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Madison County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 57 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12079

Within Florida
Madison County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Madison, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
18,759
+896 (+5.0%) since 2020
Land area
696.5
square miles. A further 2.7% of the total area is water
Population density
26.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Madison
Seat of county government.
Established
1827
198 years ago
Largest city
Madison city
Population 2,988.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Madison County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Madison County, Florida from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 584 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Madison County ranks

Position among the 67 counties of Florida, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn FloridaNationally
Population18,75957th of 671,890th of 3,144
Land area696.5 sq mi34th of 671,334th of 3,144
Population density26.9 per sq mi59th of 672,015th of 3,144
Median household income$48,48565th of 672,857th of 3,143

Full data for Madison County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population18,759Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202017,863Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?17,970Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area696.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area19.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area715.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?26.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$48,485American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$116,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,976American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,418American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-104
189 births, 293 deaths
Net migration
+223
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Madison County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Jefferson CountyFlorida42 mi16,007
Taylor CountyFlorida30 mi21,210
Hamilton CountyFlorida28 mi14,180
Brooks CountyGeorgia17 mi16,101
Suwannee CountyFlorida12 mi48,149
Lafayette CountyFlorida7.2 mi8,792
Lowndes CountyGeorgia1.0 mi122,867

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 67 counties of Florida

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.