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Madison County, Idaho




  State Idaho
  Seal Madison County, Idaho sealpng <!-- image of county seal -->
  Founded Year 1913 <!-- if you include a reference, the year's wikilink won't work so add the to the year -->
  Founded Date February 18 <!-- optional, syntax is: February 1 -->
  Seat Wl Rexburg <!-- county seat the WikiLink is created for you: "City" results in " City " -->
  Largest City Wl <!-- largest city the WikiLink is created for you: "City" results in " City " -->
  Area Mi 473
  Area Km 1226
  Area Land Mi 471
  Area Land Km 1221
  Area Water Mi 2
  Area Water Km 5
  Area Percentage 039%
  Census Yr 2000
  Pop 27,467
  UTC Offset <!-- example: time zone = Central UTC offset = -6 DST offset = -5 -->
  Web wwwcomadisonidus
  Named For James Madison


Madison County is a is Rexburg 6 . Madison County is part of the Rexburg, ID Micropolitan Statistical Area .


HISTORY

The county was named for American president James Madison . Originally settled by Mormons . Before January 1 1914 , it was part of neighbouring Fremont County . BYU Idaho , formerly Ricks College (named after early local LDS settler Thomas Edwin Ricks ) is located here. Madison County was declared a National Disaster Area after the Teton Dam flood of June 5 , 1976 .


GEOGRAPHY

According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 1,226 Km&2 (473 Mi&2 ). 1,221 km&2 (472 mi&2) of it is land and 5 km&2 (2 mi&2) of it (0.39%) is water.


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DEMOGRAPHICS

As of the Census &2 of 2000, there were 27,467 people, 7,129 households, and 4,854 families residing in the county. The Population Density was 22/km&2 (58/mi&2). There were 7,630 housing units at an average density of 6/km&2 (16/mi&2). The racial makeup of the county was 95.50% White , 0.24% Black or African American , 0.33% Native American , 0.57% Asian , 0.18% Pacific Islander , 2.23% from Other Races , and 0.95% from two or more races. 3.92% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 7,129 households out of which 39.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.10% were Married Couples living together, 5.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.90% were non-families. 12.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.66 and the average family size was 3.70.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.20% under the age of 18, 39.90% from 18 to 24, 16.00% from 25 to 44, 11.90% from 45 to 64, and 6.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 21 years. For every 100 females there were 90.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,607, and the median income for a family was $40,880. Males had a median income of $29,299 versus $18,628 for females. The Per Capita Income for the county was $10,956. About 10.10% of families and 30.50% of the population were below the Poverty Line , including 11.70% of those under age 18 and 10.10% of those age 65 or over.


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