetts
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: Downtown Worcester, Massachusetts.jpg
- **image caption**: Downtown Worcester
- **image flag**: Flag of Worcester, Massachusetts.svg
- **image seal**: Seal of Worcester, Massachusetts.svg
- **nickname**: The City of the Seven Hills, The Heart of the Commonwealth, Wormtown, Woo-town, The Woo
- **image map**: Worcester County Massachusetts incorporated and unincorporated areas Worcester highlighted.svg
- **mapsize**: 260px
- **map caption**: Location within Worcester County
- **pushpin map**: Massachusetts#USA
- **pushpin map caption**: Location within Massachusetts##Location within the United States
- **pushpin relief**: 1
- **pushpin label**: Worcester
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Massachusetts
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Massachusetts, County
- **subdivision name2**: Worcester County, Massachusetts, Worcester
- **subdivision type3**: List of regions of the United States, Region
- **subdivision name3**: New England
- **subdivision type5**: Colony, Historic colonies
- **subdivision name5**: Massachusetts Bay Colony
Dominion of New England
Province of Massachusetts Bay
- **established title**: Settled
- **established date**: 1673
- **established title2**: Incorporated as a town
- **established date2**: June 14, 1722
- **established title3**: Incorporated as a city
- **established date3**: February 29, 1848
- **named for**: Worcester, England, Worcester, Worcestershire
- **government type**: Council–manager government, Council–manager
- **leader title**: City Manager
- **leader title1**: Mayor
- **area total km2**: 99.57
- **area total sq mi**: 38.44
- **area land km2**: 96.76
- **area land sq mi**: 37.36
- **area water km2**: 2.81
- **area water sq mi**: 1.08
- **elevation m**: 146
- **elevation ft**: 480
- **population total**: 206518 (US: List of United States cities by population, 114th)
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population density km2**: 2134.27
- **population density sq mi**: 5527.78
- **population urban**: 482,085 (List of United States urban areas, US: 87th)
- **population density urban km2**: 715.1
- **population density urban sq mi**: 1,852.1
- **population metro**: 862111 (US: List of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, US: 69th)
- **timezone**: Eastern Standard Time Zone, Eastern
- **utc offset**: −5
- **timezone dst**: Eastern Standard Time Zone, Eastern
- **utc offset dst**: −4
- **postal code type**: ZIP Codes
- **postal code**: 01601–01610, 01612–01615, 01653–01655
- **area code**: Area code 508, 508 / Area code 774, 774
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 25-82000
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 0617867
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **blank name sec2**: GDP
- **blank1 name sec2**: GDP per capita