67,072 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.3% since 2020)
655 square miles of land · 102 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
22 active community water systems list Madison County in the area they serve, reporting 27,486 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ONEIDA CITY surface water · local government · NY2602381 | 11,393 served |
| HAMILTON VILLAGE groundwater · local government · NY2602377 | 4,107 served |
| CAZENOVIA VILLAGE groundwater · local government · NY2602371 | 2,900 served |
| MORRISVILLE STATE COLLEGE groundwater · state · NY2613319 | 2,620 served |
| MORRISVILLE VILLAGE groundwater · local government · NY2603521 | 2,199 served |
| STOCKBRIDGE WATER DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · NY2602379 | 600 served |
| CAZENOVIA/NELSON PURCHASE DISTRICT buys groundwater · local government · NY2600033 | 595 served |
| DERUYTER VILLAGE groundwater · local government · NY2602373 | 558 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 59 people were held in Madison County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 71.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
10 school districts have their office in Madison County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $48.6 million — $43 million to run schools, about $22,318 per student, plus $4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $19.4 million local (mostly property tax), $24.9 million state, $3.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $17.9 million.
Spent $66.1 million — $48.8 million to run schools, about $26,677 per student, plus $15.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.5 million local (mostly property tax), $29.8 million state, $4.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $13.7 million.
Spent $35.1 million — $30.5 million to run schools, about $23,205 per student, plus $2.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $20.7 million local (mostly property tax), $12.9 million state, $2.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $13.3 million.
Spent $41.5 million — $33.1 million to run schools, about $26,392 per student, plus $6.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $16.2 million local (mostly property tax), $21.9 million state, $3.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.9 million.
Spent $18.9 million — $17.1 million to run schools, about $27,597 per student, plus $585,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.3 million local (mostly property tax), $13.3 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.4 million.
Spent $19.6 million — $14.1 million to run schools, about $25,083 per student, plus $5.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.2 million local (mostly property tax), $6.5 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.3 million.
Spent $12.5 million — $11 million to run schools, about $24,280 per student, plus $725,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.7 million local (mostly property tax), $7.6 million state, $1.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.5 million.
Spent $12.4 million — $11.4 million to run schools, about $27,878 per student, plus $294,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.4 million local (mostly property tax), $9.1 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.1 million.
And 2 more.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Madison County about $23 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
176 bridges in Madison County: 66 in good condition, 94 fair, and 16 poor (9.1%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| RTE I90 over COWASELON CREEK · built 1954 | 17,197 vehicles a day |
| RTE I90 over COWASELON CREEK · built 1954 | 15,647 vehicles a day |
| RTE 46 over 90 IX RTE I90 · built 1954 | 5,991 vehicles a day |
| LAKEPORT ROAD over CSX TRANS/ AMTRAK · built 1979 | 5,144 vehicles a day |
| RTE 13 over COWASELON CREEK · built 1976 | 4,684 vehicles a day |
| RTE 8 over Button Creek · built 1972 | 2,446 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $20.1 million of work in Madison County in fiscal 2025, about $296 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for New York are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Madison County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Madison County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Oneida County (26 mi) · Onondaga County (28 mi) · Chenango County (30 mi) · Cortland County (30 mi) · Otsego County (37 mi) · Cayuga County (47 mi).