The Madison metropolitan area, also known as Greater Madison, is the

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surrounding the city of

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. The Madison, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), as defined by the

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, consists of Columbia, Dane,

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, and

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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 (CSA) consists of the four counties in the Madison MSA as well as Rock County (Janesville–Beloit metropolitan area) and

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(Baraboo micropolitan area). 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 (CSA) is made up of six counties. The statistical area includes two

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and one micropolitan area. * Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) ** Madison ( Columbia, Dane,

, and

counties) ** Janesville–Beloit ( Rock County) * Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs) ** 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 (Rock County). Communities marked with a cross (†) are part of the Baraboo micropolitan statistical area (Sauk County). The remainder are part of the Madison metropolitan statistical area.

Cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants

* Madison (269,840) * Janesville* (65,615)

Cities with 10,000 to 50,000 inhabitants

* Baraboo† (12,165) * Beloit* (36,657) * Fitchburg (29,609) * Middleton (21,287) *

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(10,661) *

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(10,581) * Stoughton (13,173) * Sun Prairie (35,967) *

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(14,030)

Cities with less than 10,000 inhabitants

* Brodhead (3,247) * Columbus (5,120) * Dodgeville (4,984) * Edgerton* (5,631) *

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* (5,440) * Lodi (3,092) * Milton* (5,627) * Mineral Point (2,465) * Monona (8,175) * Reedsburg† (9,521) * Wisconsin Dells† (partial) (2,992 total)

Villages with more than 10,000 inhabitants

* DeForest (10,691) *

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(10,571) * Waunakee (14,052)

Villages with less than 10,000 inhabitants

* Albany (993) *

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(827) * Arlington (820) * Avoca (623) * Barneveld (1,251) * Belleville (2,463) * Black Earth (1,419) * Blanchardville (partial) (791 total) * Blue Mounds (986) *

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(1,465) * Browntown (276) *

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(748) *

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(partial) (1,535 total) * Cazenovia† (partial) (310 total) * Clinton* (2,140) *

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(449) * Cottage Grove (7,143) * Cross Plains (4,286) * Dane (1,135) * Deerfield (2,532) * Doylestown (297) * Fall River (1,741) * Footville* (831) *

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(345) *

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(826) * Hollandale (275) * Ironton† (252) * La Valle† (361) * Lake Delton† (2,987) * Lime Ridge† (163) * Livingston (partial) (634 total) * Loganville† (298) * Maple Bluff (1,311) *

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(3,984) * Mazomanie (1,696) * Merrimac† (440) * McFarland (9,031) *

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(1,202) * Montfort (partial) (688 total) *

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(7,534) * New Glarus (2,151) * North Freedom† (697) * Orfordville* (1,498) * Pardeeville (2,063) *

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† (766) * Poynette (2,510) * Prairie du Sac† (4,431) * Randolph (partial) (1,747 total) * Rewey (282) * Ridgeway (630) * Rio (1,039) * Rock Springs† (360) * Rockdale (216) * Sauk City† (3,485) * Shorewood Hills (2,169) *

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† (1,641) * West Baraboo† (1,424) * Windsor (7,644) * Wyocena (725)

Census-designated places

* Bluffview† *

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* * Juda *

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Towns

Columbia County

* Arlington *

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* Columbus * Courtland * Dekorra *

Fort Winnebago Fort Winnebago was a 19th-century fortification of the United States Army located on a hill overlooking the eastern end of the portage between the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers east of present-day Portage, Wisconsin. It was the middle one of three ...

* Fountain Prairie * Hampden *

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* Lewiston * Lodi * Lowville * Marcellon * Newport * Otsego *

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* Randolph *

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* Springvale *

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* Wyocena

Dane County

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* Black Earth * Blooming Grove * Blue Mounds *

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* Christiana * Cottage Grove * Cross Plains * Dane * Deerfield *

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* Dunn * Madison * Mazomanie *

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* Middleton * Monona * Montrose *

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* Pleasant Springs * Primrose * Roxbury *

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* Springdale * Springfield * Sun Prairie *

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* Westport *

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Green County

* Adams * Albany *

* Cadiz * Clarno * Decatur *

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* Jefferson *

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* Mount Pleasant * New Glarus * Spring Grove *

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Iowa County

* Brigham * Clyde * Dodgeville * Eden *

* Linden * Mifflin * Mineral Point *

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* Pulaski * Ridgeway * Waldwick *

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Rock County

* Avon * Beloit *

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* Center * Clinton * Fulton *

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* Janesville * Johnstown * La Prairie *

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* Milton * Newark *

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Porter Porter may refer to: Companies * Porter Airlines, Canadian airline based in Toronto * Porter Chemical Company, a defunct U.S. toy manufacturer of chemistry sets * Porter Motor Company, defunct U.S. car manufacturer * H.K. Porter, Inc., a locom ...

Rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wale ...

* Spring Valley *

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* Union

Sauk County

* Baraboo * Bear Creek * Dellona * Delton *

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* Fairfield * Franklin *

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* Greenfield * Honey Creek * Ironton * La Valle * Merrimac * Prairie du Sac * Reedsburg *

* Sumpter *

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* Westfield * Winfield *

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Demographics

As of the

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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%

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, 3.50%

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, 0.32% Native American, 2.99% Asian, 0.03%

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, 1.27% from other races, and 1.63% from two or more races.

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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

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for the MSA was $21,832.

References

External links

Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce
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