Boston population isn’t falling after all
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From Times News Reports
Boston is growing, not shrinking, the U.S. Census Bureau says, acknowledging it underestimated the population by more than 37,000 people. Its new estimate puts Boston’s population at 596,638, rather than 559,034, a 1.3% increase since 2000 instead of a 5.1% decrease, Mayor Thomas Menino said.
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