| Official Name: | Panthersville, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community Census-designated place |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Pushpin Map: | Metro Atlanta |
| Pushpin Label: | Panthersville |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | location in Metro Atlanta |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | DeKalb |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 9.55 |
| Area Land Km2: | 9.50 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.05 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.69 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.67 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.02 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 11237 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1183.14 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 3064.36 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 33.7056°N -84.2786°W |
| Elevation M: | 271 |
| Elevation Ft: | 889 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-59080[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0332600[3] |
Panthersville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 11,237 in 2020, up from 9,749 in 2010.
The community most likely was named after a Cherokee Indian subtribe.[4]
Panthersville is located at 33.7056°N -84.2786°W (33.705639, -84.278551).[5] The Candler-McAfee CDP is to the north and Gresham Park CDP is to the west.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.7sqmi, of which 0.27% is water.
| White alone (NH) | 215 | 148 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 359 | 1.82% | 1.52% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 3.19% | |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 11,275 | 9,357 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 10,197 | 95.62% | 95.98% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 90.74% | |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 15 | 10 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 21 | 0.13% | 0.10% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.19% | |
| Asian alone (NH) | 24 | 25 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 57 | 0.20% | 0.26% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.51% | |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 6 | 1 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 4 | 0.05% | 0.01% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.04% | |
| Some Other Race alone (NH) | 10 | 11 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 40 | 0.08% | 0.11% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.36% | |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 106 | 91 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 254 | 0.90% | 0.93% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 2.26% | |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 140 | 106 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 305 | 1.19% | 1.09% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 2.71% | |
| Total | 11,791 | 9,749 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 11,237 | 100.00% | 100.00% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 100.00% |
Panthersville was first listed as a census designated place in the 1980 U.S. census.[9] [10] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 11,237 people, 4,036 households, and 2,251 families residing in the CDP.
Panthersville is home to the Gallery at South DeKalb, formerly South DeKalb Mall, a regional shopping center with a Macy's (former Rich's) department store. The former JC Penney now houses independent stores.
The CDP is the headquarters for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation,[11] and for Georgia Regional Hospital state psychiatric ward.[12]
The CDP is incorporated within the DeKalb County Public Schools zone:[13]