| As
of 2005, Massachusetts
has an estimated population of 6,398,743,
which is a decrease of 8,639, or 0.1%,
from the prior year and an increase
of 49,638, or 0.8%, since the year 2000.
This includes a natural increase since
the last census of 131,329 people (that
is 426,232 births minus 294,903 deaths)
and a decrease due to net migration
of 73,741 people out of the state. Immigration
from outside the United States resulted
in a net increase of 162,674 people,
and migration within the country produced
a net loss of 236,415 people. |
