Race & Hispanic Origin
Race Percentage Comparison
| Springfield MSA | City | Missouri | United States | |
| Total Population | 461,469 | 167,313 | 6,113,532 | 323,719,178 |
| White | 92.4% | 89.0% | 82.0% | 72.3% |
| Black | 2.1% | 3.6% | 11.4% | 12.7% |
| Native American | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.8% |
| Asian | 1.5% | 2.3% | 2.0% | 5.6% |
| Native Hawaiian | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Other race | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.3% | 5.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% | 3.7% | 2.6% | 3.3% |
| Hispanic/ Latino* | 3.4% | 5.1% | 4.2% | 18.1% |
Source: USDC, Bureau of the Census, American Community Survey, 2017
Springfield MSA Race Population
| MSA | Christian | Dallas* | Greene | Polk* | Webster* | |
| Total Population | 461,469 | 85,432 | 16,508 | 289,805 | 30,502 | 37,075 |
| White | 426,444 | 83,773 | 15,733 | 262,687 | 29,793 | 35,389 |
| Black | 9,469 | 977 | 14 | 8,814 | 264 | 458 |
| Native American | 2,458 | 1,784 | 151 | 1,083 | 270 | 153 |
| Asian | 7,038 | 903 | 19 | 6,075 | 91 | 112 |
| Native Hawaiian | 492 | 0 | 0 | 434 | 0 | 66 |
| Other race | 2,104 | 0 | 127 | 1,409 | 84 | 307 |
| Two or more races | 13,464 | 0 | 464 | 9,303 | 611 | 590 |
| Hispanic/Latino** | 15,598 | 2,505 | 315 | 10,868 | 708 | 696 |
Source: USDC, Bureau of the Census, 2017
*USDC, Bureau of the Census, 2012-2016 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.
