Mathews County, Virginia

2024 results by precinct

3 precincts · 5,945 votes cast

Trump · R+39

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−39.2%	1,774	4,106	5,945
2020	R	−35.6%	1,825	3,901	5,826
2016	R	−36.8%	1,563	3,517	5,311
2012	R	−31.3%	1,807	3,488	5,374
2008	R	−28.0%	1,934	3,456	5,440
2004	R	−37.2%	1,589	3,497	5,129
2000	R	−31.5%	1,499	2,951	4,609
1996	R	−14.2%	1,602	2,206	4,260
1992	R	−17.2%	1,402	2,179	4,525
1988	R	−37.2%	1,235	2,752	4,076
1984	R	−44.0%	1,106	2,868	4,005
1980	R	−24.3%	1,300	2,204	3,716
1976	R	−18.1%	1,309	1,908	3,303
1972	R	−39.8%	1,044	2,464	3,564
1968	R	−22.3%	691	1,309	2,777
1964	R	−10.3%	862	1,060	1,923
1960	R	−22.1%	682	1,069	1,754
1956	R	−39.3%	406	1,018	1,556
1952	R	−28.1%	533	951	1,489
1948	R	−3.1%	458	490	1,031
1944	D	+11.2%	615	491	1,107
1940	D	+25.7%	592	349	947
1936	D	+15.8%	622	452	1,079
1932	D	+14.2%	652	488	1,154
1928	R	−33.0%	431	855	1,286
1924	D	+54.7%	678	195	883
1920	D	+47.7%	624	216	856
1916	D	+70.2%	549	90	654
1912	D	+79.4%	523	45	602
1908	D	+73.4%	577	86	669
1904	D	+57.3%	467	119	607
1900	D	+41.0%	726	294	1,054
1896	D	+27.6%	797	444	1,278
1892	D	+21.3%	931	591	1,600
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Polish

0.7%

African American

7.8%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 55.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.5%

85+

2.4%

4.8%

75–84

7.5%

8.0%

65–74

9.2%

8.8%

55–64

7.9%

6.6%

45–54

5.4%

3.9%

35–44

4.6%

4.2%

25–34

3.5%

3.9%

18–24

3.4%

6.2%

5–17

4.9%

1.7%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$75,880

Mathews County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Mathews County$75,880

Virginia$93,170

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

7.8%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Other Christian

39.6%

Methodist

17.6%

Baptist

12.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

4.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.1%

Mainline Protestant

2.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 19.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Mathews County, surrounded on three sides by tidal water, has voted Republican by double digits in every presidential race this century, and its 2024 margin of R+39.3 reflects a rural coastal electorate with little demographic counterweight.

The Republican margin in Mathews County reached its widest at forty-four points in 1984. The margin in 2024 was thirty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Mathews County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $75,880, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 8,540 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gloucester County and Middlesex County.

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Mathews County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.