Where Everyone Is Moving To In Tennessee 1980 - 2008 (Memphis, Johnson City: condo, schools)

[LauraC]

When the map of the US comes up, click on Tennessee on that map to bring up the State Map and to see which counties of Tennessee are experiencing shrinking to explosive growth from 1980 to 2008.

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Sorry made a mistake with the year 2000 in the subject header. It should have been 1980 - 2008.

The map itself has to do with population growth, not immigration.

[Beretta]

I changed the title to reflect 1980.

Thanks for the post. Interesting information.

[scarletneon]

oh lovely lovely sprawl! at least it's not as terrible as the Atlanta metro.

[alleycat]

Most of the growth shown in Tennessee doesn't surprise me. I see it every time I drive somewhere. When they start building high-rise condo towers in Ashland City, there is definitely a growth in population.

The one that probably surprises me the most is Sullivan County; I would have expected it to have experienced more growth in population.

[LauraC]

Williamson and Rutherford Counties had EXPLOSIVE population growth. That can't be good. Is Tipton County considered to be the Memphis suburbs? I wonder if the rapid growth there is just people fleeing Memphis/Shelby County.

[jabogitlu]

Originally Posted by alleycat

The one that probably surprises me the most is Sullivan County; I would have expected it to have experienced more growth in population.

You would think, eh? Most of the growth in the Tri-Cities CSA for the past 20 years can be attributed to the Johnson City MSA and Washington County. Quite a bit of Kingsport's growth has actually occurred in Hawkins County.

[JMT]

Originally Posted by jabogitlu

You would think, eh? Most of the growth in the Tri-Cities CSA for the past 20 years can be attributed to the Johnson City MSA and Washington County. Quite a bit of Kingsport's growth has actually occurred in Hawkins County.

And even then, Washington County grew at a slower rate than the state average.

But look at poor West Tennessee. Most counties in West Tennessee either didn't grow at all or actually lost population.

[jabogitlu]

Originally Posted by JMT

And even then, Washington County grew at a slower rate than the state average.

I know. If only we had a better airport...

[alleycat]

I wish the area around Nashville wasn't growing quite as fast as it is.

It amuses me sometimes over on the Nashville forum when someone hints that we're trying to talk someone into moving to Nashville rather than somewhere else. I don't try to talk anyone into either moving to the area or not moving to the area (other than pointing out whether the area might or might not meet their needs); if I were so inclined, I probably would try to discourage them.

[JMT]

Originally Posted by jabogitlu

I know. If only we had a better airport...

Yeah that's one of those Catch-22 situations: your airport won't expand because there's not a large population in the area, but the population won't grow until there's a larger airport.

But I think the growth rate in the Tri Cities has been healthy and manageable. You don't have overcrowded schools and overburdened roads. As alleycat alluded to, some of the booming areas around Nashville are choking on their high growth.