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of 2005, Mississippi
has an estimated population of 2,921,088,
which is an increase of 20,320, or 0.7%,
from the prior year and an increase
of 76,432, or 2.7%, since the year 2000.
This includes a natural increase since
the last census of 80,733 people (that
is 228,849 births minus 148,116 deaths)
and an increase due to net migration
of 75 people into the state. Immigration
from outside the United States resulted
in a net increase of 10,653 people,
and migration within the country produced
a net loss of 10,578 people.
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