Madison metropolitan area


The Madison metropolitan area, also known as Greater Madison, is the metropolitan area surrounding the city of Madison, Wisconsin. The Madison, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area , as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, consists of Columbia, Dane, Green, and Iowa counties in south-central Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 680,796, making it the 84th-largest in the United States.
The Madison–Janesville–Beloit, WI Combined Statistical Area consists of the four counties in the Madison MSA as well as Rock County and Sauk County. The CSA population as of the 2020 census was 910,246, making it the 64th-largest in the United States.

Definitions

The Madison–Janesville–Beloit Combined Statistical Area is made up of six counties. The statistical area includes two metropolitan areas and one micropolitan area.
  • Metropolitan Statistical Areas
  • * Madison
  • * Janesville–Beloit
  • Micropolitan Statistical Areas
  • * Baraboo
The CSA totals are the totals of all the counties listed above, regardless of whether they were included in the Combined Statistical Area at the time.

Communities

The following are the incorporated communities of the Madison–Janesville–Beloit Combined Statistical Area. Populations listed are 2019 estimates, except for cities over 10,000 are from the 2020 census.
Communities marked with an asterisk are part of the Janesville–Beloit metropolitan statistical area. Communities marked with a cross are part of the Baraboo micropolitan statistical area. The remainder are part of the Madison metropolitan statistical area.

Cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants

Columbia County

As of the census of 2000, there were 501,774 people, 202,687 households, and 121,171 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 90.26% White, 3.50% African American, 0.32% Native American, 2.99% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.27% from other races, and 1.63% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.05% of the population.
The median income for a household in the MSA was $45,602, and the median income for a family was $55,159. Males had a median income of $35,250 versus $26,322 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $21,832.