La Crosse County
Wisconsin · County seat: La Crosse · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 55063 is La Crosse County, Wisconsin. With a population of 120,216 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #12 in Wisconsin and #521 nationally. La Crosse County is part of the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN. The state FIPS code for Wisconsin is 55. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
55063
Population
120,216
2022 ACS · #521 nationally
Density
266.2/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
452
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — under 250K population
RUCC 3
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 55063 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 55 (Wisconsin) with the 3-digit county identifier 063. Together they uniquely identify La Crosse County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 55063
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 55063.
Median Household Income
$68,731
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
11.8%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
36.6
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with La Crosse County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 55063.
Federal Datasets Using Code 55063
FIPS code 55063 appears as the county identifier in the following federal datasets. Analysts joining data across these sources use this code as the common geographic key.
Using FIPS Code 55063 in Code
Common patterns for querying federal datasets by this county's FIPS code. The leading zeros are significant — always treat FIPS codes as strings, not integers.
import requests
url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
"get": "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
"for": "county:063",
"in": "state:55",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [La Crosse County, Wisconsin, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '55063';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '55'
AND county_fips = '063';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 55063 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "55",
county = "063",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in La Crosse County
ZIP codes do not align perfectly with county boundaries — a single ZIP code can span multiple counties, and a county can contain parts of many ZIP codes. The ratios below (from the Census 2020 ZCTA relationship file) show the land area share of each ZCTA that falls within La Crosse County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 54601 | 100.0% |
| 54603 | 100.0% |
| 54614 | 100.0% |
| 54636 | 100.0% |
| 54650 | 100.0% |
| 54669 | 100.0% |
| 54644 | 94.0% |
| 54653 | 61.0% |
| 54623 | 57.4% |
| 54658 | 8.0% |
| 54619 | 3.8% |
| 54667 | 3.4% |
| 54642 | 2.9% |
| 54661 | 0.3% |
| 54656 | 0.1% |