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  People QuickFacts Mathews County Virginia
  Population, 2001 estimate 9,3007,187,734
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 1.0%1.5%
  Population, 2000 9,2077,078,515
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 10.3%14.4%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 62.7%52.2%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 80.8%81.5%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 19.2%29.5%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 45.827.0
  Housing units, 2000 5,3332,904,192
  Homeownership rate, 2000 84.7%68.1%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 2.7%21.5%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $118,000$125,400
  Households, 2000 3,9322,699,173
  Persons per household, 2000 2.322.54
  Median household money income, 1999 $43,222$46,677
  Per capita money income, 1999 $23,610$23,975


  Business QuickFacts Mathews County Virginia
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 205173,550
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 1,1842,791,977
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 22.4%20.3%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 777360,974
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA83,814,009
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 33,46662,569,924
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $3,677$9,293
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 4548,402
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 28,87571,257,343
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 248253,219


  Geography QuickFacts Mathews County Virginia
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 8639,594
  Persons per square mile, 2000 107.5178.8
  Metropolitan Area Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA 
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