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DeKalb County PulseFY2026

Unofficial demonstration dashboard

DeKalb County’s adopted FY2026 budget — approved February 26, 2026 — with audited FY2024 balances from the county’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. DeKalb runs its services through several property-tax funds, so both views are shown. Every figure is cited to the county’s own published documents.

At a glance

Adopted Tax Funds budget

$1,014,179,501

FY2026 adopted · all DeKalb tax funds combined

General Fund adopted budget

$608,352,708

FY2026 adopted · largest of the tax funds

General Fund fund balance

$82,872,000

At December 31, 2024 · audited (ACFR FY2024)

Total governmental fund balances

$561,902,000

At December 31, 2024 · audited (ACFR FY2024)

Total debt outstanding

$894,269,000

At December 31, 2024 · audited (ACFR FY2024) — mostly water & sewer revenue bonds

Population

770,307

2024 estimate, as reported in the ACFR

Sources: FY2026 DeKalb County Annual Budget as Adopted and DeKalb County, Georgia Annual Comprehensive Financial Report 2024, year ended December 31, 2024. The ACFR presents fund-balance and debt statements in thousands of dollars; amounts here are shown in full dollars.

FY2026 adopted budget by tax fund

General Fund $608,352,708
Police Fund $154,865,196
Fire Fund $114,735,066
Designated Services Fund $60,275,990
Unincorporated Fund $32,218,277
Hospital Fund $28,515,476

The county’s contribution toward Grady Memorial Hospital operations.

Special Tax District Bond Fund $15,216,788
Tax Funds total · FY2026 adopted $1,014,179,501

Source: FY2026 DeKalb County Annual Budget as Adopted — Tax Funds Roll Up, as approved February 26, 2026.

DeKalb levies separate property-tax millages for the General Fund, police, and fire services, which is why public safety sits largely in its own funds rather than the General Fund.

Largest General Fund departments — FY2026 adopted

Sheriff $104,325,152
Innovation & Technology $56,822,663
District Attorney $39,266,534
State Court $36,309,192
Library $28,455,984
Facilities Management $22,093,113
Superior Court $21,614,023
Non-Departmental $21,110,977
Public Defender $17,469,399
Fire & Rescue Services (General Fund portion) $16,017,207

EMS and countywide fire costs carried in the General Fund; fire suppression is budgeted in the Fire Fund above.

All other General Fund departments $244,868,464
General Fund total · FY2026 adopted $608,352,708

Source: FY2026 DeKalb County Annual Budget as Adopted — General Fund fund detail.

About these figures

DeKalb County’s fiscal year is the calendar year. The budget figures are the FY2026 annual budget as adopted (approved February 26, 2026); the fund-balance, debt, and population figures are audited FY2024 actuals from the county’s FY2024 ACFR (year ended December 31, 2024).

Of the $894,269,000 total debt, $810,240,000 is revenue bonds — chiefly water and sewer bonds repaid from customer charges — and $79,325,000 is general obligation bonds (ACFR FY2024 debt table).

This is an unofficial demonstration dashboard from Peach State Pulse, not published by or affiliated with DeKalb County government.

Source documents: FY2026 DeKalb County Annual Budget as Adopted (approved February 26, 2026) and DeKalb County, Georgia Annual Comprehensive Financial Report 2024, year ended December 31, 2024.