Madison, South Dakota

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The 2000 Census showed that Madison had a population of 6,540 people^<1>. This represents 0.87% of the total population of South Dakota, making it the state's 15th most populous community.

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

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
12	Vermillion	S	85 mi [136.8 km]	10,495	7.48% increase
13	Spearfish	W	334 mi [537 km]	10,010	16.31% increase
14	West Shannon	W	284 mi [457.1 km]	---
-15-	Madison			6,482	0.89% decrease
16	Sturgis	W	318 mi [511 km]	5,950	7.64% decrease
17	Mount Rushmore	W	311 mi [500 km]	6,800	6.9% increase
18	Belle Fourche-Cheyenne Valleys	W	279 mi [449 km]	5,987	2.17% increase

Madison had 2,706 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Madison has an area^<4> of 4.28 square miles [11.08 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Madison had a 2000 population density of 1,529 people per square mile [590 people/km²], making it the state's 25th most densely populated area.

Lake County

The city of Madison is located in Lake County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 11,244 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 6,540 people, Madison contained 58.2% of the Lake County total.

In addition, where the community of Madison has a population density of 1,529 people per square mile [590 people/km²], Lake County averages 19.96 people per square mile [7.71 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Lake 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. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Madison.

A Census Quickfact is available for Lake County (QF-46079).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Lake County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Brookings	QF-46011	NE	29,668	4.87% increase
	Kingsbury	QF-46077	NW	5,394	7.16% decrease
	McCook	QF-46087	SW	5,671	3.04% decrease
	Miner	QF-46097	W	2,435	15.51% decrease
	Minnehaha	QF-46099	SE	179,180	20.19% increase
	Moody	QF-46101	E	6,414	2.51% decrease

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 #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).

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

The Commemorative Quarter for South Dakota<6>

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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