Tennessee vs Texas: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Tennessee. In 2022–23, 446 more people moved from Texas to Tennessee than the other way.

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Texas → Tennessee12,672 people

Arrivals' income: $87.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Tennessee → Texas12,226 people

Leavers' income: $77.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

24,898 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Texas came out ahead every year until 2015–16. Since 2016–17, more have moved to Tennessee.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Tennessee and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−2,436
2014–15 †	−14
2015–16	−27
2016–17 †	+569
2017–18	+225
2018–19	+173
2019–20	+195
2020–21	+305
2021–22	+151
2022–23 †	+176

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2016–17 turn lands on one of those years, so part of it may be the method.

The two states overall

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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Texas

Net change, all states: +112,481
Moved in · moved out: 553,369 · 440,888
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $83.6k · $80.4k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Texas and Tennessee, 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	9,868	15,432	−5,564	4,764	7,200	$59.5k	$47.8k
2014–15 †	9,611	9,527	+84	4,805	4,819	$54.1k	$48.5k
2015–16	11,639	11,729	−90	5,625	5,652	$68.6k	$61.8k
2016–17 †	15,843	14,562	+1,281	7,510	6,941	$70.5k	$62.6k
2017–18	11,610	11,040	+570	5,728	5,503	$73.2k	$59.7k
2018–19	10,947	10,474	+473	5,557	5,384	$73.9k	$64.6k
2019–20	12,479	11,734	+745	6,090	5,895	$76.7k	$67.2k
2020–21	12,481	11,808	+673	6,463	6,158	$83.9k	$65.3k
2021–22	12,783	12,091	+692	6,766	6,615	$99.9k	$73.2k
2022–23 †	12,672	12,226	+446	6,952	6,776	$87.2k	$77.2k

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

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