Surry County
Founded: 1632
Website: www.surrycounty.govoffice2.com
Population: 6,829 (2000)
White: 46.9 percent or 3,201
Black: 51.6 percent or 3,524
Native American: .2 percent or 17
Asian: .1 percent or 9
Hispanic: .7 percent or 51
Two or more races: .9 percent or 59
Median household income: $37,558 (1999)
Average household size: 2.61
Public high school graduates: 65 (2008)
High school graduate or higher: 70.4 percent or 3,215
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 12.8 percent or 586
Total square miles:
Registered voters: 5,421
Percent voting in 2008 presidential election: 82 percent
Town of Dendron
Founded: 1896
Website: www.dendronva.org
Population: 297 (2000)
White: 48 percent
Black: 51 percent
Hispanic: 1 percent
Median household income: $41,667 (1999)
Median household size: 2.8 persons
Town of Surry
Incorporated: 1928
Population: 262 (2000)
White: 74 percent
Black: 23 percent
Hispanic: .8 percent
Median household income: $42,361 (1999)
Median household size: 2.4 persons
Town of Claremont
Incorporated: 1886
Website: www.claremont-va.org
Population: 343 (2000)
White: 73 percent
Black: 22 percent
Native American: 2 percent
Median household income: $34,643 (1999)
Median household size: 2.33 persons
Information courtesy of the U.S. Census and The Planning Council of Norfolk.
