History of Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the List of U.S. state capitals|capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County, Wisconsin|Dane County. Madison is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
As of a 2005 census projection, Madison had a population of 221,551, making it the second largest city in Wisconsin, after Milwaukee, Wisconsin|Milwaukee, and the List of United States cities by population|83rd largest in the United States. Counting the city's immediate suburbs, the area population exceeds 400,000. The city forms the core of the United States Census Bureau's Madison United States metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Dane County and neighboring Iowa County, Wisconsin|Iowa and Columbia County, Wisconsin|Columbia counties, had a 2006 estimated census population of 543,022, and is one of the fastest-growing in Wisconsin. The Madison-Baraboo Combined Statistical Area has a 2006 estimated census population of 601,283.
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