Jury Pool Profile
Surry County, Virginia
- County seat
- Surry
- Judicial district
- 6th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 6,603
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 6,549.
At a glance
Surry County is a 6,603-person venue. The county population is 55% White and 39% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $80,189, $11,927 below the VA state median of $92,116; 27.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 2.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 42.5% of covered employment, average pay $142,989/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.92%, above the 3.66% state average. The county has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.
- Population
- 6,549
- Median household income
- $78,041
- Unemployment
- 3.9%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 55% / 39%.
Surry County has a population of 6,549, with a median age of 50.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 55.4%; Black residents 39.0%. Independently, 3.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $80,189; 27.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 42% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 42.5% of covered employment, followed by Professional & business services at 17.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.92%, above the Virginia state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
Surry County was carried by the Republican candidate with 49.8% of the vote in 2024; the Democratic candidate with 53.6% of the vote in 2020; the Democratic candidate with 52.0% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 71% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 2.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
2.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 15.7% of the adult civilian population (850 individuals).