43,629 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.0% since 2020)
427 square miles of land · 102 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
11 active community water systems list Dubois County in the area they serve, reporting 61,963 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| JASPER MUNICIPAL WATER UTILITY surface water · local government · IN5219009 | 17,440 served |
| PATOKA LAKE REGIONAL WATER surface water · local government · IN5219012 | 13,503 served |
| DUBOIS WATER UTILITIES buys surface water · local government · IN5219002 | 9,078 served |
| HUNTINGBURG MUNICIPAL WATER surface water · local government · IN5219007 | 6,526 served |
| IRELAND UTILITIES, INC. buys surface water · local government · IN5219008 | 4,395 served |
| ST. HENRY WATER CORPORATION buys surface water · local government · IN5219011 | 3,293 served |
| FERDINAND WATER DEPARTMENT buys surface water · local government · IN5219004 | 2,918 served |
| ST. ANTHONY WATER UTILITY buys surface water · local government · IN5219010 | 1,813 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 76 people were held in Dubois County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 287 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 87.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
4 school districts have their office in Dubois County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $49.6 million — $38.6 million to run schools, about $11,790 per student, plus $5.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $19.2 million local (mostly property tax), $24.6 million state, $7.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $40.7 million.
Spent $31 million — $26.1 million to run schools, about $13,260 per student, plus $4.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.4 million local (mostly property tax), $18.4 million state, $3.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $17 million.
Spent $16.4 million — $13.9 million to run schools, about $11,120 per student, plus $1.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.8 million local (mostly property tax), $9.4 million state, $1 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.4 million.
Spent $13.7 million — $11.9 million to run schools, about $14,221 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.4 million local (mostly property tax), $7.6 million state, $263,000 federal. Long-term debt: $10.3 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Dubois County about $22.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
220 bridges in Dubois County: 104 in good condition, 111 fair, and 5 poor (2.3%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| CELESTINE Rd N over POLSON Creek · built 1967 | 844 vehicles a day |
| CR 850E over DILLON CREEK · built 1900 | 27 vehicles a day |
| PINE RIDGE Rd over FLAT Creek · built 1995 | 27 vehicles a day |
| Old Rd 162 over INDIAN Creek · built 1920 | 16 vehicles a day |
| CR 250 E over Branch of INDIAN Creek · built 1990 | 2 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $11.7 million of work in Dubois County in fiscal 2025, about $269 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Indiana are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Dubois County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Dubois County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Pike County (20 mi) · Martin County (23 mi) · Orange County (24 mi) · Crawford County (24 mi) · Perry County (24 mi) · Daviess County (25 mi).