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Madison, Alabama

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

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	38,714	+32%	+1.18% since 2007
2007	38,264	+30.46%	+2.16% since 2006
2006	37,456	+27.71%	+3.19% since 2005
2005	36,297	+23.76%	+2.77% since 2004
2004	35,319	+20.42%	+1.35% since 2003
2003	34,849	+18.82%	+6.49% since 2002
2002	32,725	+11.58%	+5.17% since 2001
2001	31,115	+6.09%	+6.09% since 2000
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2000	29,329	The Last Census

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance ^<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
10	Gadsden	SE	64 mi [103 km]	36,816	5.55% decrease
11	Florence	W	52 mi [83.7 km]	37,877	4.45% increase
12	Bessemer	S	93 mi [149.7 km]	28,542	3.81% decrease
-13-	Madison			38,714	32% increase
14	Prichard	S	283 mi [455.4 km]	27,662	3.39% decrease
15	Phenix City	SE	184 mi [296.1 km]	31,125	10.12% increase
16	Homewood	S	86 mi [138.4 km]	23,840	4.8% decrease

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

The 2000 Census shows that Madison has an area ^<4> of 23.16 square miles [60 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Madison had a 2000 population density of 1,266 people per square mile [489 people/km²], making it the state's 24th most densely populated area.

Madison County

The city of Madison is primarily located in Madison County. A portion of Madison extends into Limestone County.

The county had a population of 277,855 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 29,329 people, Madison contained 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 [489 people/km²], Madison County averages 345.2 people per square mile [133.3 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>

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	1	38,714	32% increase
10 mi [16 km]	4	215,914	14.81% increase
15 mi [24 km]	6	242,443	16.19% increase
20 mi [32 km]	12	304,272	13.79% increase
25 mi [40 km]	20	325,460	13.63% increase
30 mi [48 km]	26	335,650	13.5% increase

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).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Madison County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Jackson	QF-01071	E	53,134	1.66% decrease
Marshall	QF-01095	SE	88,484	7.48% increase
Morgan	QF-01103	SW	115,959	4.3% increase
Limestone	QF-01083	W	76,135	15.51% increase
Lincoln (TN)	QF-47103	N	33,116	5.46% increase
Franklin (TN)	QF-47051	NE	41,165	4.67% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

	State Code:	01 (Alabama)
	County Code:	089 (Madison County)
	Place Code:	45784 (Madison)

	State & County Code:	01089 (Alabama/Madison County)

	State & Place Code:	0145784 (Alabama/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.

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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Madison and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Madison. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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