On the Map, a Web-based mapping tool developed by the U.S. Census Bureau, makes it easy to obtain data of where people live in relation to where they work.

Ask most Iowa County residents and they will likely tell you that they live in rural Wisconsin, not in a suburb of Madison. However, because of the high percentage of Iowa County residents commuting to Dane County to work, the U.S. Census Bureau includes Iowa County as part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area

The majority of the State’s residents no longer live in rural Wisconsin. Most people with jobs work in urban Wisconsin and most of the income and wealth is concentrated in urban areas.

In 2006, there were 28,059 single-person households in the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).

Between 200 and 2025, Wisconsin’s Population is projected to increase by 911,152 to more than 6.2 million people.

Between 2005 abd 2030, Dane County’s opulation is projected to increase by 27 percent. However, population growth will be concentrated in a few age categories.

The Wisconsin Department of Administration projects that 579,976 people will be living in Dane County by 2030.

The U.S. Census Bureau reports that between 1989 and 1999, the number of people 50 to 59 years old living in Madison rose by 59 percent.