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Dane County, Wisconsin

Dane County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 426,526. Its county seat is Madison. The United States Census Bureau's Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Dane County (as well as neighboring Iowa and Columbia counties). Dane County is made up of more than 60 cities, towns, and villages.

Dane County is one of the fastest growing counties in the country and adds around 60,000 people per decade. It is the second largest county in Wisconsin behind Milwaukee County.^[1] The governing body of Dane County is the Dane County Board of Supervisors.

History
Demographics
Geography

Adjacent counties
Cities, villages and towns
Unincorporated communities

Map
See also
References
External links

History

Dane County was formed in 1836 as a territorial county. It was named after Nathan Dane, a Massachusetts delegate to the Congress of the Confederation who helped carve Wisconsin out of the Northwest Territory.^[2]

Demographics

2000 Census Age Pyramid for Dane County.

As of the census of 2000, there were 426,526 people, 173,484 households, and 100,794 families residing in the county. The population density was 355 people per square mile (137/km²). There were 180,398 housing units at an average density of 150 per square mile (58/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 88.96% White, 4.00% Black or African American, 0.33% Native American, 3.45% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.43% from other races, and 1.79% from two or more races. 3.37% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 34.4% were of German, 11.5% Norwegian, 8.9% Irish and 6.0% English ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 173,484 households out of which 29.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.10% were married couples living together, 7.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.90% were non-families. 29.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the county, the population was spread out with 22.60% under the age of 18, 14.30% from 18 to 24, 32.50% from 25 to 44, 21.30% from 45 to 64, and 9.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 97.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.00 males.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,238 square miles (3,207 km²), of which, 1,202 square miles (3,113 km²) of it is land and 36 square miles (94 km²) of it (2.94%) is water.

Adjacent counties

Columbia County - north
Dodge County - northeast
Jefferson County - east
Rock County - southeast
Green County - south
Iowa County - west
Sauk County - northwest

Cities, villages and towns

Cities of Dane County
Fitchburg	Madison	Middleton	Monona	Stoughton	Sun Prairie	Verona

Villages of Dane County
Belleville	Black Earth	Blue Mounds	Brooklyn	Cambridge	Cottage Grove	Cross Plains
Dane	Deerfield	DeForest	Maple Bluff	Marshall	Mazomanie	McFarland
Mount Horeb	Oregon	Rockdale	Shorewood Hills	Waunakee

Towns of 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	Montrose	Oregon	Perry
Pleasant Springs	Primrose	Roxbury	Rutland	Springdale	Springfield	Sun Prairie
Vermont	Verona	Vienna	Westport	Windsor	York