St. Croix County, Wisconsin

Saint Croix County
County
Old St. Croix County Courthouse
Old St. Croix County Courthouse
Map of Wisconsin highlighting Saint Croix County
Location within the U.S. state of Wisconsin
Map of the United States highlighting Wisconsin
Wisconsin's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 45°02′N 92°27′W / 45.04°N 92.45°W / 45.04; -92.45
Country United States
State Wisconsin
Founded1849
Named forSt. Croix River
SeatHudson
Largest cityHudson
Area
 • Total
736 sq mi (1,910 km2)
 • Land722 sq mi (1,870 km2)
 • Water13 sq mi (30 km2)  1.8%
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
93,536
 • Estimate 
(2023)
96,763 Increase
 • Density129.5/sq mi (50.0/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district7th
Websitewww.sccwi.gov

St. Croix County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 93,536.[1] Its county seat is Hudson.[2] The county was created in 1840 (then in the Wisconsin Territory) and organized in 1849.[3] St. Croix County is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. Between 2000 and 2010, it was the fastest-growing county in Wisconsin.[4]

Soils of St. Croix County
Soils of Willow River State Park area
  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 2020-census-55109 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. ^ "Wisconsin: Individual County Chronologies". Wisconsin Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2007. Archived from the original on April 14, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
  4. ^ "Urban areas siphon Wisconsin's rural residents - USATODAY.com". USATODAY.COM. Retrieved August 14, 2018.