California vs Tennessee: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Tennessee. In 2022–23, 13,198 more people moved from California to Tennessee than the other way.

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Tennessee → California6,275 people

Arrivals' income: $85.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → Tennessee19,473 people

Leavers' income: $108.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

25,748 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Tennessee than to California every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between California and Tennessee (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−866
2014–15 †	−352
2015–16	−1,187
2016–17 †	−2,580
2017–18	−2,459
2018–19	−2,709
2019–20	−4,744
2020–21	−8,127
2021–22	−9,636
2022–23 †	−6,436

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23.

The two states overall

California

Net change, all states: −200,547
Moved in · moved out: 389,700 · 590,247
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $95.5k · $102.1k

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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 California, 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	5,562	7,813	−2,251	3,075	3,941	$50.2k	$69.6k
2014–15 †	4,524	5,468	−944	2,570	2,922	$54.1k	$63.0k
2015–16	5,755	8,612	−2,857	3,240	4,427	$56.6k	$76.1k
2016–17 †	7,191	12,977	−5,786	4,025	6,605	$65.6k	$77.7k
2017–18	5,833	11,095	−5,262	3,408	5,867	$68.3k	$81.4k
2018–19	5,814	11,643	−5,829	3,415	6,124	$66.4k	$98.5k
2019–20	5,788	16,649	−10,861	3,348	8,092	$93.5k	$104.1k
2020–21	5,202	23,403	−18,201	3,180	11,307	$77.6k	$127.4k
2021–22	5,598	27,295	−21,697	3,450	13,086	$106.0k	$144.5k
2022–23 †	6,275	19,473	−13,198	3,810	10,246	$85.9k	$108.7k

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

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