Who's moving to and from DeKalb County, Georgia?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 50,922 people in, 58,515 out. Most were moving between Georgia counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−7,593 people
−2,301 households
Arrivals' income
$68.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$72.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving DeKalb County went in Georgia

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Georgia counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Los Angeles County, CA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 already lived in Georgia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Fulton County11,968
  2. Gwinnett County7,162
  3. Clayton County2,655
  4. Cobb County2,488
  5. Rockdale County1,261
  6. Henry County1,217
  7. Newton County715
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)6,630

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left stayed in Georgia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Fulton County12,335
  2. Gwinnett County9,843
  3. Cobb County3,337
  4. Clayton County3,085
  5. Rockdale County1,957
  6. Henry County1,955
  7. Newton County1,471
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)6,433

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
237 people
Left for abroad
366 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is DeKalb usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2016–17.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−2,30122–23††‡†
Net migration of DeKalb County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−1,536
2014–15 †+1,343
2015–16+252
2016–17 †−1,585
2017–18−1,380
2018–19 ‡−765
2019–20−2,233
2020–21−2,188
2021–22−1,351
2022–23 †−2,301

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

Cite this page

Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from DeKalb County, Georgia?” movedwhere.com/county/dekalb-county-ga. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.