(May 2023) States without an income tax recorded higher levels of population growth than the national average and states in local regions, according to decennial U.S. Bureau of the Census data.
Regional Population Growth
Census data shows population growth in Florida led the 12-state Southeast region (2010 to 2020). Texas led the border state region in the same period.
| Florida | 14.6% |
| South Carolina | 10.7% |
| Georgia | 10.6% |
| North Carolina | 9.5% |
| Tennessee | 8.9% |
| Virginia | 7.9% |
| United States | 7.4% |
| Alabama | 5.1% |
| Kentucky | 3.8% |
| Arkansas | 3.3% |
| Louisiana | 2.7% |
| Mississippi | -0.2% |
| West Virginia | -3.2% |
| Texas | 15.9% |
| Tennessee | 8.9% |
| United States | 7.4% |
| Oklahoma | 5.5% |
| Arkansas | 3.3% |
| Missouri | 2.8% |
| Louisiana | 2.7% |
| Mississippi | -0.2% |
| NationalLeadership |
Nevada does not have a state individual or corporate income tax, and topped other states and the U.S. average in population growth for decades.
Decade Growth Rates
1960-1970 Nevada 71.3% U.S. average 13.3%
1970-1980 Nevada 63.8% U.S. average 11.5%
| 1980-1990 | Nevada | 50.1% | U.S. average | 9.8% |
| 1990-2000 | Nevada | 66.3% | U.S. average | 13.2% |
| 2000-2010 | Nevada | 35.1% | U.S. average | 9.7% |
Utah (18.4%) topped the U.S. (7.4%) between 2010 and 2020.
— Greg Kaza
Source:
Historical Population Change Data (1910-2020) (census.gov) https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html
