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The Lowell Sun recently wrote about U.S. Census Bureau data showing that New Hampshire is one of two (the other being Maine) states in New England experiencing population growth in the last year. The editorial mentions Carsey School of Public Policy Senior Demographer Ken Johnson's research into this population growth trend and suggests some reasons for why the Granite State is attracting people – especially young people – from Massachusetts and other New England states.