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Greene County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 4 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29077

Within Missouri
Greene County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Springfield, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
309,286
+9,958 (+3.3%) since 2020
Land area
675.3
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
458
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Springfield
Seat of county government.
Established
1833
192 years ago
Largest city
Springfield city
Population 169,845 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Greene County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Greene County, Missouri from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 624 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Greene County ranks

Position among the 115 counties of Missouri, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn MissouriNationally
Population309,2864th of 115239th of 3,144
Land area675.3 sq mi34th of 1151,392nd of 3,144
Population density458 per sq mi6th of 115308th of 3,144
Median household income$61,47951st of 1151,933rd of 3,143

Full data for Greene County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population309,286Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020299,328Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?298,916Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area675.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area677.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?458 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,479American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$221,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households130,951American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units138,982American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-124
3,169 births, 3,293 deaths
Net migration
+2,214
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Greene County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Christian CountyMissouri30 mi96,725
Polk CountyMissouri24 mi33,604
Webster CountyMissouri23 mi43,054
Lawrence CountyMissouri14 mi39,401
Dade CountyMissouri10 mi7,804
Dallas CountyMissouri6.0 mi18,025

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 115 counties of Missouri

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.