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{{distinguish|Matteson, Illinois}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Madison, Illinois | official_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = | settlement_type = [[List of cities in Illinois|City]] | image_skyline = Madison City Hall (34711409750) (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = City Hall | image_flag = | image_seal = | etymology = | nickname = | motto = | anthem = | image_map = File:Madison County Illinois Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Madison Highlighted.svg | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = Location in Madison County, Illinois | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_alt1 = | map_caption1 = | pushpin_map = USA | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_label = Madison | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the United States | coordinates = {{coord|38|41|1|N|90|9|4|W|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | grid_name = | grid_position = | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{flag|United States}} | subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Illinois}} | subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Illinois|Counties]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Madison County, Illinois|Madison]], [[St. Clair County, Illinois|St. Clair]] | subdivision_type3 = Townships | subdivision_name3 = [[Venice Township, Madison County, Illinois|Venice]], [[Nameoki Township, Madison County, Illinois|Nameoki]], [[Chouteau Township, Madison County, Illinois|Chouteau]], [[Canteen Township, St. Clair County, Illinois|Canteen]], [[Stites Township, St. Clair County, Illinois|Stites]] | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | established_title = Founded | established_date = | established_title1 = | established_date1 = | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | established_title3 = | established_date3 = | established_title4 = | established_date4 = | established_title5 = | established_date5 = | established_title6 = | established_date6 = | established_title7 = | established_date7 = | extinct_title = | extinct_date = | founder = | named_for = | seat_type = | seat = | seat1_type = | seat1 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | governing_body = | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = | leader_title1 = Mayor | leader_name1 = | total_type = | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022">{{cite web |title=2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Illinois |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2022_Gazetteer/2022_gaz_place_17.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=February 13, 2023}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 46.32 | area_total_sq_mi = 17.88 | area_land_km2 = 36.64 | area_land_sq_mi = 14.14 | area_water_km2 = 9.68 | area_water_sq_mi = 3.74 | area_water_percent = | area_metro_footnotes = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_rank = | elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> | elevation_ft = 410 | elevation_point = | population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]] | population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US1745993&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race β Madison city, Illinois: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref> | population_total = 3171 | pop_est_as_of = | pop_est_footnotes = | population_est = | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = 86.56 | population_density_sq_mi = 224.18 | population_metro_footnotes = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_density = | population_density_rank = | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = | population_blank2_title = | population_blank2 = | population_density_blank2_km2 = | population_density_blank2_sq_mi = | population_demonym = | population_note = | demographics_type1 = | demographics1_footnotes = | demographics1_title1 = | demographics1_info1 = | demographics_type2 = | demographics2_footnotes = | demographics2_title1 = | demographics2_info1 = | timezone1 = [[North American Central Time Zone|CST]] | utc_offset1 = β6 | timezone1_DST = [[North American Central Time Zone|CDT]] | utc_offset1_DST = β5 | timezone2 = | utc_offset2 = | timezone2_DST = | utc_offset2_DST = | postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]s | postal_code = 62060 (Madison)<br/>62040 ([[Granite City, Illinois|Granite City]])<br/>62048 ([[Hartford, Illinois|Hartford]])<br/>62201 ([[East St. Louis, Illinois|East St. Louis]]) | postal2_code_type = | postal2_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = [[Area code 618#United States|618]] | geocode = | iso_code = | blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]] | blank_info = 17-45993 | blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID | blank1_info = 2395806<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2395806}}</ref> | blank2_name = | blank2_info = | blank_name_sec2 = | blank_info_sec2 = | blank1_name_sec2 = | blank1_info_sec2 = | blank2_name_sec2 = Wikimedia Commons | blank2_info_sec2 = Madison, Illinois | website = {{URL|cityofmadisonil.com}} | footnotes = }} '''Madison''' is a city in [[Madison County, Illinois|Madison]] and [[St. Clair County, Illinois|St. Clair]] counties in the U.S. state of [[Illinois]]. It is also a suburb of [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]]. The population was 3,171 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name="Census 2020"/> down from 3,891 in [[2010 United States census|2010]].<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US1745993&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P1| title=P1. Race β Madison city, Illinois: 2010 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref> It is home to [[World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway]] and the first [[Bulgarian Orthodox]] church in the United States. ==History== Madison was founded in 1820. There have been three villages named Madison.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/centennialhistor01nort | title=Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and Its People, 1812 to 1912 | publisher=The Lewis Publishing Co. | author=Norton, William T. | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/centennialhistor01nort/page/577 577]}}</ref> ==Geography== Madison is located in southwestern Madison County at {{coord|38|41|1|N|90|9|4|W|type:city}} (38.683700, -90.151047).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> The central city area is bordered by [[Granite City, Illinois|Granite City]] to the north and [[Venice, Illinois|Venice]] to the southwest. However, the Madison city limits now extend {{convert|3|mi|0}} south, {{convert|4|mi|0}} east, and {{convert|8|mi|0}} north of the city center, so that it is also bordered by [[Hartford, Illinois|Hartford]] to the extreme north, [[Pontoon Beach, Illinois|Pontoon Beach]] to the east, [[Fairmont City, Illinois|Fairmont City]] to the southeast, and [[Brooklyn, Illinois|Brooklyn]] to the southwest. The [[Mississippi River]] forms the western boundary of Madison north of Venice, with [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], across the river. [[Illinois Route 203]] passes through the center of Madison as MC Cambridge Avenue and Edwardsville Road, leading north into Granite City and south to Interstates [[Interstate 55|55]] and [[Interstate 70|70]] at their Exit 4 in the southernmost part of town. [[Illinois Route 3]] (Cedar Street) crosses the western part of Madison, leading south into Venice before crossing the Mississippi into St. Louis, and north through Granite City to Hartford. According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], Madison has a total area of {{convert|17.88|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|14.15|sqmi|sqkm|2}} are land and {{convert|3.74|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, or 20.91%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/> ==Demographics== {{US Census population |align=left |1900= 1979 |1910= 5046 |1920= 4996 |1930= 7661 |1940= 7782 |1950= 7963 |1960= 6861 |1970= 7042 |1980= 5301 |1990= 4629 |2000= 4545 |2010= 3891 |2020= 3171 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref> }} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+'''Madison city, Illinois β Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small> !Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small> !Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race β 2000: DEC Summary File 1 β Madison city, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US1745993&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref> !Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race β 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) β Madison city, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1745993&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> !{{partial|2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race β 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) β Madison city, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1745993&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> !% 2000 !% 2010 !{{partial|% 2020}} |- |[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH) |2,478 |1,511 |style='background: #ffffe6; |854 |54.52% |38.83% |style='background: #ffffe6; |26.93% |- |[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH) |1,906 |2,153 |style='background: #ffffe6; |2,001 |41.94% |55.33% |style='background: #ffffe6; |63.10% |- |[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH) |13 |9 |style='background: #ffffe6; |13 |0.29% |0.23% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.41% |- |[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH) |5 |5 |style='background: #ffffe6; |14 |0.11% |0.13% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.44% |- |[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH) |1 |1 |style='background: #ffffe6; |1 |0.02% |0.03% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03% |- |[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH) |5 |0 |style='background: #ffffe6; |5 |0.11% |0.00% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.16% |- |[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH) |48 |74 |style='background: #ffffe6; |103 |1.06% |1.90% |style='background: #ffffe6; |3.25% |- |[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race) |89 |138 |style='background: #ffffe6; |180 |1.96% |3.55% |style='background: #ffffe6; |5.68% |- |'''Total''' |'''4,545''' |'''3,891''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''3,171''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%''' |} ===2000 census=== At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 4,545 people, 1,881 households, and 1,117 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|648.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,322 housing units at an average density of {{convert|331.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makup]] of the city was 55.36% White, 42.13% African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.92% from other races, and 1.17% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.96%.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> Of the 1,881 households 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.2% were married couples living together, 22.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.6% were non-families. 34.9% of households were one person and 14.7% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.13. In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 29.8% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 19.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% 65 or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.4 males. The median household income was $24,828 and the median family income was $29,926. Males had a median income of $27,363 versus $21,250 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,090. About 19.6% of families and 24.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 35.4% of those under age 18 and 12.0% of those age 65 or over. ==National Register of Historic Places== [[Image:ChainOfRocksBridge StLouisMO.jpg|thumb|right|Chain of Rocks Bridge]] *[[Chain of Rocks Bridge]] over the [[Mississippi River]] ==Transportation== [[Amtrak]]'s [[Texas Eagle]] as well as its [[Lincoln Service]] pass through Madison, but don't stop in the small city. A regional bus service is provided for the community. ==Notable people== <!-- Note: Β· Only people who already have a Wikipedia article may appear here. This establishes notability. Β· The article must mention how they are associated with <city name>, whether born, raised, or residing. Β· The fact of their association should have a reliable source cited. Β· Alphabetical by last name please Β· All others will be deleted without further explanation --> * [[George Becker (labor leader)|George Becker]], president of [[United Steelworkers]] 1993β2001 * [[Donnie Freeman (basketball, born 1944)|Donnie Freeman]], basketball player at [[Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball|Illinois]] and in ABA and NBA * [[Sam Harshany]], catcher for the [[St. Louis Browns]] ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== * {{Official website|www.cityofmadisonil.com}} * {{Cite Collier's|wstitle=Madison (Ill.)|display=Madison, town in Madison co., Ill.}} {{Metro-East}} {{St. Louis MSA}} {{Madison County, Illinois}} {{St. Clair County, Illinois}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Cities in Illinois]] [[Category:Cities in Madison County, Illinois]] [[Category:Cities in St. Clair County, Illinois|Madison]] [[Category:Illinois populated places on the Mississippi River]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1820]] [[Category:1820 establishments in Illinois]]
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