30K population growth has been very typical the past few years.
The region, with a current population of about 3.3 million residents, grew by an estimated 28,000 people — or 0.9 percent — between July 2014 and July 2015, according to estimates released in December by the state’s Department of Finance.
I think the 3K net migration is poorly written as the net growth is much higher.[img_assist|nid=26113|title=population|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=83]
