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La Crosse County, Wisconsin

A county in Wisconsin, ranked 12 of 72 by population.

CountyFIPS 55063

Within Wisconsin
La Crosse County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks La Crosse, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
121,339
+384 (+0.3%) since 2020
Land area
451.8
square miles. A further 5.9% of the total area is water
Population density
269
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
La Crosse
Seat of county government.
Established
1851
174 years ago
Largest city
La Crosse city
Population 50,784.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of La Crosse County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of La Crosse County, Wisconsin from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 790 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where La Crosse County ranks

Position among the 72 counties of Wisconsin, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn WisconsinNationally
Population121,33912th of 72535th of 3,144
Land area451.8 sq mi61st of 722,266th of 3,144
Population density269 per sq mi11th of 72477th of 3,144
Median household income$73,01336th of 72973rd of 3,143

Full data for La Crosse County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population121,339Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020120,955Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?120,796Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area451.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area28.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area480.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?269 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$73,013American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$257,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households51,497American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units54,011American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-18
1,100 births, 1,118 deaths
Net migration
+383
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering La Crosse County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Monroe CountyWisconsin27 mi46,572
Trempealeau CountyWisconsin25 mi31,171
Vernon CountyWisconsin17 mi31,443
Winona CountyMinnesota12 mi50,523
Jackson CountyWisconsin9.5 mi20,999
Houston CountyMinnesota9.0 mi18,400

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 72 counties of Wisconsin

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.