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DeKalb County

Georgia · 774,394 residents (2025 est.) · 268 sq mi
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DeKalb County is a county of 765,351 people in Georgia. That puts it in the top 5% of US counties for household income. 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are 2,859 people per square mile. 59% of homes are owner-occupied. The population is up 15% since 2000.

At a glance
Average income
near the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.4
US median: 38.9
More educated
47% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 47%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
765,351
+15%since 2000
from 665,865 in 2000
774,394 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
2,859 / sq mi
+4%since 2009
from 2,739 / sq mi in 2009
US average: 281
Median age
36.4
+13%since 2000
from 32.3 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
268 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
524K590K656K721K787K19902000201020202024DeKalb County
2024765K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 56.5%(49,731)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 96%(46,128)
US avg: 6%
10 to 146.5%(49,758)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 196.1%(46,527)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 246.1%(46,829)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3416.3%(124,786)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4414.5%(111,081)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5412.5%(95,994)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6411.7%(89,241)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 748.6%(65,443)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 843.8%(29,356)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over1.4%(10,477)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$80,644
−10%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $49,117 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$46,998
+96%since 2000
from $23,968 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
53.0%
+20.4 ptssince 2009
from 32.6% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
13.7%
+2.9 ptssince 2000
from 10.8% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.496
+5%since 2010
from 0.472 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Information10.3%
US avg: 10.8%
Finance & insurance7.9%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical7.4%
US avg: 5.1%
Other services7.1%
US avg: 6.7%
Retail trade6.1%
US avg: 9.9%
Public administration4.7%
US avg: 4.8%
Wholesale trade4.6%
US avg: 6.9%
Arts, entertainment, food3.3%
US avg: 1.9%
Transportation & warehousing2.1%
US avg: 2.2%
Education & health services0.6%
US avg: 0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.4%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction0.4%
US avg: 1.2%
Manufacturing0%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$357,800
+47%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $133,500 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,692
+21%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $767 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
58.8%
+0.3 ptssince 2000
from 58.5% in 2000
41.2% rent
Vacancy rate
13.2%
+1.7 ptssince 2009
from 11.5% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.63 people
−1%since 2009
from 2.65 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
23.3%
−11.3 ptssince 2009
from 34.5% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
55.6%
+6.1 ptssince 2009
from 49.6% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
4.4
+20%since 2009
from 3.7 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
72
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic32.2%(214,685)
Black53.8%(358,381)
Hispanic / Latino7.9%(52,542)
Asian4%(26,483)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic27.9%(213,872)
Black50.4%(385,532)
Hispanic / Latino10.6%(80,839)
Asian6.1%(46,997)
Other5%(38,111)
Diversity Score
81
+7%since 2009
from 76 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
57
−7%since 2020
from 61 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican4.2%(32,070)
Guatemalan1.6%(12,096)
South American1.3%(10,224)
Puerto Rican0.8%(5,741)
Honduran0.6%(4,558)
Colombian0.5%(4,118)
Cuban0.5%(3,547)
Salvadoran0.4%(2,998)
Venezuelan0.3%(2,213)
Nicaraguan0.3%(1,949)
Peruvian0.2%(1,719)
+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data
Dominican0.2%(1,341)
Panamanian0.2%(1,164)
Spaniard0.1%(830)
Argentine0.1%(762)
Chilean0.1%(675)
Ecuadorian0%(343)
Uruguayan0%(129)
Paraguayan0%(108)
Bolivian0%(84)
Asian origin
Asian Indian2%(15,279)
Chinese1%(7,673)
Vietnamese0.6%(4,401)
Korean0.5%(3,460)
Burmese0.4%(3,230)
Bangladeshi0.3%(2,517)
Filipino0.3%(2,022)
Kazakh0.2%(1,422)
Nepalese0.2%(1,344)
Pakistani0.1%(952)
Japanese0.1%(758)
Bhutanese0.1%(684)
+ 11 more asian origin groups with data
Cambodian0.1%(614)
Taiwanese0.1%(484)
Thai0%(379)
Laotian0%(168)
Sri Lankan0%(131)
Malaysian0%(61)
Hmong0%(39)
Okinawan0%(30)
Uzbek0%(8)
Pacific Islander origin
Samoan0%(319)
Chamorro0%(151)
Tongan0%(150)
Chuukese0%(27)
Ancestry
English6.6%(50,671)
Subsaharan African5.4%(41,284)
German5.2%(40,115)
American4.6%(35,547)
Irish4.4%(33,554)
West Indian3.2%(24,441)
Jamaican1.8%(14,152)
Italian1.8%(13,865)
Ethiopian1.5%(11,370)
Scottish1.5%(11,338)
Polish1.1%(8,224)
French1%(7,303)
+ 51 more ancestry groups with data
Nigerian0.9%(6,570)
Scotch-Irish0.8%(6,335)
Russian0.7%(5,343)
Arab0.5%(3,674)
British0.5%(3,455)
Haitian0.4%(3,344)
Dutch0.4%(3,300)
Swedish0.4%(3,293)
Welsh0.4%(2,949)
Guyanese0.3%(2,664)
Greek0.3%(2,612)
Somali0.3%(2,502)
Norwegian0.3%(2,385)
Danish0.2%(1,545)
Czech0.2%(1,411)
Ukrainian0.2%(1,336)
Hungarian0.2%(1,239)
Lebanese0.1%(1,129)
French Canadian0.1%(1,128)
Austrian0.1%(1,035)
Kenyan0.1%(966)
Iranian0.1%(934)
Lithuanian0.1%(933)
Swiss0.1%(883)
Turkish0.1%(881)
Portuguese0.1%(839)
Israeli0.1%(763)
Ghanaian0.1%(727)
Canadian0.1%(700)
Brazilian0.1%(663)
Finnish0.1%(495)
Romanian0.1%(478)
Belgian0.1%(401)
Croatian0%(376)
Iraqi0%(362)
Serbian0%(344)
Slovak0%(331)
Egyptian0%(329)
Syrian0%(317)
Barbadian0%(298)
Moroccan0%(292)
Latvian0%(220)
Armenian0%(215)
Bulgarian0%(181)
Slovene0%(156)
Australian0%(137)
Jordanian0%(72)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
47.4%
+11.1 ptssince 2000
from 36.3% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
90.8%
+5.7 ptssince 2000
from 85.1% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
21.1%
+7.5 ptssince 2000
from 13.6% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
30.4 min
+38%since 2000
from 21.9 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
61.4%
−11.4 ptssince 2009
from 72.8% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
8.9%
−2.1 ptssince 2009
from 11.0% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
3.7%
−4.5 ptssince 2009
from 8.1% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
22.6%
+18.1 ptssince 2009
from 4.4% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
1.3%
−0.3 ptssince 2009
from 1.7% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.2%
Unchangedsince 2009
from 0.2% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
7.3%
−1.9 ptssince 2009
from 9.3% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
6.4%
−6.1 ptssince 2011
from 12.5% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
68.3%
−2.5 ptssince 2011
from 70.8% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
78.2%
−0.5 ptssince 2020
from 78.7% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
11.9%
−0.5 ptssince 2009
from 12.5% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
48.9%
+8.2 ptssince 2009
from 40.7% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
47.4%
−1.0 ptssince 2009
from 48.4% in 2009
Female
52.6%
+1.0 ptssince 2009
from 51.6% in 2009
Foreign born
17.3%
+1.0 ptssince 2009
from 16.2% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
5.4%
−2.7 ptssince 2009
from 8.1% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
12.2%
+2.7 ptssince 2012
from 9.5% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
12.7%
−8.8 ptssince 2013
from 21.5% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
93.7%
+12.7 ptssince 2017
from 81.0% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
96.9%
+2.9 ptssince 2020
from 94.0% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
85.9%
+2.0 ptssince 2020
from 83.9% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
78.9%
−2.2 ptssince 2016
from 81.1% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
8.7%
+0.8 ptssince 2016
from 7.9% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married45.7%(132,127)
Married43.4%(125,384)
Widowed2.1%(6,022)
Divorced8.8%(25,346)
Women 15+
Never married41.7%(138,035)
Married37.6%(124,285)
Widowed6.1%(20,337)
Divorced14.6%(48,198)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
12.7%
−8.8 ptssince 2013
from 21.5% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
54.0%
−0.2 ptssince 2020
from 54.2% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
14.0%
+1.5 ptssince 2020
from 12.5% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
14.4%
+0.7 ptssince 2020
from 13.7% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
18.3%
+0.2 ptssince 2020
from 18.1% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
2.2%
+0.1 ptssince 2020
from 2.1% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
66.1%
+0.9 ptssince 2020
from 65.2% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
30.8%
+0.9 ptssince 2020
from 29.9% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)26.3%(8,411)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)26.8%(8,550)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era28.1%(8,986)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.8%(902)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.3%(103)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 31,938 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in DeKalb County, Georgia?

DeKalb County, Georgia has about 765,351 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in DeKalb County, Georgia?

The typical household in DeKalb County, Georgia earns about $80,644 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is DeKalb County, Georgia expensive?

In DeKalb County, Georgia, the median home is worth about $357,800, and the typical rent is about $1,692 a month.

How educated are people in DeKalb County, Georgia?

About 47.4% of adults age 25 and over in DeKalb County, Georgia hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in DeKalb County, Georgia?

About 13.7% of people in DeKalb County, Georgia live below the federal poverty line.

Has DeKalb County, Georgia grown since 1990?

Yes, DeKalb County, Georgia has grown since 1990. The population has added about 219,514 residents, a change of about 40 percent over that period.

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