Tennessee
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 113,788 returns moved to Tennessee from other states and 89,684 moved the other way, a net gain of 24,104 returns, or 8.6 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between Tennessee and other states.Tennessee ranks 4th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Tennessee gains the most returns from California and loses the most to Alabama. Another 108,065 returns moved between counties inside Tennessee, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was +21,758 returns.
The exchange with every state
Sorted from the largest net gain to the largest net loss. States with a flow under 10 returns in either direction are left out.
| State | From there | To there | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 10,246 | 3,810 | +6,436 |
| Florida | 12,505 | 9,475 | +3,030 |
| Illinois | 5,141 | 2,901 | +2,240 |
| New York | 3,817 | 2,279 | +1,538 |
| New Jersey | 1,477 | 669 | +808 |
| Arizona | 2,188 | 1,405 | +783 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,208 | 1,459 | +749 |
| Virginia | 4,371 | 3,637 | +734 |
| Michigan | 2,802 | 2,102 | +700 |
| Ohio | 3,365 | 2,672 | +693 |
| Georgia | 8,430 | 7,832 | +598 |
| Washington | 1,956 | 1,371 | +585 |
| Louisiana | 1,551 | 987 | +564 |
| Indiana | 2,684 | 2,157 | +527 |
| Maryland | 1,418 | 955 | +463 |
| Wisconsin | 1,345 | 906 | +439 |
| Nevada | 1,046 | 640 | +406 |
| Oregon | 999 | 600 | +399 |
| Connecticut | 677 | 368 | +309 |
| Minnesota | 968 | 677 | +291 |
| Massachusetts | 1,107 | 822 | +285 |
| North Carolina | 5,058 | 4,796 | +262 |
| Colorado | 2,304 | 2,056 | +248 |
| Texas | 6,952 | 6,776 | +176 |
| Iowa | 618 | 461 | +157 |
| West Virginia | 579 | 426 | +153 |
| New Mexico | 482 | 333 | +149 |
| Utah | 679 | 546 | +133 |
| Kentucky | 5,634 | 5,516 | +118 |
| Idaho | 379 | 262 | +117 |
| Nebraska | 385 | 272 | +113 |
| South Dakota | 258 | 167 | +91 |
| Hawaii | 392 | 306 | +86 |
| Alaska | 339 | 258 | +81 |
| Kansas | 617 | 540 | +77 |
| New Hampshire | 287 | 211 | +76 |
| Vermont | 186 | 120 | +66 |
| Montana | 299 | 235 | +64 |
| Missouri | 1,782 | 1,722 | +60 |
| Delaware | 200 | 156 | +44 |
| Wyoming | 180 | 151 | +29 |
| North Dakota | 156 | 128 | +28 |
| Maine | 272 | 246 | +26 |
| Oklahoma | 743 | 731 | +12 |
| Rhode Island | 162 | 153 | +9 |
| Mississippi | 5,641 | 5,685 | −44 |
| Arkansas | 1,839 | 1,960 | −121 |
| District of Columbia | 209 | 355 | −146 |
| South Carolina | 2,301 | 2,487 | −186 |
| Alabama | 4,554 | 4,905 | −351 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: +8.6 in 2019–20, +11.7 in 2020–21, +11.4 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 94 Tennessee counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Van Buren County+44.0
- Loudon County+38.3
- Meigs County+36.2
- Cannon County+33.0
- Marshall County+29.2
- Wilson County+29.0
- Fentress County+28.9
- Johnson County+26.5
- Perry County+25.8
- Bledsoe County+25.2
- White County+25.1
- Clay County+24.5
- Putnam County+3.4
- Dyer County+2.0
- Pickett County+2.0
- Moore County+1.1
- Tipton County+1.0
- Sevier County−0.2
- Obion County−0.5
- Chester County−2.1
- Madison County−3.3
- Lauderdale County−5.7
- Shelby County−12.7
- Haywood County−14.7
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.