About Madison

Madison is the capital of the State of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. As of July 1, 2015, Madison’s estimated population of 248,951[5] made it the second largest city in Wisconsin, after Milwaukee, and the 84th largest in the United States. The city forms the core of the United States Census Bureau‘s Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Dane County and neighboring Iowa, Green, and Columbia counties. The Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area‘s 2010 population was 568,593. Madison is one of only 5 platinum level bike cities in the US. –Wikipedia