The Madison metropolitan area, also known as Greater Madison, is the metropolitan area surrounding the city of Madison, Wisconsin. The Madison, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, consists of Columbia, Dane, Green, and Iowa counties in south-central Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 680,804, 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 MSA) and Sauk County (Baraboo µSA). The CSA population as of the 2020 census was 910,246, making it the 64th-largest in the United States.
Definitions
Metropolitan Statistical Area The Madison, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is made up of four counties. CountySeat2025 estimate2020 CensusChangeAreaDensityDaneMadisonColumbiaPortageGreenMonroeIowaDodgevilleTotal
Combined Statistical Area The Madison–Janesville–Beloit Combined Statistical Area (CSA) is made up of six counties. The statistical area includes two metropolitan areas and one micropolitan area.
Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) Madison (Columbia, Dane, Green, and Iowa counties) Janesville–Beloit (Rock County) Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs) Baraboo (Sauk County)
Statistical Area2025 estimate2020 CensusChangeAreaDensityMadison, WI Metropolitan Statistical AreaJanesville–Beloit, WI Metropolitan Statistical AreaBaraboo, WI Micropolitan Statistical AreaTotal
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) Monroe (10,661) Portage (10,581) Stoughton (13,173) Sun Prairie (35,967) Verona (14,030)
Cities with less than 10,000 inhabitants
Brodhead (3,247) Columbus (5,120) Dodgeville (4,984) Edgerton* (5,631) Evansville* (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) Oregon (10,571) Waunakee (14,052)
Villages with less than 10,000 inhabitants
Albany (993) Arena (827) Arlington (820) Avoca (623) Barneveld (1,251) Belleville (2,463) Black Earth (1,419) Blanchardville (partial) (791 total) Blue Mounds (986) Brooklyn (1,465) Browntown (276) Cambria (748) Cambridge (partial) (1,535 total) Cazenovia† (partial) (310 total) Clinton* (2,140) Cobb (449) Cottage Grove (7,143) Cross Plains (4,286) Dane (1,135) Deerfield (2,532) Doylestown (297) Fall River (1,741) Footville* (831) Friesland (345) Highland (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) Marshall (3,984) Mazomanie (1,696) Merrimac† (440) McFarland (9,031) Monticello (1,202) Montfort (partial) (688 total) Mount Horeb (7,534) New Glarus (2,151) North Freedom† (697) Orfordville* (1,498) Pardeeville (2,063) Plain† (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) Spring Green† (1,641) West Baraboo† (1,424) Windsor (7,644) Wyocena (725)
Census-designated places Bluffview† Hanover* Juda Lake Wisconsin
Towns
Columbia County
Arlington Caledonia Columbus Courtland Dekorra Fort Winnebago Fountain Prairie Hampden Leeds Lewiston Lodi Lowville Marcellon Newport Otsego Pacific Randolph Scott Springvale West Point Wyocena
Dane County
Albion Berry Black Earth Blooming Grove Blue Mounds Bristol Burke Christiana Cottage Grove Cross Plains Dane Deerfield Dunkirk Dunn Madison Mazomanie Medina Middleton Monona Montrose Oregon Perry Pleasant Springs Primrose Roxbury Rutland Springdale Springfield Sun Prairie Vermont Verona Vienna Westport York
Green County
Adams Albany Brooklyn Cadiz Clarno Decatur Exeter Jefferson Jordan Monroe Mount Pleasant New Glarus Spring Grove Sylvester Washington York
Iowa County
Arena Brigham Clyde Dodgeville Eden Highland Linden Mifflin Mineral Point Moscow Pulaski Ridgeway Waldwick Wyoming
Rock County
Avon Beloit Bradford Center Clinton Fulton Harmony Janesville Johnstown La Prairie Lima Magnolia Milton Newark Plymouth Porter Rock Spring Valley Turtle Union
Sauk County
Baraboo Bear Creek Dellona Delton Excelsior Fairfield Franklin Freedom Greenfield Honey Creek Ironton La Valle Merrimac Prairie du Sac Reedsburg Spring Green Sumpter Troy Washington Westfield Winfield Woodland
Demographics As of the census 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% White, 3.50% African American, 0.32% Native American, 2.99% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.27% from other races, and 1.63% from two or more races. Hispanic 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 per capita income for the MSA was $21,832.
See also Wisconsin census statistical areas
References
External links Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce