2022 population: 1,194,224 ( 53,458 from 2010 , 25,569 from 2020)
Land area: 22821.4 square miles
Population density: 52.3 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	1,060,295	88.79%	1.2%
Black:	24,310	2.04%	33.0%
Indian:	8,864	0.74%	21.7%
Asian:	18,083	1.51%	62.4%
2+ races:	27,775	2.33%	36.5%
Hispanic:	54,897	4.60%	53.4%

Total non-White:	133,929	11.21%	43.3%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	28,705	12.3
Deaths:	36,714	15.7
Net Migration:	32,250	13.8
Net Immigration:	1,359	0.6

Change in White population:	12,986	1.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	40,472	3.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
1,140,766
1,047,309	91.81%
18,285	1.60%
7,283	0.64%
11,137	0.98%
20,353	1.78%
35,787	3.14%
93,457	8.19%

2000
1,003,939
944,075	94.04%
12,661	1.26%
6,950	0.69%
6,727	0.67%
13,446	1.34%
19,409	1.93%
59,864	5.96%

1990
829,627
801,933	96.66%
10,332	1.25%
5,725	0.69%
4,397	0.53%
n/a
7,240	0.87%
27,694	3.34%

1980
751,523
730,237	97.17%
8,384	1.12%
3,752	0.50%
2,706	0.36%
n/a
6,115	0.81%
21,286	2.83%

1970
612,031
598,405	97.77%
7,552	1.23%
872	0.14%
966	0.16%
n/a
3,505	0.57%
13,626	2.23%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
125,057	12.5
103,568	10.3
83,016	8.3
5,288	0.5

103,234	10.3
33,593	3.3

Number	Rate
1990's
118,215	14.2
99,684	12.0
118,610	14.3
2,923	0.4

142,142	17.1
32,170	3.9

Number	Rate
1980's
106,103	14.1
83,335	11.1
57,949	7.7
n/a

71,696	9.5
6,408	0.9

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
106,671	17.4
n/a

131,832	21.5
7,660	1.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Springfield, MO-AR Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
41.1
250,325	21.0%
943,899	79.0%
230,797	19.3%

459,531
2.43

295,491	64.3%
235,273	79.6%
22,006	7.4%
164,040	35.7%

2010
Number	Percent
40.1
257,095	22.5%
883,671	77.5%
193,426	17.0%

459,348
2.40

307,102	66.9%
242,419	78.9%
25,902	8.4%
152,246	33.1%

2000
Number	Percent
38.1
240,518	24.0%
763,421	76.0%
158,892	15.8%

401,773
2.42

280,491	69.8%
233,071	83.1%
21,370	7.6%
121,282	30.2%

1990
Number	Percent
35.5
202,881	24.5%
626,746	75.5%
138,612	16.7%

323,389
2.48

235,370	72.8%
203,726	86.6%
14,469	6.1%
88,019	27.2%

1980
Number	Percent
33.7
199,340	26.5%
552,183	73.5%
117,981	15.7%

276,806
2.60

211,168	76.3%
188,968	89.5%
10,360	4.9%
65,638	23.7%

2022 Housing Data for Springfield, MO-AR Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	25,982	5.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	25,667	5.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	22,879	5.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	25,207	5.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	25,257	5.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	24,707	5.4%
$35,000 to $39,999	21,773	4.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	22,265	4.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	21,104	4.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	38,095	8.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	48,506	10.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	59,004	12.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	37,680	8.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	21,856	4.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	21,250	4.6%
$200,000 or more	18,299	4.0%

Median Household Income	54,469
Per Capita Income	30,021

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	76

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	27,785	6.0%
Public Assistance	9,102	2.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	54,367	11.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	443,289	66.1%
Unemployed	21,402	3.2%
In Armed Forces	8,587	1.3%

Total Labor Force	473,278	70.6%
Not in Labor Force	196,879	29.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		32.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	179,648	143,667	55.6%
Non-Profit	15,495	32,339	32.4%
Self-Employed	36,184	19,515	65.0%

Local Government	14,425	19,719	42.2%
State Government	9,071	12,317	42.4%
Federal Government	6,956	4,553	60.4%

Total Private + Self	215,832	163,182	56.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	45,947	68,928	40.0%
Total	261,779	232,110	53.0%

Pct. Govt.	13.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	67,708	13.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	108,960	22.0%
Professional, Technical	101,597	20.5%
Service Occupations	84,507	17.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	3,657	0.7%
All others	132,802	26.8%

White Collar		56.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	72,531	14.6%
Retail trade	65,346	13.2%
Manufacturing	58,352	11.8%
Educational services	46,103	9.3%
Accommodation and food services	38,021	7.7%
Construction	36,001	7.3%
Transportation and warehousing	25,511	5.1%
Other services	24,923	5.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	21,014	4.2%
Finance and insurance	19,730	4.0%
Public administration	19,708	4.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	17,978	3.6%
Wholesale trade	10,618	2.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	10,468	2.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	8,908	1.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	7,926	1.6%
Information	6,496	1.3%
Utilities	4,409	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	936	0.2%
Management	595	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	30,636	2.66%
Puerto Rican	6,165	0.53%
Cuban	895	0.08%
Dominican	402	0.03%

Total Central American	4,804	0.42%
Costa Rican	426	0.04%
Guatemalan	1,870	0.16%
Honduran	795	0.07%
Nicaraguan	223	0.02%
Panamanian	285	0.02%
Salvadoran	1,205	0.10%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,721	0.15%
Argentinean	116	0.01%
Bolivian	11	0.00%
Chilean	97	0.01%
Colombian	518	0.04%
Ecuadorian	396	0.03%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	207	0.02%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	376	0.03%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	5,256	0.46%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	3,058	0.27%
Filipino	2,747	0.24%
Korean	1,630	0.14%
Vietnamese	1,498	0.13%
Indian	1,242	0.11%
Hmong	530	0.05%
Thai	484	0.04%
Japanese	394	0.03%
Burmese	230	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,032,944	94.9%
Spanish	26,174	2.4%
German, other Germanic	8,490	0.8%
Other Indo-European	3,896	0.4%
Other Asian	3,053	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	2,843	0.3%
Chinese	1,977	0.2%
Tagalog	1,819	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,758	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	205,355	17.8%
English	147,958	12.8%
Irish	135,231	11.7%
American	96,350	8.4%
French	27,628	2.4%
Italian	24,541	2.1%
European	24,067	2.1%
Scottish	23,115	2.0%
Dutch	16,814	1.5%
Scotch-Irish	14,711	1.3%
Polish	13,459	1.2%
Norwegian	12,288	1.1%
Swedish	11,713	1.0%
Welsh	7,931	0.7%
British	5,489	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,136,774	98.6%
Not a citizen	16,230	1.4%

Native	1,121,743	97.3%
Foreign-born	31,261	2.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
24,759	3.1%	54,840	7.0%	271,836	34.6%	251,700	32.0%	115,851	14.7%	67,158	8.5%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	24,759	3.1%
9-12 Years	54,840	7.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	271,836	34.6%
Some College	251,700	32.0%
Bach. Degree	115,851	14.7%
Grad Degree	67,158	8.5%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	381,294	355,818	25,476	6.7%
1991	387,995	361,152	26,843	6.9%
1992	400,932	374,417	26,515	6.6%
1993	421,193	391,783	29,410	7.0%
1994	432,849	408,945	23,904	5.5%
1995	450,730	426,477	24,253	5.4%
1996	461,771	435,481	26,290	5.7%
1997	468,977	443,316	25,661	5.5%
1998	468,347	445,821	22,526	4.8%
1999	471,104	453,357	17,747	3.8%

2000	496,777	478,076	18,701	3.8%
2001	502,299	477,945	24,354	4.8%
2002	503,631	476,208	27,423	5.4%
2003	508,371	479,609	28,762	5.7%
2004	513,615	484,410	29,205	5.7%
2005	522,969	495,829	27,140	5.2%
2006	533,495	508,918	24,577	4.6%
2007	539,171	512,888	26,283	4.9%
2008	542,350	510,135	32,215	5.9%
2009	537,823	490,183	47,640	8.9%

2010	510,577	460,968	49,609	9.7%
2011	507,760	461,860	45,900	9.0%
2012	501,435	462,957	38,478	7.7%
2013	502,297	466,257	36,040	7.2%
2014	505,459	473,394	32,065	6.3%
2015	508,896	481,439	27,457	5.4%
2016	510,379	486,043	24,336	4.8%
2017	511,180	491,087	20,093	3.9%
2018	512,959	495,728	17,231	3.4%
2019	518,515	499,693	18,822	3.6%

2020	515,739	483,887	31,852	6.2%
2021	516,748	496,845	19,903	3.9%
2022	520,249	506,637	13,612	2.6%
2023	525,083	508,396	16,687	3.2%
2024	527,926	507,490	20,436	3.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	558,542
Median Value	$175,464

Occupied	459,531	82.3%
Vacant	99,011	17.7%

Owned	315,488	68.7%
Rented	144,043	31.3%
Median Rent	$807

Single-Family Units	411,742	73.7%
Detached	398,144	71.3%
Attached	13,598	2.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	56,976	10.2%
Mobile Homes	56,537	10.1%

Springfield, MO-AR Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Springfield, MO-AR Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Springfield, MO-AR Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Springfield, MO-AR Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Springfield, MO-AR Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Springfield, MO-AR Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Springfield, MO-AR Market Area