According to ehuacom, Madison is the capital of the US state of Wisconsin. At the 2000 census, Madison had a population of 208,054, making it Wisconsin’s second-largest city, after Milwaukee, which is approximately 125 miles to the east. Madison is also the capital of Dane County. The city is also home to the University of Wisconsin, one of the preeminent “public universities” in the United States.

The city is named after James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.

Demographics

9.2% of the population is older than 65 and 35.3% consists of single -person households. Unemployment is 1.8 % (2000 census figures).

About 4.1% of Madison’s population is Hispanic and Hispanic, 5.8% of African origin and 5.8% of Asian origin.

The population increased from 190,816 in 1990 to 208,054 in 2000.

Climate

In January the average temperature is −8.9 °C, in July it is 21.7 °C. There is an average annual rainfall of 784.4 mm (data based on the measurement period 1961-1990).

Nearby places

The figure below shows nearby places within a 12 km radius of Madison.

Madison

Fitchburg (5 miles)

McFarland (10 km)

Maple Bluff (5km)

Middleton (9 miles)

Monona (5 km)

Shorewood Hills (4 km)

Famous residents of Madison

Born

• Vinnie Ream Hoxie (1846–1914), sculptress
• Thornton Wilder (1897–1975), novelist and playwright
• Ira Loren Wiggins (1899-1987), botanist
• Hendrik Wade Bode (1905–1982), engineer, inventor, author and scientist
• John Bardeen (1908-1991), physicist and Nobel laureate (1956 and 1972)
• Frederic Prokosch (1908-1989), writer and poet
• Helene Madison (1913-1970), swimmer
• Arthur Goldberger (1930-2009), econometrician
• Gena Rowlands (1930), actress
• Peter Barrett (1935–2000), sailor
• Michael Cole (1945), actor
• Tyne Daly (1946), actress
• Carie Graves (1953-2021), rower
• Mary Sweeney (1953), film editor, screenwriter and producer
• Peter Mueller (1954), speed skater
• Chris Noth (1954), actor
• Annie Laurie Gaylor (1955), activist for atheism, secularism and women’s rights
• Dan Immerfall (1955), long track speed skater
• Lori Monk (1956), speed skater
• Connie Carpenter-Phinney (1957), speed skater, cyclist
• Kay Lunda (1957), speed skater
• Bob Suter (1957–2014), ice hockey player
• Eric Heiden (1958), speed skater
• Beth Heiden (1959), speed skater
• Bradley Whitford (1959), actor
• Rob Marshall (1960), stage and film director
• Mary Docter (1961), speed skater
• Linda Wallem (1961), actress, writer and producer
• Tammy Baldwin (1962), Democratic Party politician
• Sherri Steinhauer (1962), golf professional
• Sarah Docter (1964), speed skater
• Chris Farley (1964–1997), comedian and actor
• Phil Hellmuth (1964), poker player
• Liz Cheney (1966), lawyer and politician
• Michael Dessen (1967), jazz trombonist, composer and professor
• Nick Kiriazis (1969), actor
• Stacey Abrams (1973), Democratic Party activist, writer and politician
• Patrick Rothfuss (1973), fantasy writer and college teacher
• JD Walsh (1974), actor, writer and improv theater maker
• Casey FitzRandolph (1975), speed skater
• Andrea Anders (1975), actress
• Neil Walker (1976), swimmer
• Lindsay Tarpley (1983), soccer star

Died

• Otis Redding (1941-1967), soul singer
• Ed Gein (1906-1984), murderer
• George Mosse (1918–1999), historian

Trivia

• The Scottish-American rock group Garbage was founded in Madison