| As
of 2005, Connecticut
has an estimated population of 3,510,297,
which is an increase of 11,331, or 0.3%,
from the prior year and an increase
of 104,695, or 3.1%, since the year
2000. This includes a natural increase
since the last census of 67,427 people
(that is 222,222 births minus 154,795
deaths) and an increase due to net migration
of 41,718 people into the state. Immigration
from outside the United States resulted
in a net increase of 75,991 people,
and migration within the country produced
a net loss of 34,273 people.
As
of 2004, 11.4% of the population (400,000)
was foreign-born, and 10% of the foreign-born
in the state were illegal aliens (about
1.1% of the population).
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