DeKalb County, Georgia

DeKalb County is a county in Georgia. The population of the county is 691,893.
DeKalb County 	Georgia
Founded 	December 9, 1822
Named for 	Johann de Kalb
County seat 	Decatur
Largest city 	Brookhaven
Population 	691,893
Habitat 	Urban
Cong. Districts 	4th, 5th, 6th
County Guildmaster	Jalal Morgan
Time Zone 	Eastern (UTC -5/-4)
== Major roads ==
Interstate 20
Interstate 85
Interstate 285
Interstate 675
US Route 23
US Route 29
US Route 78
US Route 278
Georgia State Route 8
Georgia State Route 10
Georgia State Route 13
Georgia State Route 13 Connector
Georgia State Route 14
Georgia State Route 42
Georgia State Route 124
Georgia State Route 141
Georgia State Route 154
Georgia State Route 155
Georgia State Route 212
Georgia State Route 236
Georgia State Route 260
Georgia State Route 410
== Geography ==
=== Adjacent counties ===
Rockdale County (east)
Gwinnett County (north)
Henry County (south)
Clayton County (southwest)
Fulton County (west)
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the county is:
53.42% Black or African American (369,609)
29.63% White (205,007)
9.34% Hispanic or Latino (64,622)
5.67% Asian (39,230)
1.94% Other (13,425)
15.7% (108,267) of DeKalb County residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Like Fulton, DeKalb also suffers from quite high rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The county reported 1,672 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 41.33 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
Due to widespread urbanization, wild Pokemon in DeKalb County have unfortunately become very, very rare.
== Communities ==
=== Cities ===
Avondale Estates - 2,960
Brookhaven - 51,567 (ACS)
Chamblee - 9,892
Clarkston - 7,554
Decatur - 19,335
Doraville - 8,330
Dunwoody - 46,267
Lithonia - 1,924
Pine Lake - 730
Stone Mountain - 5,802
=== CDPs ===
Belvedere Park - 15,152
Candler-McAfee - 23,025
Druid Hills - 14,568
Gresham Park - 7,432
North Atlanta - 40,456
North Decatur - 16,698
North Druid Hills - 18,947
Panthersville - 9,749
Redan - 33,015
Scottdale - 10,631
Tucker - 27,581
=== Neighborhoods and unincorporated communities ===
Atlanta Chinatown
Collinsville
Ellenwood (partly in Clayton, Henry and Rockdale counties)
Embry Hills
International Village
Klondike
Lenox Park
Northlake
Pittsburg
Smoke Rise
Snapfinger
=== Ghost towns ===
Constitution
== Climate ==
Stats 	Amount
Average yearly rainfall 	52 inches
Average yearly snowfall 	1 inch
Average yearly sunny days	217
Severe storm risk 	10 (Very High)
Tornado risk 	7 (High)
Blizzard risk 	0 (Nonexistant)
== Fun facts ==
* Pine Lake was established as a city in December 1937, after a short life as a summer retreat run by the Pine Woods Corporation. The corporation sold lots around a small fishing lake to Atlantans who lived in (then) faraway areas like Buckhead for use as a weekend retreat. The 20' x 100' lots sold for $69, and the advertisement for lots directed people "from Decatur down the [unpaved] Rockbridge Road East." Many homeowners continued to use their property as a weekend getaway long after the city incorporated. Prior to development, Pine Lake was a portion of a farm. The lake was formerly a widened region of Snapfinger Creek, and the valley that encompasses much of the town was where corn was grown. The lake was dammed by the Army Corp of Engineers as erosion and flood control, prior to the official FDR lake projects.
* In 2009, DeKalb earned the Atlanta Regional Commission's "Green Communities" designation for its efforts in conserving energy, water and fuel; investing in renewable energy; reducing waste; and protecting and restoring natural resources.
* DeKalb is Georgia's second-most diverse county.
* DeKalb is primarily a suburban county, and is the second-most-affluent county with an African-American majority in the United States, behind Prince George's County, Maryland, in suburban Washington, D.C.
* DeKalb County in recent years has become a Democrat stronghold, and easily one of the most liberal counties in both the South and the United States.
Category:Georgia Counties