DeKalb County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 213,872 27.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 80,839 10.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 385,532 50.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 46,997 6.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 32,093 4.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 742 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 460 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 4,816 0.6%

• Under 18 174,042 22.7%
• 18–24 64,931 8.5%
• 25–44 235,867 30.8%
• 45–64 185,235 24.2%
• 65 and over 105,276 13.8%

Median household income

$81,452

90% interval $79,085–$83,819

+$1,540 vs GA · 25th of 159

Below poverty line

12.7%

90% interval 11.3%–14.1%

−0.1 pp vs GA · 116th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.5%

+0.1 pp vs. state

County GDP

$59.3B

6.73% of state

Avg. annual pay

$79,868

Establishments

23,668

• Education & health services 97,333 31.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 58,026 18.6%
• Professional & business services 46,599 14.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 27,493 8.8%
• Financial activities 22,400 7.2%
• Public administration 20,329 6.5%
• Manufacturing 12,487 4.0%
• Construction 9,789 3.1%
• Other services 8,514 2.7%
• Information 8,137 2.6%
• Unclassified 995 0.3%
• Natural resources & mining 324 0.1%

Home ownership

58.8%

−6.9 pp vs GA · 144th of 159

Median gross rent

$1,692

+$299 vs GA · 8th of 159

Owner-occupied

168,868

Renter-occupied

118,371

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $142,911/yr) pays 4.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $30,551/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 299,630 81.9%
• Republican 62,622 17.1%
• Other / third-party 3,756 1.0%

• Spanish 62,614 8.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 8,596 1.2%
• Chinese 6,608 0.9%
• Vietnamese 4,360 0.6%
• Korean 2,479 0.3%
• Arabic 2,471 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 2,155 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 2,144 0.3%
• Tagalog 966 0.1%

Households

287,239

Family households

164,071

57.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

42,047

25.6% of families

Single-mother families

20,252

12.3% of families

Veterans

31,938

5.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 126,206 16.5%
• Black Protestant 89,260 11.7%
• Catholic 70,738 9.3%
• Mainline Protestant 49,342 6.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 45,239 5.9%
• Orthodox 8,499 1.1%

Health insured

87.3%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

12.7%

±0.4 pp

84th of 159

With a disability

12.2%

±0.5 pp

137th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

47.4%

±0.8 pp

+12.5 pp vs GA · 7th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.5%

90% interval 13.7%–15.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

DeKalb Judicial Circuit Superior Court

Judges

10 (Superior Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); State Court + Magistrate Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. O.C.G.A. § 15-6-1 map effective Jan 1, 2025; statewide total 252 Superior Court judgeships per O.C.G.A. § 15-6-2 allocations.)

Court seats

Decatur

Traffic fatalities

106

17.93 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

98