Major highways

Railroads

• BNSF

Buses

• Scenic Mississippi Regional Transit
• List of intercity bus stops in Wisconsin

Airports

• Viroqua Municipal Airport (Y51) serves the county and surrounding communities.
• The Joshua Sanford Field airport (KHBW) closed on November 10, 2016.

Adjacent counties

2020 census

As of the census of 2020,^[13] the population was 30,714. The population density was 38.8 people per square mile (15.0 people/km²). There were 13,813 housing units at an average density of 17.5 units per square mile (6.8 units/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 95.4% White, 0.4% Black or African American, 0.3% Asian, 0.2% Native American, 0.8% from other races, and 2.9% from two or more races. Ethnically, the population was 1.5% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

2000 census

As of the census^[14] of 2000, there were 28,056 people, 10,825 households, and 7,501 families residing in the county. The population density was 35 people per square mile (14 people/km²). There were 12,416 housing units at an average density of 16 units per square mile (6.2 units/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.81% White, 0.06% Black or African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.27% from other races, and 0.48% from two or more races. 0.66% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 38.3% were of Norwegian, 26.9% German, 6.4% Irish and 6.1% English ancestry. 90.9% spoke English, 3.5% German, 1.8% Norwegian, 1.2% Pennsylvania Dutch and 1.0% Spanish as their first language.

There were 10,825 households, out of which 31.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.70% were married couples living together, 6.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.70% were non-families. 26.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 27.40% under the age of 18, 6.80% from 18 to 24, 25.30% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 17.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 97.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.60 males.

In 2017, there were 434 births, giving a general fertility rate of 90.5 births per 1000 women aged 15–44, the fourth highest rate out of all 72 Wisconsin counties. Of these births, 123 occurred at home, second only to Clark County which had 184 home births.^[15]

In 2010, the largest religious groups by reported number of adherents were ELCA Lutheran at 6,735 adherents, Catholic at 3,060 adherents, Amish at 2,786 adherents, United Methodist at 1,533 adherents, Wisconsin Synod Lutheran at 1,402 adherents, and Non-denominational Christian at 766 adherents.^[16]

County Parks and Forests

• Blackhawk Park
• Duck Egg County Forest
• Esofea/Rentz Memorial Park
• Jersey Valley Park
• Kooyumjian - Lost Creek County Forest
• Runge Hollow Recreation Area
• Sidie Hollow Park
• Wayside Park & Coon Prairie Trail

Cities

• Hillsboro
• Viroqua (county seat)
• Westby

Villages

Towns

Unincorporated communities