Dubois County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends
(lower is better)
AQI
PM10
PM2.5
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 39.5. This is worse than average.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2009 was 24.2. This is about average. Closest monitor was 13.7 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 12.1. This is worse than average. Closest monitor was 13.7 miles away from the city center.
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2004 was 6.21. This is significantly worse than average. Closest monitor was 21.7 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Birdseye that have no violations reported:
- BIRDSEYE WATER SYSTEM (Population served: 972, Primary Water Source Type: Purch_surface_water)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 23.4%
Average household size:
| This town: |  2.4 people | | Indiana: |  2.6 people |
| This town: | 63.6% | | Whole state: | 71.0% |
| This town: | 3.9% | | Whole state: | 5.3% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Birdseye, IN
Birdseye compared to Indiana state average:
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (4%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Dubois County Indiana:
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Religion statistics for Birdseye (based on Dubois County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 81.32%
| Here | | 81.3% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | United Church of Christ | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | United Methodist Church |
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| Adherents | 71.4% | 7.9% | 6.4% | 3.7% | 3.5% |
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| Congregations | 20.4% | 13.0% | 11.1% | 13.0% | 5.6% |
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| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | Church of the Nazarene | International Church of the Foursquare Gospel | Assemblies of God | Other |
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| Adherents | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 2.4% |
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| Congregations | 3.7% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 22.2% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 11 | Dubois County: | 2.67 / 10,000 pop. | | Indiana: | 1.73 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | This county: | 0.24 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.21 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1 | Dubois County: | 0.24 / 10,000 pop. | | Indiana: | 0.50 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 18 | Dubois County: | 4.37 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 3.57 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 44 | Here: | 10.69 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 6.78 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 8.4% | | Indiana: | 9.2% |
Adult obesity rate: | Dubois County: | 27.1% | | Indiana: | 29.0% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 15.4% | | State: | 14.3% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $1,600 | $19,200 | 1 | $450 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $1,000 |
| Sewerage |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $650 |
| Water Supply |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $875 |
| Totals for Government |
1 | $1,600 | $19,200 | 4 | $2,975 |
Birdseye government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $64,000 ($154.22)
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $103,000 ($248.19)
General - Other: $59,000 ($142.17)
Sewerage: $33,000 ($79.52)
Regular Highways: $25,000 ($60.24)
- General - Interest on Debt: $5,000 ($12.05)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $4,000 ($9.64)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $87,000 ($209.64)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $77,000 ($185.54)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $10,000 ($24.10)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $5,000 ($12.05)
General Revenue, NEC: $4,000 ($9.64)
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $5,000 ($12.05)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $398,000 ($959.04)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $126,000 ($303.61)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $16,000 ($38.55)
General Support: $8,000 ($19.28)
- Tax - Property: $31,000 ($74.70)
Individual Income: $27,000 ($65.06)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $119,000 ($286.75)
4.36% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($38,775 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.36% | | Indiana average: | 6.54% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
4.69% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($49,383 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.69% | | Indiana average: | 6.56% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Birdseye:
- WHAS (840 AM; 50 kW; LOUISVILLE, KY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WITZ (990 AM; 1 kW; JASPER, IN; Owner: JASPER ON THE AIR, INC.)
- WKJK (1080 AM; 10 kW; LOUISVILLE, KY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WIBC (1070 AM; 50 kW; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
- WLW (700 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
- WSLM (1220 AM; 5 kW; SALEM, IN; Owner: DON H. MARTIN)
- WKCM (1160 AM; 3 kW; HAWESVILLE, KY; Owner: HANCOCK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WSAI (1530 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WKDA (1200 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: RADIO NASHVILLE, INC.)
- WAMB (1160 AM; 50 kW; DONELSON, TN; Owner: GREAT SOUTHERN BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WGTK (970 AM; 5 kW; LOUISVILLE, KY; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF KENTUCKY, INC.)
- WNQM (1300 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: WNQM. INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Birdseye:
- WBDC (100.9 FM; HUNTINGBURG, IN; Owner: DUBOIS COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WQKZ (98.5 FM; FERDINAND, IN; Owner: GEM COMMUNICATIONS LLP)
- WGZB-FM (96.5 FM; CORYDON, IN; Owner: BLUE CHIP BROADCASTING LICENSES II, LTD.)
- W209AY (89.7 FM; JASPER, IN; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WITZ-FM (104.7 FM; JASPER, IN; Owner: JASPER ON THE AIR, INC.)
- WAXL (103.3 FM; SANTA CLAUS, IN; Owner: DUBOIS COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WKLO (96.9 FM; HARDINSBURG, IN; Owner: WKLO, LLC)
- WBRO (89.9 FM; MARENGO, IN; Owner: CRAWFORD COUNTY COMMUNITY RADIO, INC.)
- WNIN-FM (88.3 FM; EVANSVILLE, IN; Owner: TRI-STATE PUBLIC TELEPLEX, INC.)
- WUME-FM (95.3 FM; PAOLI, IN; Owner: IRONIC BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WRZR (94.5 FM; LOOGOOTEE, IN; Owner: HEMBREE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WFLQ (100.1 FM; FRENCH LICK, IN; Owner: WILLTRONICS BROADCASTING)
TV broadcast stations around Birdseye:
- WJTS-LP (Channel 27; JASPER, IN; Owner: PAUL E. KNIES)
- WNIN (Channel 9; EVANSVILLE, IN; Owner: TRI-STATE PUBLIC TELEPLEX, INC.)
- W24BW (Channel 24; LOUISVILLE, KY; Owner: GREATER LOUISVILLE COMMUNICATIONS)
Birdseye fatal accident list:
Oct 14, 2007 09:40 AM, Schnell Rd., Mentor Rd., Lat: 38.276622, Lon: -86.748022, Vehicles: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: Inconsistent data
Feb 13, 1981 00:30 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Birdseye)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 21 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 2 - Patoka Reservoir Ofc Rr 1 (Lat: 38.383111 Lon: -86.643333), Structure height: 55 m, Call Sign: KZF875, Licensee ID: L01307679
Assigned Frequencies: 159.240 MHz, 159.345 MHz, 159.465 MHz
Grant Date: 05/13/2003, Expiration Date: 07/29/2013
Registrant: State Of Indiana, 402 W Washington St 255c, Indianapolis, IN 46204, Phone: (812) 685-2464 - Patoka Law Enforcement Ofc (Lat: 38.383111 Lon: -86.643333), Structure height: 55 m, Call Sign: KNCH466, Licensee ID: L01307679
Assigned Frequencies: 155.370 MHz
Grant Date: 02/21/2002, Expiration Date: 03/24/2012
Registrant: State Of Indiana, 402 W Washington St 255c, Indianapolis, IN 46204, Phone: (812) 685-2498
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 2 - BIRDSEYE, 10320 E Conservation Club Rd (Lat: 38.293667 Lon: -86.713306), Overall height: 97.8 m, Call Sign: WPNA990
Assigned Frequencies: 5945.20 MHz, 5945.20 MHz, 5974.85 MHz, 5974.85 MHz, 6004.50 MHz, 6004.50 MHz, 6034.15 MHz, 6034.15 MHz
Grant Date: 02/15/2000, Expiration Date: 02/01/2010, Cancellation Date: 07/27/2001
Registrant: At&t Corp., 1200 Peachtree Street, Locn 5w23, Atlanta, GA 30309, Phone: (404) 810-4021, Fax: (404) 810-7349, Email:
- BIRDSEYE (RICEVILLE), 2 Mi E Of (Lat: 38.325000 Lon: -86.663306), Overall height: 84.7 m, Call Sign: WIR72, Licensee ID: L00008014
Assigned Frequencies: 6815.00 MHz, 6835.00 MHz
Grant Date: 09/16/2008, Expiration Date: 12/02/2018
Registrant: Norfolk Southern Railway Company, 1200 Peachtree St. Ne - Box 123, Atlanta, GA 30309, Phone: (404) 529-1493, Fax: (404) 527-2914, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 12 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Birdseye)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 3 - Aircraft: CESSNA 195B (Category: Land, Seats: 5, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 146 mph), Engine: JACOBS R755B SERIES (275 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 2163C , Serial Number: 16148, Year manufactured: 1954, Airworthiness Date: 05/21/1956
Registrant (Co-Owned): Virgil E Lyons, Po Box 123, Birdseye, IN 47513, Other Owners: Clara M Lyons - Aircraft: CHAMPION 7KCAB (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 90 mph), Engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES (150 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 281J , Serial Number: 257-70, Year manufactured: 1970
Registrant (Co-Owned): Virgil E Lyons, Po Box 123, Birdseye, IN 47513, Other Owners: Clara M Lyons - Aircraft: PIPER J3C-65 (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 67 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 40811 , Serial Number: 7508, Year manufactured: 1941
Registrant (Co-Owned): Virgil E Lyons, Po Box 123, Birdseye, IN 47513, Other Owners: Clara M Lyons
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Birdseye, IN
| Most common first names in Birdseye, IN among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| John | 14 | 80.9 years |
| James | 11 | 72.6 years |
| Charles | 10 | 75.8 years |
| William | 8 | 78.1 years |
| Leo | 7 | 76.3 years |
| Frank | 7 | 78.4 years |
| Anna | 7 | 89.9 years |
| Mary | 6 | 78.2 years |
| Edward | 6 | 77.5 years |
| Hazel | 5 | 77.6 years |
| Most common last names in Birdseye, IN among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Atkins | 16 | 70.5 years |
| Gehlhausen | 13 | 75.9 years |
| Eckert | 12 | 78.4 years |
| King | 11 | 81.9 years |
| Wright | 10 | 69.9 years |
| Persohn | 8 | 78.3 years |
| Smith | 7 | 74.1 years |
| Abell | 7 | 73.1 years |
| Brown | 7 | 74.0 years |
| Miller | 7 | 73.1 years |
Businesses in Birdseye, IN
- #1 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Furniture and related products"
- #1 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Furniture and related products"
- #27 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Customer service representatives"
- #33 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Sales and office occupations:"
- #41 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing"
- #56 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Plastics and rubber products"
- #36 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m3)"
- #73 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"
- #90 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM2.5) 24-hour air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m3)"
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