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of 2005, Kentucky
has an estimated population of 4,173,405,
which is an increase of 31,570, or 0.8%,
from the prior year and an increase
of 131,120, or 3.2%, since the year
2000. This includes a natural increase
since the last census of 77,156 people
(that is 287,222 births minus 210,066
deaths) and an increase due to net migration
of 59,604 people into the state. Immigration
from outside the United States resulted
in a net increase of 27,435 people,
and migration within the country produced
a net increase of 32,169 people.
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