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Like its next-door neighbor, New Jersey has been a Mecca for foreign in-migration.
That helped save the Garden State in the year ended July 1, when it posted its best showing since 2002, with just 32,000 more people abandoning the state than adopting it. That compares with almost 77,000 in 2006, it's worst showing of the decade.
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Last updated December 28 2009: 3:56 PM ET
Source: Census Bureau population estimates, July 1, 2008 - July 1, 2009.