Nebraska · Census place 3130240
Madison, Nebraska
Madison is a city in Madison County, Nebraska with an estimated 2,169 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 55th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,169
- #55 of 109 in Nebraska
- Change since 2020
- -4.4%
- -100 people
- Land area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Density
- 1,838 / sq mi
- State median 1,829
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Madison population, 2020 to 2024
Madison lost 100 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.4%. In the latest year it moved by -26.
Madison covers 1.18 square miles of land, for 1,838 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Madison is close to the typical town.
What county Madison is in
All of Madison's residents live in Madison County, which had 35,579 residents in 2024. Madison holds 6.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Madison
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Madison by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68748. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Madison is
The Census internal point of Madison is at 41.828300, -97.456700. Lincoln, the capital, is 80.7 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Norfolk, NE (26,162 people), 13.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 81.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.828300, -97.456700
- DMS
- 41°49'41.88"N 97°27'24.12"W
- UTM
- 14N 628157.2E 4631864.1N
- Geohash
- 9z6tyqd5w
- Plus code
- 86H4RGHV+88
Daylight in Madison
At 41.83° N, Madison gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Madison
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Battle Creek, 13.8 miles away, with 1,178 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Madison, NE?
2,169 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 100 (4.4%) from 2,269 in July 2020.
What county is Madison in?
Madison County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Madison?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68748.
How far is Madison from Lincoln?
80.7 miles (129.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Madison.
What is the nearest larger city to Madison?
Norfolk, NE, with 26,162 residents, 13.9 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.