Madison (town), Maine

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Madison is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States named after United States president James Madison^[1]. The population was 4,523 at the 2000 census.

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 141.4 km² (54.6 mi²). 134.1 km² (51.8 mi²) of it is land and 7.4 km² (2.8 mi²) of it (5.22%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 4,523 people, 1,890 households, and 1,270 families residing in the town. The population density was 33.7/km² (87.4/mi²). There were 2,308 housing units at an average density of 17.2/km² (44.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.12% White, 0.07% Black or African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.07% from other races, and 1.28% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.22% of the population.

There were 1,890 households out of which 28.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.1% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.8% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.79.

In the town the population was spread out with 22.2% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 89.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $30,528, and the median income for a family was $36,750. Males had a median income of $30,179 versus $20,827 for females. The per capita income for the town was $16,698. About 9.3% of families and 13.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.9% of those under age 18 and 11.1% of those age 65 or over.

See also: Madison (CDP), Maine

	State of Maine Augusta (capital)
Topics	Culture | Geography | Government | History | Images
Regions	Down East | Highlands | Mid Coast | North Woods | Penobscot Bay | Southern Coast | Western Mountains
Counties	Androscoggin | Aroostook | Cumberland | Franklin | Hancock | Kennebec | Knox | Lincoln | Oxford | Penobscot | Piscataquis | Sagadahoc | Somerset | Waldo | Washington | York
Cities	Auburn | Augusta | Bangor | Bath | Belfast | Biddeford | Brewer | Calais | Caribou | Eastport | Ellsworth | Gardiner | Hallowell | Lewiston | Old Town | Portland | Presque Isle | Rockland | Saco | South Portland | Waterville | Westbrook
Largest towns	Brunswick | Cape Elizabeth | Falmouth | Gorham | Kennebunk | Kittery | Lisbon | Orono | Sanford | Scarborough | Skowhegan | Standish | Topsham | Wells | Windham | Winslow | York

[edit] References