La Crosse–Onalaska

Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States
La Crosse–Onalaska
Metropolitan Statistical Area
La Crosse–Onalaska, WI–MN
Metropolitan Statistical Area
  • La Crosse skyline
    La Crosse skyline
  • Downtown Onalaska
    Downtown Onalaska
Map
Map of La Crosse–Onalaska–Sparta, WI–MN CSA
  City of La Crosse
  City of Onalaska
  La Crosse–Onalaska, WI–MN MSA
  Sparta, WI µSA

Country United States
States Wisconsin
Minnesota
Largest cityLa Crosse, WI
Other citiesOnalaska, WI
Holmen, WI
La Crescent, MN
Sparta, WI
Area
 • Metropolitan Statistical Area1,003.8 sq mi (2,600 km2)
Highest elevation
1,410 ft (430 m)
Lowest elevation
626 ft (191 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Urban
98,872 (314th)
 • MSA
170,341 (256th)
 • CSA
216,389 (140th)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)608 and 507
Interstates
Public TransitLa Crosse MTU
SMRT
Websiteengagegreaterlacrosse.org

The La Crosse–Onalaska Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, Vernon County, Wisconsin, and Houston County, Minnesota, anchored by the cities of La Crosse and Onalaska. The area is part of what is commonly referred to as the Coulee Region or 7 Rivers Region. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 170,341, and in 2023 estimates placed the total population at 170,238.[1] The La Crosse-Onalaska-Sparta combined statistical area has a population of 216,389 as of 2023.

Counties

Communities

Places with more than 50,000 inhabitants

Places with 5,000 to 20,000 inhabitants

Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants

Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants

Unincorporated places

Population

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
186029,838—
187053,87880.6%
188066,64023.7%
189078,56517.9%
190086,74810.4%
191086,409−0.4%
192087,6201.4%
193096,83710.5%
1940104,3287.7%
1950109,9285.4%
1960114,7164.4%
1970122,5816.9%
1980135,08010.2%
1990142,0185.1%
2000154,8949.1%
2010163,4385.5%
2020170,3414.2%
2023 (est.)170,238[1]−0.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[2]
2020 Census

Transportation

Highways

Interstate Highways

US Highways

Minnesota State Highways

Wisconsin State Highways

  • Highway 16 (Wisconsin)
  • Highway 27 (Wisconsin)
  • Highway 33 (Wisconsin)
  • Highway 35 (Wisconsin)
  • Highway 56 (Wisconsin)
  • Highway 80 (Wisconsin)
  • Highway 82 (Wisconsin)
  • Highway 108 (Wisconsin)
  • Highway 131 (Wisconsin)
  • Highway 157 (Wisconsin)
  • Highway 162 (Wisconsin)

Transit

Railroads

Public Airports

Commercial

General Aviation

Cities

Primary

Onalaska was promoted as a principal city of the MSA when the Office of Management and Budget revised the definitions of metropolitan statistical areas in 2013.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2023". United States Census Bureau. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
  2. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  3. ^ "Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas" (pdf). Office of Management and Budget. February 28, 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
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La Crosse–Onalaska (WI–MN)
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Surrounding
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