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. The bulk of the state's population surrounds Greater Boston, with approximately 5,800,000 people, and the North and South Shores.

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