Mathews County, Virginia

Mathews County is a located on the  in the  of. As of, the population is 9,207. Its is.

History
Mathews County was established in from. The county is named for Thomas Mathews, then speaker of the  of the. In, Virginia' last , , left Virginia after being driven to Gwynn's Island by  and the.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 653 (252 ). 222 km² (86 mi²) of it is land and 431 km² (166 mi²) of it (65.99%) is water.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 9,207 people, 3,932 households, and 2,823 families residing in the county. The was 41/km² (108/mi²). There were 5,333 housing units at an average density of 24/km² (62/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 87.30%, 11.25% or , 0.25% , 0.18% , 0.31% from , and 0.70% from two or more races. 0.79% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,932 households out of which 24.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.20% were living together, 7.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.20% were non-families. 24.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.75.

In the county, the population was spread out with 19.90% under the age of 18, 5.20% from 18 to 24, 23.10% from 25 to 44, 30.10% from 45 to 64, and 21.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 93.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $43,222, and the median income for a family was $50,653. Males had a median income of $36,294 versus $23,434 for females. The for the county was $23,610. 6.00% of the population and 4.30% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 7.50% are under the age of 18 and 4.80% are 65 or older.

Mathews is also home to former football player  of the  and baseball player Keith Atherton of the Minnesota Twins.