Wisconsin · Census place 5548000
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin with an estimated 285,300 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 2nd largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 285,300
- #2 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- +3.8%
- +10,416 people
- Land area
- 83.6 sq mi
- + 21.41 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,412 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Madison population, 2020 to 2024
Madison added 10,416 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.8%. In the latest year it moved by +4,138. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 43rd; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Madison is 22.8 times that size.
Madison covers 83.62 square miles of land and 21.41 of water, for 3,412 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Madison is denser than the typical town.
What county Madison is in
All of Madison's residents live in Dane County, which had 588,347 residents in 2024. Madison holds 48.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Madison
14 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Madison by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53703, 53704, 53705, 53706, 53711, 53713, 53714, 53715, 53716, 53717, 53718, 53719, 53726, 53792. 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 43.087800, -89.429900. Madison, the capital, is 2.5 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Milwaukee, WI (563,531 people), 73.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rockford, IL, 60.2 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 282 m (925 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.087800, -89.429900
- DMS
- 43°05'16.08"N 89°25'47.64"W
- UTM
- 16N 302221.0E 4773430.7N
- Geohash
- dp8mhgzhs
- Plus code
- 86MG3HQC+42
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Daylight in Madison
At 43.09° N, Madison gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Madison daylight page.
Places near Madison
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Shorewood Hills, 1.1 miles away, with 2,182 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Madison, WI?
285,300 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 10,416 (3.8%) from 274,884 in July 2020.
What county is Madison in?
Dane County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Madison?
14 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 53703, 53704, 53705, 53706, 53711, 53713, 53714, 53715, 53716, 53717, 53718, 53719, and more.
How far is Madison from Madison?
2.5 miles (4.0 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Madison.
What is the nearest larger city to Madison?
Milwaukee, WI, with 563,531 residents, 73.9 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)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.