Jury Pool Profile
Greene County, Missouri
Republican +21 (2024)
- Population
- 301,121
- Median household income
- $57,488
- Unemployment
- 3.7%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 261,044 86.7%
- Black or African American alone 8,796 2.9%
- Asian alone 5,774 1.9%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 868 0.3%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 448 0.1%
- Some other race alone 5,301 1.8%
- Two or more races 18,890 6.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14,950 5.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 36.4
- Under 18 63,080 20.9%
- 18–24 39,283 13.0%
- 25–44 79,784 26.5%
- 45–64 68,230 22.7%
- 65 and over 50,744 16.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.7%
- -0.25 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $24.5B
- 5.45% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $57,254
- Establishments
- 10,892
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 50,293 28.2%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 44,347 24.9%
- Professional & business services 20,000 11.2%
- Leisure & hospitality 18,875 10.6%
- Manufacturing 14,570 8.2%
- Financial activities 9,225 5.2%
- Construction 8,313 4.7%
- Other services 5,389 3.0%
- Public administration 5,084 2.9%
- Information 2,080 1.2%
- Natural resources & mining 197 0.1%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 56.9%
- Median gross rent
- $940
- Owner-occupied
- 74,888
- Renter-occupied
- 56,820
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Largest employers
Principal employers by headcount
| # | Employer | Sector | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CoxHealth | Healthcare | 12,000 |
| 2 | Mercy Hospital Springfield | Healthcare | 10,000 |
| 3 | Bass Pro Shops (HQ) | Retail | 5,000 |
| 4 | O'Reilly Auto Parts (HQ) | Retail / Distribution | 5,000 |
| 5 | Springfield Public Schools | Education | 3,500 |
| 6 | Walmart (regional distribution + stores) | Retail / Distribution | 3,000 |
| 7 | Missouri State University | Education | 3,000 |
| 8 | Burrell Behavioral Health | Healthcare | 1,500 |
| 9 | BNSF Railway | Transportation | 1,000 |
| 10 | City Utilities of Springfield | Government / Utilities | 1,500 |
Source: Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce (2025)
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 143,935 votes cast
- Republican 85,956 59.7%
- Democratic 55,971 38.9%
- Other / third-party 2,008 1.4%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
94.5% speak only English at home
- Spanish 6,548 2.3%
- Other Indo-European 1,960 0.7%
- Other Asian/Pacific 1,205 0.4%
- Slavic languages 1,105 0.4%
- Other 888 0.3%
- Vietnamese 875 0.3%
- German 685 0.2%
- Chinese 610 0.2%
- Tagalog 523 0.2%
- Arabic 481 0.2%
- French (incl. Cajun) 397 0.1%
- Korean 293 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 131,708
- Family households
- 74,671
- 56.7% of households
- Married w/ children
- 56,607
- Single-mother households
- 7,003
- Veterans
- 15,902
- 6.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
47.9% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 100,160 33.5%
- Catholic 18,355 6.1%
- Mainline Protestant 15,674 5.2%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7,795 2.6%
- Black Protestant 958 0.3%
- Orthodox 215 0.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 88.5%
- With a disability
- 14.7%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 32.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 31st Judicial Circuit Court
- Judges
- 12 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
- Court seats
- Springfield
Traffic safety context
Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 54
- 22.69 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 49
NHTSA FARS 2023