DEMOGRAPHICS

Here comes Gen Z, but what about the 68,000 Tri-Cities residents on the front porch of old age

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There’s a new generational group grabbing the fancy of writers who offer advice to employers and businesses. Can you believe it? The oldest Millennials are turning 40, and many are weary of the hype about them. So, here comes Gen… Read More ›

Tri-Cities birth-death balance gets worse in 2017

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Unicoi and Washington counties saw a small increase in births last year, but it wasn’t enough to keep the Tri-Cities off the region’s slippery slope of the births v. deaths. According to the Census Bureau’s components of population change report,… Read More ›

Kingsport leading Tri-Cities population growth

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  Mark 2017 as the year Kingsport got its mojo back. After two straight years of population declines, the Model City led the area in population gains. It also had the hottest existing home sales market; its best employment numbers… Read More ›

Headwinds building for new car sales

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New car sales are expected to soften in the second half of this year despite more dealer incentives. That would be a blow to local tax collections. There’s a wave of new vehicles coming off lease that could lure new… Read More ›

GenZ preferences good news for malls – no so much for downtowns

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Here’s some good news for malls – not so much for downtowns or big online sellers like Amazon. Generation Z is rapidly coming of age, and new studies show they like hanging out at the mall just as much as… Read More ›

Knoxville, Morriston MSAs see most of NE Tenn. 2017 growth

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Northeast Tennessee’s 2017 population increased by almost 12,000 people according to the Census Bureau’s 2017 estimated population report. The lion’s share of that growth was in the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) which also saw the region’s only natural population… Read More ›

Sullivan Co. posts region’s largest 2017 population increase estimate

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The 2017 Census Bureau’s latest population estimates put a big grin on the faces of Northeast Tennessee civic leaders. The news wasn’t nearly as encouraging in the SW Virginia portion of the Tri-Cities region. Every county except Johnson in NE… Read More ›

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