DeKalb County
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- Population
- 765,351
- Area
- 267.64 sq mi (693.18 km²), 3.42 sq mi water
- Median age
- 36.4
- Households
- 287,239
- Persons per household
- 2.6
- Median household income
- $80,644
- Median house value
- $357,800
Demographics: 2020–2024 ACS
Local News
Eddie 9V teases gritty new album at Oct. 16 show
Atlanta musician Brooks Mason, better known as Eddie 9V, is having quite a moment now. His new album, Down Here, is weeks away from release.
SaportaReport
Published 17 hours agoShanequa Gay’s new Beltline monument begins with the women and stories that shaped Atlanta
Before Shanequa Gay’s newest work becomes a monument on the Atlanta Beltline, it begins with something less permanent but just as powerful: a conversation. Gay, an Atlanta-based multidisciplinary artist and Spelman College professor, has been selected by Atlanta Beltline Art to…
SaportaReport
Published 23 hours agoReporter’s Notebook: Park Pride grants; Spelman exhibition; Butterflies at Ball Ground
Park Pride awards more than $20,000 for nine park improvement projects Park Pride has awarded more than $20,000 to support nine community-led park improvement projects across Atlanta and DeKalb County through its Small Change Grants Program. The annual grants, supported by an…
SaportaReport
Published 23 hours agoWhat if Atlanta’s theater crisis is also an opportunity?
American nonprofit theater is in crisis. Audiences have not fully returned from the pandemic, costs have risen, philanthropy is stretched, and theaters around the country have cut programming, laid off staff, reduced seasons or closed altogether. Atlanta has not been immune.…
Bronx Times
Published September 30Councilmember Kevin Riley expands Bronx youth entrepreneurship program with trip to Invest Fest
A group of young people from the Northeast Bronx got a firsthand look at entrepreneurship, investing and college life this summer as Council Member Kevin Riley expanded a program aimed at introducing local youth to new opportunities. Riley’s third annual “Roads to Invest Fest:…