Nashville Tennessean
Tennessee elbowed out Texas and Florida to welcome the nation s largest net gain of new residents during the COVID-19 pandemic s so-called Great American Move, according to one weighty metric.
In 2020, Tennessee topped U-Haul s list of one-way moves for the first time with a 12% jump in new arrivals over the prior year. Texas and Florida were the fastest-growing destinations for the past three years, according to the leading moving and storage company.
Knoxville had a 23% spike in new arrivals over 2019, when Tennessee ranked as being the 12th-most number of moves from U-Haul s 22,000 truck- and trailer-sharing locations nationwide. Places like Nashville, Murfreesboro and Clarksville are attracting tons of new residents, U-Haul Company of Nashville President Jeff Porter said. I ve definitely seen an increase with the virus in just the sheer volume of rentals. We re busier but I don t think it s all just because of COVID-19. People ar