Madison, Alabama
(Madison County)

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The last Census shows that Madison had a population^<1> of 29,329 people in 2000. This represents 0.66% of the total population of Alabama, making it the state's 13th most populous community.

The following is a list of similarily sized communities (based on the 2000 Census):

Rank	Community	Population	Direction	Distance<2>
11	Florence	36,264	W	53 mi [85.3 km]
12	Bessemer	29,672	S	90 mi [144.8 km]
13	Madison	29,329
14	Prichard	28,633	S	284 mi [457.1 km]
15	Phenix City	28,265	SE	183 mi [294.5 km]

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Madison. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Madison had a population of 38,275 people. This is an increase of 30.5% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the yearly population estimates since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010).

The city of Madison had 12,121 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Madison has a total area of 23.23 square miles [60.2 km²]^<4>. Of this total, only a minor amount of the area is covered by water (0.07 square miles [0.19 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Madison had a 2000 population density of 1,266 people per square mile [3,280 people/km²], making it the state's 26th most densely populated area.

Madison County

Madison is located in Madison County.

The county had a population of 277,864 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 29,329 people, Madison accounted for 10.56% of the Madison County total.

In addition, where the community of Madison has a population density of 1,266 people per square mile [3,280 people/km²], Madison County averages 345.2 people per square mile [894 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Madison County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Madison and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Madison. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Madison. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Madison, it also contains a comparison between Madison and the state of Alabama.

Click here for the Madison QuickFact (QF-0145784).

A Census Quickfact is available for Madison County (QF-01089).

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Madison:

Madison is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Madison.

Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Madison. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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