Alabama vs Tennessee: which way are people moving?

Name: Alabama vs Tennessee: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Alabama. In 2022–23, 1,150 more people moved from Tennessee to Alabama than the other way.

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Tennessee → Alabama8,763 people

Arrivals' income: $66.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Alabama → Tennessee7,613 people

Leavers' income: $64.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

16,376 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Tennessee came out ahead every year until 2018–19. Since 2019–20, more have moved to Alabama.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Alabama and Tennessee (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−438
2014–15 †	−508
2015–16	−542
2016–17 †	−253
2017–18	−108
2018–19	−29
2019–20	+229
2020–21	+213
2021–22	+432
2022–23 †	+351

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2019–20 turn falls between them.

The two states overall

Alabama

Net change, all states: +16,337
Moved in · moved out: 102,902 · 86,565
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $66.5k · $63.9k

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Tennessee

Net change, all states: +42,899
Moved in · moved out: 198,430 · 155,531
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $79.4k · $70.1k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Tennessee and Alabama, 2013–14 to 2022–23. Tap a column to sort.

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	People			Households		Avg income per household (income reported on the second-year tax return)
2013–14	7,097	7,996	−899	3,485	3,923	$46.7k	$44.9k
2014–15 †	5,304	5,881	−577	2,608	3,116	$47.6k	$44.8k
2015–16	7,195	7,929	−734	3,501	4,043	$48.9k	$67.7k
2016–17 †	10,236	10,650	−414	5,030	5,283	$56.9k	$56.7k
2017–18	7,903	7,803	+100	3,989	4,097	$57.9k	$53.4k
2018–19	7,616	7,282	+334	3,914	3,943	$57.9k	$55.3k
2019–20	8,690	7,842	+848	4,338	4,109	$59.5k	$71.3k
2020–21	8,393	7,759	+634	4,509	4,296	$60.9k	$59.1k
2021–22	8,923	7,603	+1,320	4,776	4,344	$70.4k	$65.5k
2022–23 †	8,763	7,613	+1,150	4,905	4,554	$66.1k	$64.2k

† Processing-break years. Read changes across a † row with care.

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Moved Where. “Alabama vs Tennessee: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/alabama-vs-tennessee. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.