Jury Pool Profile

Surry County, North Carolina

Republican +53 (2024)

Population: 71,407
Median household income: $56,095
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 61,533 86.2%
Black or African American alone 2,680 3.8%
Asian alone 456 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 152 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 39 0.1%
Some other race alone 2,354 3.3%
Two or more races 4,193 5.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,674 12.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.7

Under 18 15,101 21.1%
18–24 5,598 7.8%
25–44 16,105 22.6%
45–64 19,884 27.8%
65 and over 14,719 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.39 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.5B; 0.42% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,330
Establishments: 2,028

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 6,889 23.6%
Education & health services 6,336 21.7%
Manufacturing 4,015 13.8%
Construction 3,256 11.2%
Leisure & hospitality 2,871 9.9%
Professional & business services 2,366 8.1%
Public administration 1,595 5.5%
Other services 888 3.0%
Financial activities 560 1.9%
Natural resources & mining 242 0.8%
Information 128 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.3%
Median gross rent: $741
Owner-occupied: 21,534
Renter-occupied: 7,832

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 37,424 votes cast

Republican 28,565 76.3%
Democratic 8,613 23.0%
Other / third-party 246 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 6,356 9.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 285 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 194 0.3%
Vietnamese 165 0.2%
Other 71 0.1%
Other Indo-European 63 0.1%
Chinese 51 0.1%
Slavic languages 42 0.1%
German 32 0.0%
Tagalog 19 0.0%
Arabic 13 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 29,366
Family households: 19,612; 66.8% of households
Married w/ children: 14,224
Single-mother households: 1,924
Veterans: 3,630; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

59.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 28,663 40.2%
Catholic 5,065 7.1%
Mainline Protestant 3,986 5.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,699 3.8%
Black Protestant 2,220 3.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.1%
With a disability: 18.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 23rd Judicial District Superior Court
Judges: 2 (Superior Court judges per primary district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 nccourts.gov; counts cross-checked against N.C.G.S. § 7A-41.1. Where an urban county (Wake, Mecklenburg, Guilford, Forsyth) is statutorily split into multiple Superior Court districts, all sub-district seats are aggregated under the primary district number used in counties.json. ~109 Superior Court judgeships statewide.)
Court seats: Danbury, Dobson

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 17.76 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023