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The city mostly lies on Sikeston Ridge, a low north-south sand ridge that stretches from Sikeston to New Madrid. It has a total land area of 1.96 square miles, and an average elevation of 312 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
The city mostly lies on Sikeston Ridge, a low north-south sand ridge that stretches from Sikeston to New Madrid. It has a total land area of 1.96 square miles, and an average elevation of 312 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==Demographics==
At the 2010 census, Matthews had a total of 628 inhabitants, grouped into 247 households, with a population density of 320.4 people per square mile. This figure represented a slight increase from the 2000 census, when Matthews had a population of 605. 97.13% of the inhabitants were White, 1.91% were African-American, 0.48% were Native American, 0.16% were from some other race, and 0.32% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 0.32% of the population.
The median age in Matthews was 48.8 years, with 16.7% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 6.1% between 18 and 24 years old, 23.3% between 25 and 44, 32.7% between 45 and 64, and 21.0% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 46.0% male, 54.0% female.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
According to the 2010 American Community Survey, the median household income in Matthews was $34,625, and the median family income was $38,462. The unemployment rate was 1.4%. The per capita income was $16,233. About 15.2% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 15.1% of people under the age of 18 and 10.2% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
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