December 27, 2007
At Least We're Not Losing Population
By Christina Davis
The latest estimates from the U.S. Census found that Massachusetts added about 15,000 residents in the last year, an increase of less than 1 percent.
The census figures bring the total Bay State population as of July 1, 2007 to 6,449,755, up from the 6,434,389 recorded a year earlier. Since the last census in 2000, Massachusetts’ population grew by 100,000, or 1.6 percent.
As a whole, the Northeast saw its population grow from 2000 to 2007 by 2 percent to 54.7 million. Of the New England states, New Hampshire saw the most growth. Its population increased by 6.5 percent to 1.3 million since the 2000 census.
The census figures bring the total Bay State population as of July 1, 2007 to 6,449,755, up from the 6,434,389 recorded a year earlier. Since the last census in 2000, Massachusetts’ population grew by 100,000, or 1.6 percent.
As a whole, the Northeast saw its population grow from 2000 to 2007 by 2 percent to 54.7 million. Of the New England states, New Hampshire saw the most growth. Its population increased by 6.5 percent to 1.3 million since the 2000 census.
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