Onalaska, Wisconsin
Onalaska, Wisconsin Onalaska is a town/city in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States.
A man-made reservoir at the city's edge is known as Lake Onalaska.
In Alaska, the undivided day town/city of Unalaska and Unalaska Island are linked to the Onalaskas through Thomas Campbell's poem.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 10.73 square miles (27.79 km2), of which 10.13 square miles (26.24 km2) is territory and 0.60 square miles (1.55 km2) is water. Onalaska lies immediately north of La Crosse, on the Black River.
It is the second biggest city in La Crosse County.
Named streams inside the current city-limits of the town/city include the Black River, the La Crosse River and Sand Lake Coulee Creek.
In the 1930s, the assembly of Lake Onalaska resulted in the flooding and eventual disappearance of a shallow, natural body of water, Rice Lake, and a several smaller ponds in the Black River bottoms area.
Brice Prairie is an urban reserve region inside the City of Onalaska, positioned below the ridge on which most of the town/city is situated.
It lies to the northwest of the city's current northern border, and is directly on Lake Onalaska.
According to 2009-2013 ACS estimates, the median homehold income was $55,982 and the median family income was $74,182.
About 3.4% of families and 6.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 8.1% of those under age 18 and 11.1% of those age 65 or over. As of the census of 2000, there were 14,839 citizens , 5,893 homeholds, and 4,036 families living in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.17% White, 0.63% Black or African American, 0.20% Native American, 2.80% Asian, 0.25% from other competitions, and 0.95% from two or more competitions.
There were 5,893 homeholds out of which 33.8% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 57.0% were married couples residing together, 8.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 31.5% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.2% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $47,800, and the median income for a family was $57,264.
About 4.5% of families and 6.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 7.7% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.
As of the census of 2010, there were 17,736 citizens , 7,331 homeholds, and 4,792 families living in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 90.7% White, 1.1% African American, 0.3% Native American, 5.7% Asian, 0.5% from other competitions, and 1.7% from two or more competitions.
There were 7,331 homeholds of which 31.9% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 52.5% were married couples residing together, 9.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.8% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 34.6% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 38.5 years.
24.9% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.9% were from 25 to 44; 26.5% were from 45 to 64; and 15.3% were 65 years of age or older.
Onalaska is served by two school districts, Onalaska and Holmen.
Onalaska School District schools include Onalaska High School, Onalaska Middle School, Eagle Bluff Elementary School, Northern Hills Elementary School and Irving Pertzsch Elementary School.
Parochial schools in the town/city include Luther High School, a Lutheran school, St.
Patrick Elementary School, part of La Crosse Aquinas Catholic Schools, and St.
Onalaska Omni Center is Onalaska's meeting hall and indoor arena.
Buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects in Onalaska listed on the National Register of Historic Places Frank Pooler (Wisconsin politician), Wisconsin businessman, state legislator, mayor of Onalaska A landscape photo of Onalaska Wisconsin taken in the fall from Lake Onalaka shows a sunny sky of blue above with clouds and the cool blue waters of Lake Onalaska below in the foreground.
View of Onalaska Wisconsin from Lake Onalaska.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Onalaska, Wisconsin.
City of Onalaska Onalaska Area Historical Society at the Wayback Machine (archived September 29, 2007) La Crosse Onalaska (WI MN) Municipalities and communities of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States
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Cities in Wisconsin - Cities in La Crosse County, Wisconsin - Populated places established in 1851 - 1851 establishments in Wisconsin
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