La Crosse–Onalaska Explained

La Crosse–Onalaska
Official Name:La Crosse–Onalaska, WI–MN
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Settlement Type:Metropolitan Statistical Area
Map Alt:La Crosse–Onalaska, WI–MN
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:States
Subdivision Name1: Wisconsin
Minnesota
Subdivision Type2:Largest city
Subdivision Name2:La Crosse, WI
Subdivision Type3:Other cities
Subdivision Name3:Onalaska, WI
Holmen, WI
La Crescent, MN
Sparta, WI
Unit Pref:US
Area Total Sq Mi:1,003.8
Elevation Max Ft:1410
Elevation Max M:430
Elevation Min Ft:626
Elevation Min M:191
Population As Of:2020
Pop Est Footnotes:[1]
Population Blank1 Title:MSA
Population Blank1:170341 (256th)
Population Blank2 Title:CSA
Population Blank2:216389 (140th)
Population Urban:98872 (314th)
Timezone1:CST
Utc Offset1:-6
Timezone1 Dst:CDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:-5
Area Code:608 and 507
Blank1 Name Sec1:Interstates
Blank2 Name Sec1:Public Transit
Blank2 Info Sec1:La Crosse MTU
SMRT

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.

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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.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2023. United States Census Bureau . United States Census Bureau. May 26, 2024.
  2. Web site: Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas . February 28, 2013 . February 4, 2016 . Office of Management and Budget . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170207113057/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/bulletins/2013/b-13-01.pdf . February 7, 2017 .