Worcester squeaks past Providence in census; Second-largest-city status by 199.(NEWS)

Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) | June 29, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: Milton J. Valencia

WORCESTER - Don't move away, or else this story may have to be updated.

Worcester has passed Providence again to become the second-largest city in New England, behind Boston, according to census figures.

It's by the slimmest of margins, and the figures are only estimates that update population figures across the country every year. The next full census will be conducted in 2010.

But the estimates show there were 199 more people in Worcester than in Providence as of July 1, 2006, sending local residents into ...

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