Georgia vs Tennessee: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Tennessee. In 2022–23, 481 more people moved from Georgia to Tennessee than the other way.

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Tennessee → Georgia13,845 people

Arrivals' income: $66.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Georgia → Tennessee14,326 people

Leavers' income: $73.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

28,171 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 Georgia every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Georgia and Tennessee (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−110
2014–15 †	−137
2015–16	−238
2016–17 †	−197
2017–18	−120
2018–19	−277
2019–20	−255
2020–21	−176
2021–22	−97
2022–23 †	−598

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

The two states overall

Georgia

Net change, all states: +35,536
Moved in · moved out: 265,330 · 229,794
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $70.2k · $72.3k

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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

Tennessee page →

People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Tennessee and Georgia, 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	14,004	14,196	−192	6,892	7,002	$43.5k	$48.5k
2014–15 †	10,001	10,106	−105	5,151	5,288	$45.1k	$52.4k
2015–16	13,238	13,711	−473	6,730	6,968	$51.1k	$58.0k
2016–17 †	17,869	18,267	−398	8,917	9,114	$54.0k	$61.2k
2017–18	14,303	14,211	+92	7,296	7,416	$56.1k	$63.0k
2018–19	13,485	14,131	−646	7,108	7,385	$56.5k	$62.6k
2019–20	14,664	15,028	−364	7,552	7,807	$58.8k	$66.0k
2020–21	14,525	14,631	−106	7,810	7,986	$57.1k	$67.4k
2021–22	14,617	14,329	+288	8,101	8,198	$68.7k	$74.8k
2022–23 †	13,845	14,326	−481	7,832	8,430	$66.8k	$73.3k

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

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