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The Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is comprised of Greene, Christian, Webster, Polk and Dallas counties and has a population of more than 480,000 people.
The Springfield Regional Economic Partnership spans 10 counties: Barry, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Lawrence, Polk, Stone, Taney, and Webster and includes 649,960 people.
Springfield’s area of economic influence reaches 27 counties and 1,060,299 people.
The metro area’s annual growth rate is 1.3%.

The Springfield metro workforce has grown more than 9.1% in the last 10 years and in 2022 accounted for 15% of Missouri’s total job growth over the past decade.
The area’s annual average unemployment rate of 2.3% has steadily decreased since the height of the pandemic which was 5.1%.
In the Springfield metro area, 95% of businesses have fewer than 50 employees.

Industry

The health care industry employs 40,624 people (15.1% of the total workforce) with a $4.5 billion dollar annual economic impact.
Springfield’s economic output (gross metro product) grew 51.3% in the past decade.
The manufacturing sector creates an $18.6 billion economic impact each year and provides well-paying jobs for over 18,300 people in the area.

Annual retail sales for the City of Springfield have been $6.5 billion and $10.4 billion for the Springfield metropolitan area.
The cost of living in Springfield is presently 14% below the national average.
1.4 million visitors stay overnight in Springfield.

Springfield is centrally located with Interstate 44 and Highway 65 connectivity that provides broad access to the rest of the country.
Springfield-Branson National Airport (SGF) connects to 13 different cities with more than 25 daily flights and boasts more than 1 million passengers annually.
Springfield is a transportation hub that is home to more than 40 trucking terminals. Logistics provides an annual economic impact of $14.3 billion to the metro area.

The renaissance in downtown Springfield has transformed this historic district into the heart of the Springfield region.
Fine dining, trendy retail, a lively art scene, entertainment venues and an explosion of loft apartments exist at every turn.
More than $400 million of private and public money has gone into historic renovations, high-tech research facilities, an 8,000 seat baseball stadium–home to the AA Springfield Cardinals, convention center, recreational ice rink and plenty of park space.

Well-known companies with large operations in the Springfield region include the following: