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'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 Madison⁶. 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 then 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. The governing body of Dane County is the Dane County Board of Supervisors.

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Geography

Adjacent counties

Demographics

Cities and towns

Map

External links

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,207 km² (1,238 mi²). 3,113 km² (1,202 mi²) of it is land and 94 km² (36 mi²) 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

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 426,526 people, 173,484 households, and 100,794 families residing in the county. The population density was 137/km² (355/mi²). There were 180,398 housing units at an average density of 58/km² (150/mi²). 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.

Cities and towns

Towns of Dane County

Mazomanie (town)	Roxbury	Dane (town)	Vienna	Windsor (town)	Bristol	York
Black Earth (town)	Berry	Springfield	Westport	Burke	Sun Prairie (town)	Medina
Vermont	Cross Plains (town)	Middleton (town)	Madison (town)	Blooming Grove	Cottage Grove (town)	Deerfield (town)
Blue Mounds (town)	Springdale	Verona (town)	Fitchburg (city)	Dunn	Pleasant Springs	Christiana
Perry	Primrose	Montrose	Oregon (town)	Rutland	Dunkirk	Albion

Cities:

★ Fitchburg

★ Madison

★ Middleton

★ Monona

★ Stoughton

★ Sun Prairie

★ Verona
Villages:

★ 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

Map

External links

★ Dane County web site

★ A history of Madison, the capital of Wisconsin; including the Four lake country

★ Madison, Dane County and surrounding towns