2022 population: 71,403 ( 2,270 from 2010 , 36 from 2020)
Land area: 532.6 square miles
Population density: 134.1 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	58,631	82.11%	6.4%
Black:	2,643	3.70%	0.0%
Indian:	199	0.28%	15.0%
Asian:	446	0.62%	28.2%
2+ races:	881	1.23%	28.8%
Hispanic:	8,603	12.05%	20.2%

Total non-White:	12,772	17.89%	15.5%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	1,654	11.6
Deaths:	2,605	18.3
Net Migration:	905	6.3
Net Immigration:	40	0.3

Change in White population:	-3,980	-5.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	1,710	2.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
73,673
62,611	84.99%
2,644	3.59%
173	0.23%
348	0.47%
684	0.93%
7,155	9.71%
11,062	15.01%

2000
71,219
62,668	87.99%
2,911	4.09%
147	0.21%
420	0.59%
421	0.59%
4,620	6.49%
8,551	12.01%

1990
61,704
58,023	94.03%
2,956	4.79%
80	0.13%
112	0.18%
n/a
533	0.86%
3,681	5.97%

1980
59,449
56,079	94.33%
2,875	4.84%
71	0.12%
33	0.06%
n/a
376	0.63%
3,370	5.67%

1970
51,415
48,486	94.30%
2,739	5.33%
18	0.04%
13	0.03%
n/a
151	0.29%
2,929	5.70%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
8,432	11.8
7,386	10.4
-849	-1.2
1,596	2.2

-57	-0.1
2,511	3.5

Number	Rate
1990's
8,845	14.3
6,947	11.3
3,875	6.3
450	0.7

4,645	7.5
4,870	7.9

Number	Rate
1980's
7,355	12.4
5,779	9.7
910	1.5
n/a

1,944	3.3
311	0.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
4,041	7.9
n/a

7,593	14.8
441	0.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Surry County, NC

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
43.8
14,988	21.0%
56,415	79.0%
14,701	20.6%

28,990
2.43

19,281	66.5%
14,541	75.4%
1,854	9.6%
9,709	33.5%

2010
Number	Percent
41.2
17,217	23.4%
56,456	76.6%
12,250	16.6%

29,914
2.43

20,693	69.2%
15,885	76.8%
1,834	8.9%
9,221	30.8%

2000
Number	Percent
38.3
16,788	23.6%
54,431	76.4%
10,989	15.4%

28,392
2.46

20,580	72.5%
16,631	80.8%
1,427	6.9%
7,812	27.5%

1990
Number	Percent
36.4
14,165	23.0%
47,539	77.0%
9,137	14.8%

24,179
2.52

18,234	75.4%
15,390	84.4%
915	5.0%
5,945	24.6%

1980
Number	Percent
32.4
16,565	27.9%
42,884	72.1%
7,357	12.4%

21,249
2.77

17,237	81.1%
14,822	86.0%
1,022	5.9%
4,012	18.9%

2022 Housing Data for Surry County, NC

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	1,861	6.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,156	7.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,686	5.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,728	6.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	1,519	5.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,730	6.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	1,000	3.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,288	4.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,009	3.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	2,135	7.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	2,102	7.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	4,253	14.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	2,642	9.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	1,694	5.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,196	4.1%
$200,000 or more	991	3.4%

Median Household Income	52,743
Per Capita Income	30,274

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	86
Compared to U.S.	72

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	1,921	6.6%
Public Assistance	628	2.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	5,238	18.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	25,598	66.6%
Unemployed	1,383	3.6%
In Armed Forces	32	0.1%

Total Labor Force	27,013	70.3%
Not in Labor Force	11,437	29.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		33.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	12,761	10,038	56.0%
Non-Profit	688	1,034	40.0%
Self-Employed	2,074	1,108	65.2%

Local Government	921	1,511	37.9%
State Government	506	865	36.9%
Federal Government	119	82	59.2%

Total Private + Self	14,835	11,146	57.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	2,234	3,492	39.0%
Total	17,069	14,638	53.8%

Pct. Govt.	12.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	3,724	11.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	6,929	21.8%
Professional, Technical	5,811	18.3%
Service Occupations	5,141	16.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	358	1.1%
All others	10,163	32.0%

White Collar		51.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	5,742	18.1%
Health care and social assistance	4,480	14.1%
Retail trade	4,376	13.8%
Construction	2,841	8.9%
Educational services	2,770	8.7%
Accommodation and food services	2,093	6.6%
Transportation and warehousing	1,605	5.1%
Other services	1,425	4.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,198	3.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	1,190	3.7%
Public administration	1,001	3.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	843	2.7%
Finance and insurance	589	1.9%
Wholesale trade	428	1.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	321	1.0%
Information	306	1.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	254	0.8%
Utilities	149	0.5%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	116	0.4%
Management	41	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	6,711	9.40%
Puerto Rican	644	0.90%
Cuban	18	0.03%
Dominican	65	0.09%

Total Central American	261	0.37%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	61	0.09%
Honduran	64	0.09%
Nicaraguan	86	0.12%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	50	0.07%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	83	0.12%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	83	0.12%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	435	0.61%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	124	0.17%
Chinese	66	0.09%
Filipino	48	0.07%
Korean	45	0.06%
Indian	14	0.02%
Japanese	13	0.02%
Thai	5	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	60,574	89.5%
Spanish	6,240	9.2%
Other Asian	280	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	221	0.3%
Vietnamese	131	0.2%
Other	62	0.1%
German, other Germanic	53	0.1%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	37	0.1%
Other Indo-European	35	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	13,937	19.5%
English	9,673	13.5%
Irish	5,035	7.0%
German	5,029	7.0%
Scotch-Irish	1,580	2.2%
Scottish	1,355	1.9%
Italian	1,343	1.9%
European	781	1.1%
French	768	1.1%
Polish	549	0.8%
Dutch	385	0.5%
Welsh	341	0.5%
British	322	0.5%
Norwegian	154	0.2%
Swedish	151	0.2%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	68,542	96.0%
Not a citizen	2,887	4.0%

Native	67,148	94.0%
Foreign-born	4,281	6.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
3,525	7.0%	5,578	11.0%	14,773	29.2%	17,540	34.6%	6,190	12.2%	3,032	6.0%
Average years of education: 12.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	3,525	7.0%
9-12 Years	5,578	11.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	14,773	29.2%
Some College	17,540	34.6%
Bach. Degree	6,190	12.2%
Grad Degree	3,032	6.0%
Average years of education: 12.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	33,773	32,239	1,534	4.5%	4.1%
1991	34,511	32,291	2,220	6.4%	5.9%
1992	35,337	33,202	2,135	6.0%	6.3%
1993	35,276	33,800	1,476	4.2%	5.1%
1994	35,775	34,320	1,455	4.1%	4.4%
1995	36,343	34,564	1,779	4.9%	4.4%
1996	36,518	34,743	1,775	4.9%	4.4%
1997	36,651	35,312	1,339	3.7%	3.8%
1998	35,965	34,608	1,357	3.8%	3.5%
1999	35,479	34,142	1,337	3.8%	3.3%

2000	37,000	35,491	1,509	4.1%	3.7%
2001	36,784	34,478	2,306	6.3%	5.6%
2002	36,286	33,326	2,960	8.2%	6.9%
2003	36,479	33,579	2,900	7.9%	6.7%
2004	35,772	33,479	2,293	6.4%	5.9%
2005	35,187	32,984	2,203	6.3%	5.6%
2006	35,108	33,169	1,939	5.5%	5.1%
2007	35,273	33,243	2,030	5.8%	5.1%
2008	34,275	31,602	2,673	7.8%	6.2%
2009	34,077	29,655	4,422	13.0%	11.0%

2010	34,544	30,438	4,106	11.9%	10.7%
2011	34,013	30,342	3,671	10.8%	10.3%
2012	33,943	30,594	3,349	9.9%	9.5%
2013	33,339	30,636	2,703	8.1%	7.8%
2014	33,006	31,034	1,972	6.0%	6.1%
2015	33,295	31,513	1,782	5.4%	5.7%
2016	33,418	31,820	1,598	4.8%	5.1%
2017	33,554	32,151	1,403	4.2%	4.5%
2018	34,036	32,818	1,218	3.6%	4.0%
2019	34,232	33,025	1,207	3.5%	3.8%

2020	32,640	30,404	2,236	6.9%	7.3%
2021	31,912	30,488	1,424	4.5%	4.9%
2022	32,725	31,600	1,125	3.4%	3.7%
2023	33,283	32,228	1,055	3.2%	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	33,549
Median Value	$153,700

Occupied	28,990	86.4%
Vacant	4,559	13.6%

Owned	21,105	72.8%
Rented	7,885	27.2%
Median Rent	$706

Single-Family Units	22,369	66.7%
Detached	21,953	65.4%
Attached	416	1.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	1,716	5.1%
Mobile Homes	7,755	23.1%

Surry County, NC

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Surry County, NC

2022 Housing Data for Surry County, NC

2022 Income & Employment Data for Surry County, NC

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Surry County, NC

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Surry County, NC

Historical Labor Force Data for Surry County, NC