This is according to data from Woods & Poole Economics Inc., a Washington D.C. firm that specializes in economic and demographic data on counties. In 2017, DeKalb is 54 percent black, 30 percent white, 9 percent Hispanic and 6 percent Asian, according to Woods & Poole.

Indeed, DeKalb’s white population has declined every year as a percentage of the total since 1990 and is expected to continue this annual decline through 2050, according to the data projections. Likewise the black population. It peaked at 55 percent of the total in 2007 and is expected to decline gradually through 2050 as Hispanics and Asians both increase.