Race & Hispanic Origin
Race Percentage Comparison
| Springfield MSA | City | Missouri | United States | |
| Total Population | 456,434 | 167,313 | 6,093,000 | 323,127,515 |
| White | 91.5% | 86.4% | 82.3% | 72.6% |
| Black | 2.4% | 4.9% | 11.5% | 12.7% |
| Native American | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.8% |
| Asian | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 5.4% |
| Native Hawaiian | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Other race | 1.1% | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3.2% |
| Hispanic/ Latino* | 3.1% | 4.3% | 4.0% | 17.8% |
Source: USDC, Bureau of the Census, American Community Survey, 2016
Springfield MSA Race Population
| MSA | Christian | Dallas* | Greene | Polk* | Webster* | |
| Total Population | 456,434 | 84,401 | 16,564 | 288,690 | 31,107 | 36,690 |
| White | 417,783 | 82,837 | 15,824 | 258,094 | 29,706 | 34,986 |
| Black | 11,128 | 1,113 | 13 | 10,029 | 305 | 491 |
| Native American | 4,269 | 1,357 | 61 | 2,188 | 208 | 179 |
| Asian | 6,422 | 697 | 13 | 5,704 | 134 | 98 |
| Native Hawaiian | 151 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 0 | 50 |
| Other race | 5,235 | 351 | 114 | 4,975 | 109 | 348 |
| Two or more races | 11,446 | 0 | 539 | 7,590 | 645 | 538 |
| Hispanic/Latino** | 14,039 | 2,445 | 302 | 10,422 | 653 | 682 |
Source: USDC, Bureau of the Census, 2016
*USDC, Bureau of the Census, 2011-2015 American Community Survey 5-year estimate
**According to the guidelines of the United States decennial census, Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity, not a race. View an explanation of the race and Hispanic origin categories used in the tables above.
