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BY THE NUMBERS
• 568,593 people live in the greater Madison metropolis
• 45,317 students enrolled at UW-Madison
• 81st largest city in the U.S.
• 2nd largest city in Wisconsin
• 77 miles: between Madison and Milwaukee
• 122 miles: between Madison and Chicago
• 5: lakes: Mendota, Monona, Wingra, Waubesa, Kegonsa
• 12: public beaches
• 15: off-leash dog parks in Greater Madison
• Under 20 minutes: the average commute time for Madisonians
• 14: communities that makeup Greater Madison – (Cottage Grove, Cross Plains, DeForest, Fitchburg, Maple Bluff, McFarland, Middleton, Monona, Oregon, Shorewood Hills, Stoughton, Sun Prairie, Verona and Waunakee)
• Under 30: The age of more than half of Madison’s population
