La Crosse County is a

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located in the U.S. state of

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. At the 2020 census, the population was 120,784. Its

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La Crosse La Crosse is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of La Crosse County. Positioned alongside the Mississippi River, La Crosse is the largest city on Wisconsin's western border. La Crosse's population as of the 2020 census ...

. La Crosse County is included in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area with a population of 139,627 and is the most populous county on Wisconsin's western border.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (5.9%) is water.

Major highways

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U.S. Highway 14 U.S. Route 14 (abbreviated U.S. 14 or US 14), an east–west route, is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It currently has a length of 1,398 miles (2,250 km), but it had a peak length of 1,429 miles (2,300 km). For ...

U.S. Highway 53 U.S. Route 53, or U.S. Highway 53 (U.S. 53), is a north–south U.S. highway that runs for 404 miles (650 km) from La Crosse, Wisconsin to International Falls, Minnesota. It is the primary north–south route in northwestern Wisconsin, s ...

U.S. Highway 61 U.S. Route 61 or U.S. Highway 61 (U.S. 61) is a major United States highway that extends between New Orleans, Louisiana and the city of Wyoming, Minnesota. The highway generally follows the course of the Mississippi River and is designated ...

* Highway 16 (Wisconsin) *

Highway 33 (Wisconsin) State Trunk Highway 33 (often called Highway 33, STH-33 or WIS 33) is a Wisconsin state highway running east–west across central Wisconsin. It is in length. Route description La Crosse to Baraboo WIS 33 begins east of the Mississip ...

* Highway 35 (Wisconsin) *

Highway 108 (Wisconsin) State Trunk Highway 108 (often called Highway 108, STH-108 or WIS 108) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs in west central Wisconsin from Wisconsin Highway 16 north of West Salem to Wisconsin Highway 54 and Wisconsin Highw ...

Highway 162 (Wisconsin) State Trunk Highway 162 (often called Highway 162, STH-162 or WIS 162) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs in north–south in southwest Wisconsin from Stoddard to Four Corners. Route description The highway starts at ...

Railroads

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* BNSF *

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La Crosse station La Crosse station is an Amtrak intercity train station in La Crosse, Wisconsin, served the daily ''Empire Builder''. The station was built in 1926–27 by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road), replacing an older ...

Buses

La Crosse MTU The La Crosse Municipal Transit Utility or MTU is the primary provider of mass transportation in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Using 21 buses, eleven regular routes are provided from Monday through Friday. On Saturdays, the MTU runs six routes, and five ro ...

* Scenic Mississippi Regional Transit * List of intercity bus stops in Wisconsin

Airport

* LSE - La Crosse Regional Airport

Adjacent counties

* Trempealeau County - northwest * Jackson County - northeast *

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- east * Vernon County - south * Houston County, Minnesota - southwest * Winona County, Minnesota - west

Climate

La Crosse County's location in the United States'

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gives the area a

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continental climate Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm summers and cold winters). They tend to occur in the middle latitudes (40 to 55 north), within large landmasses where prevailing winds blow overland bringing so ...

. The warmest month of the year is July, when the average high temperature is , with overnight low temperatures averaging . January is the coldest month, with high temperatures averaging , with the overnight low temperatures around .

Demographics

As of the census of 2020, the population was 120,784. The

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was . There were 52,774 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 88.0%

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, 4.6% Asian, 1.7%

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, 0.4% Native American, 0.9% from other races, and 4.4% from two or more races. Ethnically, the population was 2.5%

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or Latino of any race. According to 2014–2018 ACS estimates, the

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was $55,479 and the median family income was $67,388. Males had a median income of $48,675 and females $38,714. The per capita income was $26,065. About 9.1% of families and 10.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.2% of those under age 18 and 7.3% of those age 65 or over. At the 2010 census, there were 114,638 people, 46,137 households and 27,373 families residing in the county. The

was . There were 46,137 housing units at an average density of . The racial make up was 92.1%

, 1.4%

, 0.4% Native American, 4.1% Asian, 0.00%

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, 0.3% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races. 0.92% of the population were

or Latino of any race. 38.9% were of

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, 20.3% Norwegian and 7.9% Irish ancestry. In 2017, there were 1,188 births, giving a general fertility rate of 47.9 births per 1000 women aged 15–44, the fifth lowest rate out of all 72 Wisconsin counties.

Government

* Board Chair: Monica Kruse *

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: Tim Gruenke (D) *

Sheriff A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated. There is an analogous, although independently developed, office in Iceland that is commonly transla ...

: Jeff Wolf (R) *

County Clerk A clerk is a white-collar worker who conducts general office tasks, or a worker who performs similar sales-related tasks in a retail environment. The responsibilities of clerical workers commonly include record keeping, filing, staffing service ...

: Ginny Dankmeyer (D) *

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: Amy Twitchell (D) *

Register of Deeds Recorder of deeds or deeds registry is a government office tasked with maintaining public records and documents, especially records relating to real estate ownership that provide persons other than the owner of a property with real rights over ...

: Robin Kadrmas (D) *

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: (29 members) * County Administrator: Steve O'Malley

Politics

La Crosse County has voted for the Democratic nominee in every presidential election since 1988. In 2014, the ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' ranked La Crosse County as one of Wisconsin's most Democratic counties. As a result of the

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, La Crosse County continued its Democratic trend by about 4%.

Communities

Cities

(county seat) * Onalaska

Villages

* Bangor * Holmen * Rockland * West Salem

Towns

* Bangor * Barre * Burns * Campbell * Farmington *

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* Medary * Onalaska * Shelby *

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Census-designated places

* Brice Prairie, part of the Town of Onalaska and an urban reserve area of the City of Onalaska * French Island * St. Joseph

Unincorporated communities

* Barre Mills * Burns * Burns Corners * Burr Oak * Council Bay * Medary * Middle Ridge * Midway *

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* Newberg Corners * Shelby * Stevenstown * West La Crosse

External links

La Crosse County

La Crosse County Health and Demographic Data

La Crosse County map
from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation {{Coord, 43.91, -91.11, display=title, type:adm2nd_region:US-WI_source:UScensus1990 1851 establishments in Wisconsin Wisconsin counties on the Mississippi River Populated places established in 1851