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Ready for Today and Tomorrow • DeKalb County has almost
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19,000 employers.
A s the most ethnically diverse county. Situated in Metro Atlanta, DeKalb • The county includes 12 wholly
county in the Southeast,
today has four major interstates and
encompassed municipalities and
DeKalb County is home to
innovative industry leaders, highly is only minutes away from the world’s AT-A-GLANCE parts of the City of Atlanta.
busiest airport – Hartsfield-Jackson
respected colleges and universities, Atlanta International Airport. The county
and exceptional workforce training
programs -- all culminating to create ranks second in total labor force with • More than 46% of DeKalb County
an environment where businesses and proximity to more than 1.8 million residents have a bachelor’s
residents prosper. people from surrounding counties. degree or higher.
Starting as a farming community more DeKalb County’s strong economy and
than 200 years ago, DeKalb has grown employment base continue to expand,
to become Georgia’s fourth-largest driving growth throughout the region.
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Improving Transportation and Public Safety
DeKalb County in 2024 is winding earmarked for roads, buildings, and prescription medication
up projects funded through a Special major equipment. The projected SPLOST from the additional sales tax.
Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) revenue through the end of the year is Another six-year SPLOST was
that voters approved in 2017. This has $388 million. DeKalb’s SPLOST is unique approved by voters in November
been an additional one-penny sales tax in that it exempts unprepared food and 2023 and begins in April 2024.

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