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Massachusetts Population Estimates Program

Table 1. Annual and Cumulative Estimates of Resident Population Change for the United States, Regions, and Northeast States and Rankings: July 1, 2016 to July 1, 2017 and April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2017

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Geographic Area Population Population Estimate
(as of July 1)		 Population Ranking Annual Change
July 1, 2016 to July 1, 2017		 Cumulative Change
2010-2017
April 1, 2010
Base		 2016 2017 April 1, 2010
Base		 July 1, 2017 Change
2016 to 2017		 Percent Change
2016 to 2017		 Rank Change
2016-2017		 Cumulative Change
2010-2017		 Percent Change
2010-2017		 Rank Change
2010-2017
Number Percent Number Percent
United States 308,758,105 323,405,935 325,719,178 (X) (X) 2,313,243 0.7% (X) (X) 16,961,073 5.5 (X) (X)
Northeast 55,318,350 56,359,360 56,470,581 4 4 111,221 0.2% 4 4 1,152,231 2.1 4 3
Midwest 66,929,794 67,978,168 68,179,351 3 3 201,183 0.3% 3 3 1,249,557 1.9 3 4
South 114,563,024 122,423,457 123,658,624 1 1 1,235,167 1.0% 1 1 9,095,600 7.9 1 1
West 71,946,937 76,644,950 77,410,622 2 2 765,672 1.0% 2 2 5,463,685 7.6 2 2
Connecticut 3,574,114 3,587,685 3,588,184 29 29 499 0.0% 42 43 14,070 0.4 46 48
Maine 1,328,362 1,330,232 1,335,907 41 42 5,675 0.4% 38 28 7,545 0.6 47 46
Massachusetts 6,547,808 6,823,721 6,859,819 14 15 36,098 0.5% 17 24 312,011 4.8 14 26
New Hampshire 1,316,460 1,335,015 1,342,795 42 41 7,780 0.6% 37 22 26,335 2.0 43 38
New Jersey 8,791,953 8,978,416 9,005,644 11 11 27,228 0.3% 22 33 213,691 2.4 19 35
New York 19,378,110 19,836,286 19,849,399 3 4 13,113 0.1% 30 41 471,289 2.4 9 34
Pennsylvania 12,702,857 12,787,085 12,805,537 6 5 18,452 0.1% 25 39 102,680 0.8 28 43
Rhode Island 1,052,945 1,057,566 1,059,639 43 43 2,073 0.2% 41 37 6,694 0.6 48 45
Vermont 625,741 623,354 623,657 49 50 303 0.0% 43 42 -2,084 -0.3 49 50

UMass Donahue Institute. Source data: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2017 (NST-EST2017-01) and NST-EST2017-03. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. December 2017.

Figure 1. Annual Percent Change in Population 2010-2017 for the United States, Regions, and Massachusetts

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Annual change in population.

Citation: UMass Donahue Institute. Source data: NST-EST2017-01. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. December 20, 2017.

Map 1. Estimated Cumulative Change in Population by U.S. State, Census 2010 to July 1, 2017

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Estimated Cumulative Change in Population by U.S. State, Census 2010 to July 1, 2017

Source: UMass Donahue Institute. Cumulative Estimates of the Resident Population Change for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Release Date: December 20, 2017.

Map 2. Estimated Percent Change in Population by U.S. State, July 1, 2016 to July 1, 2017

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Estimated Percent Change in Population by U.S. State, July 1, 2016 to July 1, 2017

Source: UMass Donahue Institute Annual Estimates of the Resident Population Change for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2017 U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Release Date: December 20, 2017

Figure 2: Massachusetts Annual % Growth Over Previous Year 2001-2017

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Massachusetts Annual % Growth Over Previous Year 2001-2017

UMass Donahue Institute. Source Data: Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2010 (ST-EST00INT-01). Release Date: September 2011 and Annual Estimates of the Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2017 (NST-EST2017-01) Release Date: December 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division.

Figure 3: Massachusetts Estimated Components of Change, 2017

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Figure 3: Massachusetts Estimated Components of Change, 2017

Source: UMass Donahue Institute. NST-EST2017-ALLDATA. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. December 2017.

Figure 4: Massachusetts Estimated Components of Change 2000-2017

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Massachusetts Estimated Components of Change 2000-2017

Source: UMass Donahue Institute. ST-2000-7; CO-EST2010-ALLDATA and NST-EST2017-ALLDATA. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division.

Table 2. Estimated Components of Resident Population Change for the United States, Regions, and Northeast States July 1, 2016 to July 1, 2017

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Geographic Area Vital Events Net Migration
Births Deaths Natural Increase International Domestic Total
United States 3,946,000 2,744,040 1,201,960 1,111,283 (X) 1,111,283
Northeast 621,245 493,164 128,081 297,343 (313,643) (16,300)
Midwest 822,534 607,187 215,347 143,872 (156,897) (13,025)
South 1,538,511 1,080,064 458,447 418,768 356,884 775,652
West 963,710 563,625 400,085 251,300 113,656 364,956
Connecticut 35,183 30,245 4,938 17,758 (22,270) (4,512)
Maine 12,504 13,739 (1,235) 1,578 5,376 6,954
Massachusetts 71,168 57,119 14,049 45,298 (23,089) 22,209
New Hampshire 12,459 11,559 900 2,236 4,687 6,923
New Jersey 101,625 74,111 27,514 56,942 (57,274) (332)
New York 232,766 159,676 73,090 130,411 (190,508) (60,097)
Pennsylvania 138,818 131,458 7,360 37,389 (25,793) 11,596
Rhode Island 10,915 9,760 1,155 4,798 (3,854) 944
Vermont 5,807 5,497 310 933 (918) 15

UMass Donahue Institute. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Division. Estimates of the Components of Resident Population Change for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: July 1, 2016 to July 1, 2017. (NST-EST2017-05) Release date: December 20, 2017.