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Population (year 2000): 1,195. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,176 (-1.6% change)
Males: 603 (50.5%), Females: 592 (49.5%)
Renville County
Zip code:
55310
Median resident age: 42.0 years
Median household income: $38,092 (year 2000)
Median house value: $54,000 (year 2000)
Races in Bird Island:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.6%)
- Hispanic (2.6%)
- Two or more races (1.4%)
- Other race (1.1%)
Ancestries: German (56.1%), Norwegian (15.0%),
Irish (10.0%), Swedish (9.2%), Czech (5.9%), United States
(3.5%).
Land area: 1.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Bird Island
- High school or higher: 75.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.1%
- Unemployed: 6.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Bird Island city
- Never married: 26.8%
- Now married: 54.7%
- Separated: 0.6%
- Widowed: 11.6%
- Divorced: 6.3%
0.8% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -144 (-10.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Bird Island:
- RENVILLE COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; OLIVIA, MN)
- REDWOOD AREA HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; REDWOOD
FALLS, MN)
- RICE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 27 miles; WILLMAR, MN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Bird
Island:
- ST CLOUD REGIONAL (about 79 miles; ST CLOUD, MN; ID:
STC)
- MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN/ (about
117 miles; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; ID: MSP)
- BRAINERD LAKES RGNL (about 124 miles; BRAINERD, MN;
ID: BRD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bird Island:
- OLIVIA REGIONAL (about 9 miles; OLIVIA, MN; ID: OVL)
- HECTOR MUNI (about 14 miles; HECTOR, MN; ID: 1D6)
- REDWOOD FALLS MUNI (about 20 miles; REDWOOD FALLS,
MN; ID: RWF)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Bird Island:
- RIDGEWATER COLLEGE (about 27 miles; WILLMAR, MN;
Full-time enrollment: 2,711)
- SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY (about 65 miles;
MARSHALL, MN; FT enrollment: 3,405)
- GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE (about 69 miles; ST PETER,
MN; FT enrollment: 2,355)
- SAINT CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY (about 71 miles; ST
CLOUD, MN; FT enrollment: 12,913)
- SOUTH CENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE-MANKATO (about 72
miles; NORTH MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 2,186)
- SAINT CLOUD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 74 miles; ST
CLOUD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,183)
- MINNESOTA STATE UNVERSITY-MANKATO (about 76 miles;
MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 11,210)
Public primary/middle school in Bird Island:
- BOLD-BIRD ISLAND EL. (Students: 404;
Location: 110 S. 9TH ST.; Grades: PK - 08)
Private primary/middle school in Bird Island:
- ST MARYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 189;
Location: 140 SOUTH 10TH ST PO BOX 500; Grades: KG - 8)
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