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County · North Carolina
Surry County
71,547Population
0.3 %Change since 2020
332Net migration
3.5 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 71,547 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 0.3 %
- Net migration
- 332 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 71,364 (2020)
- Births
- 751 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.5
- Deaths
- 1,104 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 15.4
- Natural change, 2023
- -353
- International migration
- 77 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 255 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 4.6
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37171
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.5 % |
| 2024 | 3.3 % |
| 2023 | 3.2 % |
| 2022 | 3.5 % |
| 2021 | 4.5 % |
| 2020 | 7.0 % |
| 2019 | 3.7 % |
| 2018 | 3.7 % |
| 2017 | 4.3 % |
| 2016 | 4.9 % |
| 2015 | 5.4 % |
| 2014 | 6.0 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 71,547 |
| 2023 | 71,457 |
| 2022 | 71,489 |
| 2021 | 71,262 |
| 2020 | 71,371 |