Madison County
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county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Founded
- January 26, 1856 (created), January 21, 1868 (organized)
- Named after
- James Madison
- Seat
- Madison
- Largest city
- Norfolk
- Total
- 575.451 sq mi (1,490.41 km )
- Land
- 572.612 sq mi (1,483.06 km )
- Water
- 2.839 sq mi (7.35 km ) 0.49%
- Estimate 2025
- 36,106
- Density
- 62.145/sq mi (23.994/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Area code
- 402 and 531
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- madisoncountyne.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 35585
- Area
- 1489
- Official website
- madisoncountyne.gov
- Image
- Madison County Courthouse (Nebraska) 2.JPG
- Households
- 14187
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- Commons category
- Madison County, Nebraska
- inception
- 1867-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Madison County
- per capita income
- 28735
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Madison County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,585, and was estimated to be 36,106 in 2025, making it the seventh-most populous county in Nebraska. The county seat is Madison and the largest city is Norfolk.
Madison County is part of the Norfolk, NE micropolitan area.
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