People QuickFacts Madison Mississippi Population, 2012 estimate 24,841 2,984,926 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 24,149 2,967,299 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.9% 0.6% Population, 2010 24,149 2,967,297 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.4% 7.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 29.2% 25.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 11.1% 12.8% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.9% 51.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 85.5% 59.1% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 10.2% 37.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.2% 0.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 0.8% 1.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 1.2% 2.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 84.6% 58.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 89.0% 85.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 3.0% 2.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 4.2% 3.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 98.2% 80.3% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 63.9% 19.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,635 209,408 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 21.8 23.9  Housing units, 2010 9,050 1,274,719 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 93.1% 70.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 2.0% 13.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $231,200 $99,200 Households, 2007-2011 8,519 1,085,062 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.76 2.64 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $42,502 $20,521 Median household income, 2007-2011 $100,804 $38,718 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 3.0% 21.6%     Business QuickFacts Madison Mississippi Total number of firms, 2007 3,382 225,977 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.4% 18.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.7% 1.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.8% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.5% 26.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 59,869,456 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 20,971 23,003,585 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 263,024 33,751,407 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $12,239 $11,552 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 43,452 7,045,097     Geography QuickFacts Madison Mississippi Land area in square miles, 2010 25.22 46,923.27 Persons per square mile, 2010 957.4 63.2 FIPS Code 44520 28 Counties Madison County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts