Surry could lose 15% of its population by 2050, Weldon Cooper data shows

Surry could lose 15% of its population by 2050, Weldon Cooper data shows

Surry County could lose nearly 1,000 residents, or 15% of its population, over the next 25 years, according to projections by the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center. Weldon Cooper releases new projections every three years to model 2030, 2040 and 2050 population changes for all 133 Virginia cities and counties using each locality’s 2020 Census data as its benchmark. The census counted 6,561 Surry County residents in 2020. By July 1, 2…