† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupSpringfieldMissouriUnited States
German19.0%21.3%12.5%
English16.4%11.9%9.5%
Irish11.8%11.8%9.4%
American6.8%6.8%5.3%
Italian2.7%3.2%4.8%
Scottish2.3%1.8%1.3%
French2.1%2.2%1.6%
Scotch-Irish1.4%——
Mexican3.2%3.2%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.9%0.4%1.8%
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
Salvadoran0.2%—0.7%
African American†3.7%10.0%9.9%
African0.3%0.3%0.5%
Chinese0.4%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.4%0.2%0.9%
Asian Indian0.3%0.6%1.4%
Vietnamese0.2%0.2%0.6%
Hmong0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Springfield
Missouri
United States
Median age
33.7
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
17.7%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.3%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Springfield
Missouri
United States
Median household income
$49,311
$70,702
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.4%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.4%
32.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Springfield
Missouri
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.1%
6.7%
22.3%
Spanish
2.5%
2.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Springfield
Missouri
United States
Catholic
—
12.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
24.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
51.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Springfield, Missouri
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−13.0%
2008
−3.8%
2012
−10.7%
2016
−12.2%
2020
−0.2%
2024
−2.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
48.1%Harris33,730
50.2%Trump35,194
1.7%
R+2.1
R+1.9
R+0.6
70,120
R
48.6%Biden34,907
48.8%Trump35,049
2.5%
R+0.2
D+12.0
R+4.6
71,776
R
40.3%Clinton26,692
52.5%Trump34,787
7.2%
R+12.2
R+1.5
R+14.3
66,278
R
43.3%Obama28,499
54.0%Romney35,542
2.6%
R+10.7
R+6.9
R+14.6
65,758
R
47.3%Obama35,223
51.1%McCain38,059
1.7%
R+3.8
D+9.2
R+11.1
74,538
R
43.0%Kerry29,287
56.0%Bush38,156
1.0%
R+13.0
—
R+10.6
68,104
Springfield anchors southwest Missouri as the region's largest city, with Missouri State University and Evangel University together enrolling roughly 25,000 students — a demographic factor that consistently complicates the otherwise reliably Republican Greene County baseline.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 13.0 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.1 points.
A population of 169,954, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,311 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fort Wayne and Tulsa.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Springfield, Missouri voted Republican by 2.1 points (R+2.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 70,120 votes cast, 33,730 went Democratic and 35,194 went Republican.
How many people live in Springfield, Missouri?
Springfield, Missouri has a population of 169,954 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Springfield, Missouri?
Median household income in Springfield, Missouri is $49,311 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Springfield, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Springfield, Missouri from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
