Sources of Tennessee Population (1850)

North Carolina 72,027
Virginia/WVA 46,631
South Carolina 15,197
Kentucky  12.609
Alabama    6,398
Georgia    4,863
Pennsylvania   2.146
Mississippi    2,137
Maryland    1,554
New York    1,019
Missouri       920
Illinois       872
Indiana       769
Ohio        742
Arkansas         496
Louisiana       261
Texas        100
Iowa          30
Wisconsin           8
Michigan           7
 

Tennesseans living in other states:

1850      1880

Alabama 22,541
Mississippi 27,439
Texas  17,692   83,158
Arkansas 33,807
Kentucky 23,623   54,386
Indiana 12,734
Illinois 32,303
Missouri 44,097   72,454