Kansas · Census place 2037500
La Crosse, Kansas
La Crosse is a city in Rush County, Kansas with an estimated 1,208 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 168th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,208
- #168 of 193 in Kansas
- Change since 2020
- -4.4%
- -56 people
- Land area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Density
- 1,162 / sq mi
- State median 1,527
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La Crosse population, 2020 to 2024
La Crosse lost 56 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.4%. In the latest year it moved by -10.
La Crosse covers 1.04 square miles of land, for 1,162 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so La Crosse is less dense than the typical town.
What county La Crosse is in
All of La Crosse's residents live in Rush County, which had 2,810 residents in 2024. La Crosse holds 43.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in La Crosse
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps La Crosse by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67548. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where La Crosse is
The Census internal point of La Crosse is at 38.531800, -99.309500. Topeka, the capital, is 198.8 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hays, KS (21,213 people), 24.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 121.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.531800, -99.309500
- DMS
- 38°31'54.48"N 99°18'34.20"W
- UTM
- 14N 473024.1E 4264867.4N
- Geohash
- 9yc7hnt00
- Plus code
- 86C2GMJR+P5
Daylight in La Crosse
At 38.53° N, La Crosse gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near La Crosse
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Victoria, 23.9 miles away, with 1,129 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of La Crosse, KS?
1,208 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 56 (4.4%) from 1,264 in July 2020.
What county is La Crosse in?
Rush County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover La Crosse?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67548.
How far is La Crosse from Topeka?
198.8 miles (319.9 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from La Crosse.
What is the nearest larger city to La Crosse?
Hays, KS, with 21,213 residents, 24.2 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.