The IRS Tax Statistics Migration Data have been released for 2013-14.
Shelby County added 614 people from Nashville with salaries of $13.5 million but we lost 985 people to that city with salaries of $30.7 million; the net loss to Dallas was about $10 million, $3 million to Chicago, $1.5 million to Little Rock, and $6 million to Atlanta’s Fulton County.
Shelby County does better when it comes to cities in California with $10 million to the good for Los Angeles and about $1.7 million for San Diego.
It is worth pointing out that in the latest year of data, other cities were also losing population, including Nashville, Atlanta (Fulton County), Dallas, and Los Angeles.
Austin continues as a magnet for talent with an amazing increase of 123,802 in 2013-14.
Shelby County, TN, Net Migration Trends:
2011-12: Loss of 3,162
2012-13: Loss of 7,090
2013-14: Loss of 5,668
2013-14 Total Migration:
30,209 – In-migration
35,877 – Out-Migration
Different State Migration:
23,676 – In-Migration
28,424 – Out-migration
Same State Migration:
6,206 – In-migration
7,125 – Out-migration
County-To-County In-Migration Flows (More than 200 people) with Adjusted Gross Income (2013-14):
DeSoto County: 3,500 people – $58,275,000
Tipton County: 1,672 people – $29,495,000
Fayette County: 1,379 people – $37,761,000
Crittenden County: 704 people – $11,306,000
Marshall County: 633 people – $9,337,000
Davidson County: 614 people – $13,528,000
Los Angeles County: 514 people – $15,500,000
Cook County, IL: 435 people – $9,734,000
Madison County, TN: 413 people – $8,027,000
Harris County, TX: 300 people – $9,402,000
Dallas County, TX : 250 people – $6,257,000
San Diego County: 238 people – $7,043,000
Travis County, TX: 220 people – $5,803,000
Fulton County, GA: 216 people – $7,083,000
Rutherford County, TN: 211 people – $3,962,000
Knox County: 201 people – $4,456,000
Pulaski County, AR – 201 – $4,850,000
County-to-County Out-Migration Flows (More than 200 people) with Adjusted Gross Income:
DeSoto County: 4,104 people – $74,159,000
Travis County, TX: 1,757 people – $18,886,000
Fayette County, TN: 1,716 people – $63,057,000
Tipton County, TN: 1,430 people – $27,780,000
Davidson County: 985 people $30,683,000
Crittenden County: 659 people – $30,683,000
Marshall County, MS: 539 people – $8,928,000
Harris County, TX: 532 people – $11,248,000
Dallas County, TX: 516 people – $16,511,000
Cook County IL: 405 people – $12,883,000
Fulton County, GA: 363 people – $13,160,000
Tarrant County, TX: 346 people – $7,791,000
Williamson County, TN: 339 people – $16,856,000
Madison County, TN: 327 people – $5,790,000
Rutherford County, TN: 264 people – $5,655,000
Maricopa County, AZ: 239 people – $7,026,000
DeKalb County, GA: 228 people – $5,181,000
Knox County: 222 people – $6,429,000
Pulaski County, AR: 218 people – $6,393,000
Los Angeles County: 217 people – $4,975,000
Collin County, TX: 213 people – $6,714,000
San Diego County: 210 people – $5,245,000
Cobb County, GA: 206 people – $7,157,000
Denton County, TX: 203 people – $8,086,000
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This is no surprise. Memphis has been in a decline for a long time so people naturally leave for greener passsges and go where jobs and a better quality of life are found. For sure that’s not around here.
Everybody moving out of Memphis and Shelby County
We moved from Nashville to Memphis early this year.
Shows what has been happening for a long time. Memphis has been shrinking in population and is no longer the largest city in Tennessee. Not enough decent jobs here and the quality of life is bad compared to other cities. Way too much crime here.
38103: Please keep us posted on your experience. Welcome to this unique, always fascinating community.
Shrinking Shelby
It would help Memphis a lot if people were moving here instead of leaving. Looks bad when trying to recruit workers or companies to relocate here. We’ve had several good people offered jobs but they turned us down because they didn’t like the area as a place to live.
Smart City, to answer your post, we really like living here. We moved into the downtown area. This was by choice, not a forced move. Nashville is getting very crowded, and a trend worth noting, the murder rate ytd is up 56% in Davidson County, however Memphis murder rate is still about double. One hundred people moving there everyday, but what kind of 100 people, and who is staying long term? Projected one million more people will be moving to Nashville between now and 2040 with no real infrastructure to support it. Transit, roads, schools, police, city services are underfunded, traffic getting worse, yet a new soccer stadium is on the drawing board, estimated 50 to 100 million. Property values artificially high, taxes artificially low. You call codes, animal control, etc. and get the runaround, ultimately resulting in nothing getting done. Where is it going?
I think some of the challenges Memphis faces are clearly the same challenges in other cities, you just don’t hear about them.
38103. Most people would rather live in a growing city like Nashville anytime than in a mostly backwater city like Memphis. All growing cities have issues but there are just more jobs, development and most importantky more opportunities for just about everything. Two friends have kids who landed great jobs and love it in Nashville. There was just nothing for them here in Memphis which is barely treating water. Anyhow Good luck here in the Bluff City.
Shelby County and the city have been hurt for years especially by moves to DeSoto County to the benefit of Mississippi. We have to ask why this exodus from Memphis continues to happen?
Hi 38103! I travel to Nashville often and have for several years. I have seen the congestion get steadily worse. I know it’s the “in” place to be but it seems like their prosperity has had a negative effect on their quality of life, like Atlanta. As you can see from the comments above, our own people like to run the City down but most newcomers seem to enjoy Memphis. We have our problems but the pace of life seems much more manageable than bigger cities.
Thank you Anon. While striving to improve on what we have, it’s also important to realize what we have as well.
It is relatively easy to live here in this kinda sleepy city if you can find a decent job. Homes are much cheaper compared to other places but taxes are way high. Much higher real estate taxes than in Nashville. I think most Memphians are jealous of Nashville and all that’s going on over there.
Its not just Memphis. I’ve seen many people from many cities that have displayed anywhere from envy to outright rage regarding what’s happening in Nashville.
Kansas City, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Louisville, Cincinnati, Richmond, Charlotte, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and New Orleans to name just a few.
Thanks, Anonymous. You said it well. No city in the Southeast is keeping pace with Nashville right now. And most outside the Southeast can’t keep pace either.
@ 38103
Not to derail the topic, but I’m curious as to how Nashville paid for all of the new stuff they’ve built downtown? Maybe Memphis and other cities could use the same method.
How did Nashville pay for multiple parks, multiple pedestrian bridges, a baseball stadium, a convention center, an amphitheater, a symphony hall, a library, multiple roundabouts, etc?
Median house prices in Nashville are significantly higher than Memphis so Nashville gets more property tax money to pay for parks and quality of life investments. The convention center is funded by a complex mix of revenue sources but chiefly the Tourism Development Zone and a special half-cent sales tax. State government appropriates money for a lot of Nashville projects as well and sometimes, even builds the venue itself – like performing arts center..
The symphony hall was saved from foreclosure several years ago when agreements were made with the banks who held the note. Libraries are paid from property taxes. The baseball stadium went over budget but it is paid for by bonds issued by metro government in Nashville. The amphitheater was funded by city government as well.
I’ve never ever seen as much construction underway anywhere than what we recently saw in Nashville. Dozens of big new hotels, apartments, condos and skyscrapers are all over the city, not just downtown. The state is also building a large new state museum near the baseball stadium. The spending and tax revenue from tourism and convention visitors must be huge. And Nashville just landed a new nonstop flight to London on British Airways.