About La Crosse County

La Crosse County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2010 census, the population was 114,638. The 2013 estimate places the county’s population at 116,713. Its county seat is La Crosse.

 

La Crosse County is included in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN La Crosse Metropolitan Statistical Area and is the largest populated county on Wisconsin’s western border.

Top Ten Employers

Employer	Service or Product	Number of Employees
Gundersen Health System	General medical and surgical hospitals	1000 or more employees
Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan	General medical and surgical hospitals	1000 or more employees
TRANE Co.	AC, refrigeration, and forced air heating	1000 or more employees
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	Colleges and universities	100‐249 employees
Centurytel Service Group LLC	Managing offices	500‐999 employees
City of La Crosse	Executive and legislative offices, combined	500‐999 employees
Logistics Health Inc.	Third party administration of insurance funds	500‐999 employees
Western Technical College	Junior colleges	500‐999 employees
Apac Customer Service Inc.	Telemarketing bureaus	500‐999 employees
Chart Energy & Chemicals Inc.	Power boiler and heat exchanger manufacturing	500‐999 employees

Source: WI DWD, Bureau of Workforce Training, QCEW, OEAspecial request, Sept. 2013

 

Population and Demographics

	Apr 1, 2010 Census	Jan 1, 2013 Estimate	Numeric Change	Proportional Change
United States	308,400,408	315,090,923	6,690,515	2.2%
Wisconsin	5,686,986	5,717,110	30,124	0.5%
La Crosse County	114,638	115,928	1,290	1.1%
La Crosse, City	51,320	51,600	280	0.5%
Onalaska, City	17,736	18,066	330	1.9%
Holmen, Village	9,005	9,288	283	3.1%
Onalaska, Town	5,623	5,671	48	0.9%
WesSalem, Village	4,799	4,897	98	2.0%
Shelby, Town	4,715	4,704	‐11	‐0.2%
Campbell, Town	4,314	4,331	17	0.4%
Holland, Town	3,701	3,839	138	3.7%
Hamilton, Town	2,436	2,451	15	0.6%
Greenfield, Town	2,061	2,084	23	1.1%

Source: Demographic Services Center, Wisconsin Department of Administration