Over 56,000 people were living in New Brunswick in 2016 .
As of 2016 , New Brunswick had a Census-estimated population of 56,910 , representing a 3.1 % increas from the 55,181 people enumerated at the 2010 United States Census , which in turn had reflected an increase of 6,608 ( +13.6 % ) from the 48,573 counted in the 2000 Census .