Real IRS tax-return address changes, not a Census population estimate -- people who
actually filed from a different county the following year. Positive means more people
left than arrived; negative means the reverse. See the
reporting-vs-reality read of this same data
for how this compares against the Census's own population-change numbers.
2019→2020: 57,473 out, 48,733 in, net +8,740
2020→2021: 55,539 out, 47,738 in, net +7,801
2021→2022: 53,024 out, 46,340 in, net +6,684
2022→2023: 52,082 out, 44,292 in, net +7,790
Where DeKalb County, GA's Leavers Went, 2022→2023
Each number below is people who moved specifically from DeKalb County, GA to that one
county, in this one year -- not that county's own total gain from every source. Select it
in the picker above to see its own totals.
Fulton County (GA)12,335
Gwinnett County (GA)9,843
Cobb County (GA)3,337
Clayton County (GA)3,085
Rockdale County (GA)1,957
Henry County (GA)1,955
Newton County (GA)1,471
Forsyth County (GA)859
Cherokee County (GA)627
Douglas County (GA)609
Where DeKalb County, GA's Arrivals Came From, 2022→2023
Each number below is people who moved specifically from that one county to DeKalb County, GA,
in this one year -- not that county's own total loss to everywhere else.