title: La Crosse–Onalaska
text: # La Crosse–Onalaska
  
  The La Crosse–Onalaska Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of La Crosse 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 139,627, and in 2022 estimates placed the total population at 139,094.
  
  ## Counties
  
  * La Crosse County Wisconsin
  * Houston County, Minnesota
  
  ## Communities
  
  ### Places with more than 50,000 inhabitants
  
  * La Crosse, WI (Principal city)
  
  ### Places with 5,000 to 20,000 inhabitants
  
  * Holmen, WI
  * La Crescent, MN
  * Onalaska, WI
  * West Salem, WI
  
  ### Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants
  
  * Bangor, WI
  * Caledonia, MN
  * Spring Grove, MN
  
  ### Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants
  
  * Brownsville, MN
  * Eitzen, MN
  * Hokah, MN
  * Houston, MN
  * Rockland, WI
  
  ### Unincorporated places
  
  * Barre Mills, WI
  * Burns, WI
  * Campbell, WI
  * Farmington, WI
  * French Island, WI
  * Greenfield, WI
  * Hamilton, WI
  * Holland, WI
  * Medary, WI
  * Mindoro, WI
  * Shelby, WI
  * Stevenstown, WI
  * Washington, WI
  
  ## 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.
  
  