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The United States Census Bureau, as of ?
July 1, 2008, estimated Alabama's population at 4,661,900,[2] which represents an increase of 214,545, or 4.8%, since the last census in 2000.[46] This includes a natural increase since the last census of 121,054 people (that is 502,457 births minus 381,403 deaths) and an increase due to net migration of 104,991 people into the state.[46] Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 31,180 people, and migration within the country produced a net gain of 73,811 people.[46] The state had 108,000 foreign-born (2.4% of the state population), of which an estimated 22.2% were illegal immigrants (24,000).