Jury Pool Profile

Surry County, Virginia

Republican +1 (2024)

Population: 6,552
Median household income: $71,458
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,654 55.8%
Black or African American alone 2,687 41.0%
Asian alone 9 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 65 1.0%
Two or more races 137 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 191 2.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50.7

Under 18 1,111 17.0%
18–24 520 7.9%
25–44 1,237 18.9%
45–64 2,064 31.5%
65 and over 1,620 24.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.34 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $99,138
Establishments: 148

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 918 42.2%
Professional & business services 371 17.1%
Education & health services 253 11.6%
Public administration 152 7.0%
Construction 150 6.9%
Leisure & hospitality 104 4.8%
Other services 34 1.6%
Financial activities 28 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.2%
Median gross rent: $858
Owner-occupied: 2,210
Renter-occupied: 545

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,429 votes cast

Republican 2,205 49.8%
Democratic 2,176 49.1%
Other / third-party 48 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 73 1.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 27 0.4%
Chinese 8 0.1%
German 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,755
Family households: 1,940; 70.4% of households
Married w/ children: 1,426
Single-mother households: 171
Veterans: 899; 16.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,571 39.2%
Black Protestant 394 6.0%
Mainline Protestant 266 4.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.3%
With a disability: 17.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Emporia, Hopewell, Lawrenceville, Prince George, Surry, Sussex

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 36.76 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023