Chicopee is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 54,653 people and 13 constituent neighborhoods, Chicopee is the 21st largest community in Massachusetts.

Chicopee is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Chicopee is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chicopee who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.62%), sales jobs (9.77%), and food service (6.38%).

Chicopee Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Chicopee with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 14.96% for all communities. 12.33% of adults in Chicopee have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Chicopee in 2000 was $18,646, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $74,584 for a family of four.

The people who call Chicopee home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Chicopee is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Chicopee include Polish, French, French Canadian, Irish, Italian, English, German, and Portuguese.

The languages spoken by people in Chicopee are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Chicopee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Polish, and French.