2024 population: 522,719 ( 5,026 from 2020)
Land area: 8279.0 square miles
Population density: 63.1 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	467,613	89.46%	0.0%
Black:	7,483	1.43%	10.6%
Indian:	3,453	0.66%	1.5%
Asian:	15,108	2.89%	7.0%
2+ races:	8,952	1.71%	13.3%
Hispanic:	20,110	3.85%	13.3%

Total non-White:	55,106	10.54%	10.1%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	21,971	10.6
Deaths:	22,170	10.7
Net Migration:	2,792	1.3
Net Immigration:	2,235	1.1

Change in White population:	-46	-0.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	5,072	1.0

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
517,693
467,659	90.34%
6,764	1.31%
3,504	0.68%
14,119	2.73%
7,900	1.53%
17,747	3.43%
50,034	9.66%

2010
498,330
462,986	92.91%
5,207	1.04%
3,171	0.64%
10,708	2.15%
5,631	1.13%
10,372	2.08%
35,344	7.09%

2000
469,376
447,743	95.39%
2,726	0.58%
2,859	0.61%
7,682	1.64%
3,435	0.73%
4,689	1.00%
21,633	4.61%

1990
434,536
422,549	97.24%
1,279	0.29%
2,387	0.55%
6,183	1.42%
n/a
2,138	0.49%
11,987	2.76%

1980
420,229
415,172	98.80%
554	0.13%
1,650	0.39%
1,286	0.31%
n/a
1,499	0.36%
5,057	1.20%

1970
380,186
377,449	99.28%
330	0.09%
940	0.25%
385	0.10%
n/a
903	0.24%
2,737	0.72%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
53,071	10.6
41,234	8.3
-1,892	-0.4
2,734	0.5

4,673	0.9
14,690	2.9

Number	Rate
2000's
54,271	11.6
38,973	8.3
6,959	1.5
2,186	0.5

15,243	3.2
13,711	2.9

Number	Rate
1990's
56,351	13.0
41,899	9.6
8,290	1.9
1,404	0.3

25,194	5.8
9,646	2.2

Number	Rate
1980's
64,223	15.3
39,447	9.4
-9,919	-2.4
n/a

7,377	1.8
6,930	1.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
14,735	3.9
n/a

37,723	9.9
2,320	0.6

Age, Family & Household Data for La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
39.0
122,719	23.5%
400,000	76.5%
103,510	19.8%

228,571
2.40

136,816	59.9%
110,118	80.5%
9,445	6.9%
91,755	40.1%

2010
Number	Percent
37.4
111,915	22.5%
386,415	77.5%
71,247	14.3%

197,742
2.42

125,088	63.3%
99,357	79.4%
10,830	8.7%
72,654	36.7%

2000
Number	Percent
35.3
116,372	24.8%
353,004	75.2%
65,580	14.0%

181,063
2.48

118,916	65.7%
98,613	82.9%
9,042	7.6%
62,147	34.3%

1990
Number	Percent
32.4
113,702	26.2%
320,834	73.8%
62,701	14.4%

160,524
2.60

111,380	69.4%
94,503	84.8%
7,974	7.2%
49,144	30.6%

1980
Number	Percent
29.4
118,523	28.2%
301,706	71.8%
56,130	13.4%

145,212
2.77

105,740	72.8%
92,826	87.8%
5,742	5.4%
39,472	27.2%

2022 Housing Data for La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	8,482	3.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	9,212	4.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	7,307	3.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	9,238	4.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	10,385	4.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	9,026	3.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	9,314	4.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	9,056	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	10,332	4.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	19,489	8.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	24,569	10.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	32,783	14.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	24,831	10.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	15,870	6.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	15,909	7.0%
$200,000 or more	12,768	5.6%

Median Household Income	67,516
Per Capita Income	36,060

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	85

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	8,778	3.8%
Public Assistance	3,864	1.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	22,997	10.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	264,484	76.6%
Unemployed	8,430	2.4%
In Armed Forces	528	0.2%

Total Labor Force	273,442	79.2%
Not in Labor Force	71,796	20.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		23.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	108,669	84,074	56.4%
Non-Profit	9,041	21,555	29.5%
Self-Employed	18,883	9,466	66.6%

Local Government	7,621	12,356	38.1%
State Government	4,810	6,645	42.0%
Federal Government	2,455	2,744	47.2%

Total Private + Self	127,552	93,540	57.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	23,927	43,300	35.6%
Total	151,479	136,840	52.5%

Pct. Govt.	12.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	42,067	14.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	56,542	19.5%
Professional, Technical	59,009	20.4%
Service Occupations	46,846	16.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	4,264	1.5%
All others	84,847	29.3%

White Collar		54.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	48,219	16.7%
Health care and social assistance	47,949	16.6%
Retail trade	38,056	13.2%
Educational services	25,663	8.9%
Construction	17,446	6.0%
Accommodation and food services	16,154	5.6%
Transportation and warehousing	12,906	4.5%
Other services	11,881	4.1%
Finance and insurance	11,664	4.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	10,596	3.7%
Public administration	10,064	3.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	9,381	3.2%
Wholesale trade	7,813	2.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	7,675	2.7%
Information	3,921	1.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	3,572	1.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,857	1.0%
Utilities	2,231	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,107	0.4%
Management	156	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	12,567	2.21%
Puerto Rican	1,739	0.31%
Cuban	537	0.09%
Dominican	111	0.02%

Total Central American	1,119	0.20%
Costa Rican	39	0.01%
Guatemalan	470	0.08%
Honduran	103	0.02%
Nicaraguan	158	0.03%
Panamanian	111	0.02%
Salvadoran	238	0.04%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	836	0.15%
Argentinean	3	0.00%
Bolivian	47	0.01%
Chilean	27	0.00%
Colombian	326	0.06%
Ecuadorian	42	0.01%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	299	0.05%
Uruguayan	21	0.00%
Venezuelan	71	0.01%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,190	0.21%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Hmong	7,171	1.26%
Filipino	1,383	0.24%
Chinese	1,066	0.19%
Indian	795	0.14%
Korean	622	0.11%
Vietnamese	273	0.05%
Laotian	260	0.05%
Japanese	210	0.04%
Malaysian	189	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	501,765	93.5%
Spanish	11,683	2.2%
German, other Germanic	11,412	2.1%
Other Asian	6,082	1.1%
Other Indo-European	1,253	0.2%
Other	905	0.2%
Chinese	854	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	630	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	630	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	218,613	38.5%
Norwegian	93,885	16.5%
Irish	61,420	10.8%
Polish	35,604	6.3%
English	34,737	6.1%
American	18,037	3.2%
French	14,547	2.6%
Swedish	13,774	2.4%
Italian	12,548	2.2%
Czech	10,302	1.8%
Dutch	7,752	1.4%
European	7,147	1.3%
Scottish	6,249	1.1%
Swiss	5,733	1.0%
French Canadian	4,517	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	560,864	98.8%
Not a citizen	6,911	1.2%

Native	552,905	97.4%
Foreign-born	14,870	2.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
10,942	2.9%	15,193	4.0%	120,851	32.0%	128,384	34.0%	68,105	18.0%	34,550	9.1%
Average years of education: 13.5

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	10,942	2.9%
9-12 Years	15,193	4.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	120,851	32.0%
Some College	128,384	34.0%
Bach. Degree	68,105	18.0%
Grad Degree	34,550	9.1%
Average years of education: 13.5

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	250,428	237,645	12,783	5.1%
1991	252,059	236,867	15,192	6.0%
1992	256,852	241,632	15,220	5.9%
1993	263,070	249,333	13,737	5.2%
1994	271,094	258,198	12,896	4.8%
1995	276,084	264,188	11,896	4.3%
1996	280,902	269,579	11,323	4.0%
1997	284,586	273,680	10,906	3.8%
1998	286,299	276,476	9,823	3.4%
1999	284,642	275,234	9,408	3.3%

2000	287,979	277,671	10,308	3.6%
2001	292,625	279,572	13,053	4.5%
2002	293,362	278,671	14,691	5.0%
2003	296,769	281,343	15,426	5.2%
2004	294,487	280,739	13,748	4.7%
2005	294,516	281,384	13,132	4.5%
2006	301,523	288,553	12,970	4.3%
2007	302,499	288,633	13,866	4.6%
2008	303,603	289,219	14,384	4.7%
2009	305,899	281,367	24,532	8.0%

2010	300,503	277,651	22,852	7.6%
2011	300,709	280,388	20,321	6.8%
2012	301,426	283,059	18,367	6.1%
2013	300,689	282,940	17,749	5.9%
2014	299,971	285,678	14,293	4.8%
2015	301,494	289,293	12,201	4.0%
2016	303,739	292,453	11,286	3.7%
2017	304,465	294,945	9,520	3.1%
2018	302,540	293,875	8,665	2.9%
2019	299,640	290,060	9,580	3.2%

2020	296,277	279,327	16,950	5.7%
2021	299,847	289,468	10,379	3.5%
2022	298,027	289,873	8,154	2.7%
2023	300,888	292,188	8,700	2.9%
2024	301,717	293,104	8,613	2.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	252,527
Median Value	$203,314

Occupied	228,571	90.5%
Vacant	23,956	9.5%

Owned	159,797	69.9%
Rented	68,774	30.1%
Median Rent	$884

Single-Family Units	188,891	74.8%
Detached	178,854	70.8%
Attached	10,037	4.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	29,116	11.5%
Mobile Homes	13,725	5.4%

La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area

2022 Housing Data for La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area