Illinois vs Tennessee: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Tennessee. In 2022–23, 4,132 more people moved from Illinois to Tennessee than the other way.

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Tennessee → Illinois4,755 people

Arrivals' income: $64.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Illinois → Tennessee8,887 people

Leavers' income: $103.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

13,642 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 Illinois every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Illinois and Tennessee (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−1,514
2014–15 †	−883
2015–16	−1,797
2016–17 †	−3,249
2017–18	−2,433
2018–19	−2,514
2019–20	−3,151
2020–21	−3,762
2021–22	−3,279
2022–23 †	−2,240

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

The two states overall

Illinois

Net change, all states: −54,182
Moved in · moved out: 179,622 · 233,804
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $78.8k · $104.4k

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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.

Every year, in full

Moves between Tennessee and Illinois, 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	3,745	6,962	−3,217	2,000	3,514	$48.7k	$63.2k
2014–15 †	2,852	4,423	−1,571	1,541	2,424	$40.5k	$62.7k
2015–16	3,648	7,259	−3,611	1,971	3,768	$52.3k	$70.5k
2016–17 †	4,865	11,600	−6,735	2,651	5,900	$57.0k	$75.5k
2017–18	3,848	8,868	−5,020	2,196	4,629	$47.1k	$82.2k
2018–19	3,991	8,829	−4,838	2,235	4,749	$54.8k	$84.8k
2019–20	4,050	10,889	−6,839	2,341	5,492	$53.2k	$98.5k
2020–21	4,301	11,946	−7,645	2,508	6,270	$53.3k	$153.3k
2021–22	4,461	10,855	−6,394	2,717	5,996	$62.4k	$122.1k
2022–23 †	4,755	8,887	−4,132	2,901	5,141	$64.0k	$103.4k

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

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