DeKalb County, Georgia: Diversifying Metro county. In 2024, voted D+64%. Democratic peak: D+88 in 1916.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+64MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Diversifying MetroAkashic typology
- Population
- 765,3512024 5-year
- Median household income
- $80,6442024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 28.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 50.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+88 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+55 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Mercer County, NJ · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of DeKalb CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for DeKalb County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +36.4% |
| 1896 | +27.8% |
| 1900 | +51.7% |
| 1904 | +41.2% |
| 1908 | +28.2% |
| 1912 | +80.0% |
| 1916 | +88.4% |
| 1920 | +39.4% |
| 1924 | +52.1% |
| 1928 | −1.8% |
| 1932 | +77.7% |
| 1936 | +73.1% |
| 1940 | +61.7% |
| 1944 | +65.1% |
| 1948 | +26.0% |
| 1952 | +14.5% |
| 1956 | +31.1% |
| 1960 | +0.1% |
| 1964 | −14.2% |
| 1968 | −23.7% |
| 1972 | −54.7% |
| 1976 | +12.8% |
| 1980 | +4.7% |
| 1984 | −15.0% |
| 1988 | +1.3% |
| 1992 | +25.2% |
| 1996 | +37.5% |
| 2000 | +43.5% |
| 2004 | +46.0% |
| 2008 | +58.6% |
| 2012 | +56.6% |
| 2016 | +62.9% |
| 2020 | +67.4% |
| 2024 | +64.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 299,630 | 62,622 | 368,182 | ||
| D | 308,227 | 58,373 | 370,804 | ||
| D | 251,370 | 51,468 | 317,849 | ||
| D | 238,224 | 64,392 | 306,858 | ||
| D | 254,594 | 65,581 | 322,301 | ||
| D | 200,787 | 73,570 | 276,771 | ||
| D | 154,509 | 58,807 | 219,980 | ||
| D | 137,903 | 60,255 | 207,229 | ||
| D | 124,559 | 70,282 | 215,435 | ||
| D | 92,521 | 90,179 | 184,250 | ||
| R | 77,329 | 104,697 | 182,026 | ||
| D | 82,743 | 74,904 | 167,405 | ||
| D | 86,872 | 67,160 | 154,032 | ||
| R | 30,671 | 104,750 | 135,421 | ||
| R | 27,796 | 52,485 | 104,237 | ||
| R | 37,154 | 49,448 | 86,602 | ||
| D | 24,116 | 24,046 | 48,162 | ||
| D | 29,915 | 15,718 | 45,633 | ||
| D | 20,865 | 15,588 | 36,453 | ||
| D | 10,826 | 5,758 | 19,521 | ||
| D | 12,069 | 2,555 | 14,625 | ||
| D | 8,862 | 2,081 | 10,988 | ||
| D | 7,391 | 1,137 | 8,560 | ||
| D | 5,323 | 633 | 6,039 | ||
| R | 2,293 | 2,378 | 4,671 | ||
| D | 2,277 | 590 | 3,241 | ||
| D | 1,847 | 803 | 2,650 | ||
| D | 1,690 | 12 | 1,899 | ||
| D | 837 | 44 | 991 | ||
| D | 740 | 356 | 1,361 | ||
| D | 759 | 213 | 1,325 | ||
| D | 756 | 216 | 1,045 | ||
| D | 815 | 439 | 1,353 | ||
| D | 1,370 | 496 | 2,398 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
6.6%
German
5.2%
American
4.6%
Irish
4.4%
Italian
1.8%
Scottish
1.5%
Polish
1.1%
African American
40.6%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 36.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$80,644
DeKalb County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
DeKalb County$80,644
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
DeKalb County ranks in the top 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.0%
Working age (18–64)11.8%
Seniors (65+)12.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
78.9%
speak English only
Spanish8.7%
Other languages4.7%
Other Indo-European4.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
DeKalb anchors Atlanta's eastern suburbs with a majority-Black population and a college-educated professional base, producing presidential margins above 60 points Democratic in every cycle since 2008.
The Democratic margin here reached eighty-eight points in 1916. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-four points.
A population of 765,351, a 29% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,644 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mercer County and Washtenaw County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did DeKalb County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, DeKalb County, Georgia voted Democratic by 64.4 points (D+64), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 368,182 votes cast, 299,630 went Democratic and 62,622 went Republican.
What is DeKalb County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places DeKalb County, Georgia in the "Diversifying Metro" typology — Mid-size metropolitan counties growing more diverse and trending Democratic. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 29 times, Republican 5 times, and other 0 times.
When did DeKalb County, Georgia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which DeKalb County, Georgia voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in DeKalb County, Georgia?
DeKalb County, Georgia has a population of 765,351 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in DeKalb County, Georgia?
Median household income in DeKalb County, Georgia is $80,644 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of DeKalb County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in DeKalb County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 29 went Democratic and 5 went Republican. The county's typology — "Diversifying Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.