Madison County, Iowa

Madison County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 14,019. Its is, and it is one of the five counties that make up the.

Madison County is famous for being the county where was born, and for a number of s.  These bridges were featured in the book and movie, .

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,456 (562 ). 1,453 km² (561 sq mi) of it is land and 3 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.21%) is water.

Major Highways

 * [[Image:I-35.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:US 6.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:US 169 (IA).svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Iowa 92.svg|20px]]

Adjacent counties

 * (north)
 * (east)
 * (southeast)
 * (southwest)
 * (west)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 14,019 people, 5,326 households, and 3,925 families residing in the county. The was 10/km² (25/sq mi). There were 5,661 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (10/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.57%, 0.09% or , 0.27% , 0.18% , 0.02% , 0.19% from , and 0.68% from two or more races. 0.75% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 5,326 households out of which 34.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.90% were living together, 7.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.30% were non-families. 22.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.10% under the age of 18, 6.90% from 18 to 24, 27.40% from 25 to 44, 23.40% from 45 to 64, and 15.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 97.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $41,845, and the median income for a family was $48,289. Males had a median income of $31,126 versus $24,095 for females. The for the county was $19,357. About 4.60% of families and 6.70% of the population were below the, including 6.60% of those under age 18 and 10.40% of those age 65 or over.