Ten towns and cities in the Tri-Cities metro area saw estimated 2018 population gains. Some losses – or gains – from 2017 were in the single digits. But almost all of it went to Johnson City and Kingsport. And while… Read More ›
DEMOGRAPHICS
Report shows county population growth, losses in Tri-Cities; Washington Co. TN, Sullivan, Greene see most local growth
Northeast Tennessee’s population grew to 1.5 million in 2018, an 0.6% increase from 2017, according to Census Bureau estimates released this week. All that growth in three of the region’s four metro areas came from migration. Knoxville was the only… Read More ›
Most Tri-Cities area residents are native Tennesseans, but the balance is shifting
“You’re not from around here, are you?” The answer to that question is most local residents are still native Tennesseans, but their share of the total population is slipping and in a couple places the “outsiders” outnumber the natives. And… Read More ›
Get ready for some sticker shock at cost of Tri-Cities elder care
Remember the numbers recently used to illustrate the contrast between the emergence of GenZ and the Tri-Cities Baby Boomers on the front porch of old age? A 2018 study by Genworth Financial Inc. adds another level of context – and… Read More ›