La Crosse County

administration
La Crosse County Courthouse
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	La Crosse
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 400, 4th Street North La Crosse, WI 54601-0000
Foundation :	March 1, 1851
Made up from:	Crawford County
Area code :	001 608
Demographics
Residents :	114,638 (2010)
Population density :	97.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1243 km²
Water surface :	70 km²
map

Website : www.co.la-crosse.wi.us

The La Crosse County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the county had 114,638 residents and a population density of 97.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is La Crosse .

La Crosse County is part of the La Crosse Metropolitan Area , the interstate metropolitan area around the city of La Crosse.

geography

The county is located in southwest Wisconsin and is bordered to the west by the Mississippi , which forms the border with Minnesota . The northern border of the county is formed by the Black River . In the center, the county is traversed by the La Crosse River until it flows into the Mississippi north of the center of the city of the same name.

La Crosse County has an area of 1,243 square kilometers, of which 70 square kilometers are water.

The following neighboring counties border La Crosse County:

Trempealeau County		Jackson County
Winona County, Minnesota		Monroe County
Houston County, Minnesota	Vernon County

history

La Crosse County was formed on March 1, 1851 from parts of Crawford County. Like the district capital, it was named after a game that the Indians played here.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	42,997	-
1910	43.996	2.3%
1920	44,355	0.8%
1930	54,455	22.8%
1940	59,653	9.5%
1950	67,587	13.3%
1960	72,465	7.2%
1970	80,468	11%
1980	91.056	13.2%
1990	97.904	7.5%
2000	107.120	9.4%
2010	114,638	7%
2012 estimate	116,461	1.6%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

As of the 2010 census , La Crosse County had 114,638 people in 46,058 households. The population density was 97.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.38 people lived in each of the 46,058 households.

The racial the population was composed of 92.2 percent white, 1.4 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 4.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

20.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 50,771 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,978. 13.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in La Crosse County

Citys

Villages

Census-designated places (CDP)

Unincorporated Communities

structure

In addition to the two cities and four villages, La Crosse County is divided into twelve towns :

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Bangor	615	55-04575
Town of Barre	1234	55-04825
Town of Burns	947	55-11300
Town of Campbell	4314	55-12300
Town of Farmington	2061	55-25325
Town of Greenfield	2060	55-31150

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Hamilton	2436	55-32275
Town of Holland	3701	55-35350
Town of Medary	1461	55-50400
Town of Onalaska	5623	55-59950
Town of Shelby	4715	55-73125
Town of Washington	558	55-83650