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DeKalb County, GA

762,992 Population
267.7 square miles 2,850.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 37.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$46,963 ±$1,282 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $39,685 ±$352
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$77,861 ±$2,929 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Georgia: $74,632 ±$833
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.8% ±1.5% (95,890  ±10,902) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 13.6% 1,461,317 (±0.4% / ±38,018)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

29.9 minutes ±0.6 (9,248,635  ±344,601) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.7 128,833,304 (±0.2 / ±1,204,493)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

291,423 ±4,342 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,150,138 ±14,424
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0 (751,642  ±203) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,774,563
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.5% ±1% (8,987  ±1,944) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 141,228 (±0.3% / ±6,907)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

333,374 ±234 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,610,506 ±467
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$368,200 ±$7,955 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $323,000 ±$1,915
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.8% ±1.3% (104,520  ±9,982.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 12.6% 1,369,769 (±0.3% / ±34,280.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

90.5% ±2.3% (477,255  ±12,108.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89.3% 6,653,783 (±0.6% / ±43,866.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
48.6% ±1.6% (256,249  ±8,423.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 35.4% 2,637,795 (±0.4% / ±27,056)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

20.6% ±1.1% (147,047  ±8,004) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 15.7% 1,631,026 (±0.3% / ±32,479.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

18.3% (139,770  ±7,845) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 11.6% 1,274,462
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.5% ±0.6% (32,607  ±3,234) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 608,198 (±0.2% / ±13,207)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
32,607 Total veterans ±3,234 27,977 Male ±2,818 4,630 Female ±1,426

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