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SouthState Does Business in 7 of the 10 Fastest Growing States
Source: SouthState Bank Corp., 2nd quarter 2026 earnings presentation
TOP 10 STATES NET DOMESTIC MIGRATION*
NORTHEAST
1. Florida
890,348
2. Texas
812,735
3. North Carolina
476,921
4. South Carolina
379,062
5. Tennessee
292,727
6. Arizona
282,626
7. Georgia
232,849
8. Alabama
141,048
9. Idaho
139,784
10. Oklahoma
107,244
–1,504,304
MIDWEST
WEST
–1,140,456
–512,765
SOUTH
+3,157,525
*U.S. Net Domestic Migration From
April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025
for our customer service,” says Wells, who spent
PNC Financial Services Group. “We’re able to
16 years at BB&T and was a market president
go attract that talent from the larger banks,” he
at Truist. “We were also known as a nice growing
says. “They know that it can be done in an easier,
bank that took a conservative approach from a
simpler way, a more local way.”
credit standpoint, but we could still get our growth
Murray, SouthState’s president, and Young,
because we added a lot of value to our interactions
chief strategy officer, credit the bank’s business
with our clients and prospects.” The SouthState
model and culture with attracting and retaining
model, he adds, was “what I was desiring to get
the talent it needs to grow. “If you’re one of our
back into — putting it in the hands of folks who
relationship managers, you have your own book of
live in that market, who understand that market,
loans and deposits and expenses, your marketing
who know what’s good for that market and letting
expenses, how you entertain your clients and the
them make the decisions on a local level.”
profit that you produce as a relationship manag-
Five of the 10 members of the burgeoning
er,” says Murray. “You’re really running your own
Nashville team came from the old BB&T, says
business, and that’s an attractive environment for
Wells, and two joined Bank of America Corp. and
many bankers.”
