DeKalb County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

191 precincts · 368,182 votes cast

Harris · D+64

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+64.4%	299,630	62,622	368,182
2020	D	+67.4%	308,227	58,373	370,804
2016	D	+62.9%	251,370	51,468	317,849
2012	D	+56.6%	238,224	64,392	306,858
2008	D	+58.6%	254,594	65,581	322,301
2004	D	+46.0%	200,787	73,570	276,771
2000	D	+43.5%	154,509	58,807	219,980
1996	D	+37.5%	137,903	60,255	207,229
1992	D	+25.2%	124,559	70,282	215,435
1988	D	+1.3%	92,521	90,179	184,250
1984	R	−15.0%	77,329	104,697	182,026
1980	D	+4.7%	82,743	74,904	167,405
1976	D	+12.8%	86,872	67,160	154,032
1972	R	−54.7%	30,671	104,750	135,421
1968	R	−23.7%	27,796	52,485	104,237
1964	R	−14.2%	37,154	49,448	86,602
1960	D	+0.1%	24,116	24,046	48,162
1956	D	+31.1%	29,915	15,718	45,633
1952	D	+14.5%	20,865	15,588	36,453
1948	D	+26.0%	10,826	5,758	19,521
1944	D	+65.1%	12,069	2,555	14,625
1940	D	+61.7%	8,862	2,081	10,988
1936	D	+73.1%	7,391	1,137	8,560
1932	D	+77.7%	5,323	633	6,039
1928	R	−1.8%	2,293	2,378	4,671
1924	D	+52.1%	2,277	590	3,241
1920	D	+39.4%	1,847	803	2,650
1916	D	+88.4%	1,690	12	1,899
1912	D	+80.0%	837	44	991
1908	D	+28.2%	740	356	1,361
1904	D	+41.2%	759	213	1,325
1900	D	+51.7%	756	216	1,045
1896	D	+27.8%	815	439	1,353
1892	D	+36.4%	1,370	496	2,398
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Polish

1.3%

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. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 36.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.9%

1.5%

75–84

2.3%

3.7%

65–74

4.9%

5.4%

55–64

6.3%

6.0%

45–54

6.6%

7.0%

35–44

7.5%

7.7%

25–34

8.6%

4.1%

18–24

4.4%

8.3%

5–17

8.0%

3.3%

3.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 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

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

13.7%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

13.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

10.4%

Other Christian

10.4%

Methodist

7.1%

Non-Christian

4.6%

Mainline Protestant

3.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.3%

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 unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in DeKalb County peaked at eighty-eight points in 1916; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1988 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of one points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. DeKalb County's median household income of $80,644 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mercer County and Washtenaw County.

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