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Greene County is located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, its population was 298,915.[1] making it the fourth most-populous county in Missouri. Its county seat and most-populous city is Springfield.[2] The county was organized in 1833 and is named after American Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene.[3]

Greene County
U.S. county
The Historic Greene County Courthouse in Springfield
Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
Missouri's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 37°16′N 93°20′W
Country United States
State Missouri
FoundedJanuary 2, 1833
Named forNathanael Greene
SeatSpringfield
Largest citySpringfield
Area
 • Total678 sq mi (1,760 km2)
 • Land675 sq mi (1,750 km2)
 • Water2.6 sq mi (7 km2)  0.4%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total298,915
 • Estimate 
(2021)
300,865
 • Density440/sq mi (170/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district7th
Websitewww.greenecountymo.org

Greene County is included in the Springfield metropolitan area.


Geography


According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 678 square miles (1,760 km2), of which 675 square miles (1,750 km2) is land and 2.6 square miles (6.7 km2) (0.4%) is water.[4]


Adjacent counties



National protected area



Demographics


Historical population
CensusPop.%±
18405,372—
185012,785138.0%
186013,1863.1%
187021,54963.4%
188028,80133.7%
189048,61668.8%
190052,7138.4%
191063,83121.1%
192068,6987.6%
193082,92920.7%
194090,5419.2%
1950104,92315.9%
1960126,27620.4%
1970152,92921.1%
1980185,30221.2%
1990207,94912.2%
2000240,39115.6%
2010275,17414.5%
2020298,9158.6%
2021 (est.)300,865[5]0.7%
U.S. Decennial Census[6]
1790-1960[7] 1900-1990[8]
1990-2000[9] 2010-2020[1]

As of the census of 2000, there were 240,391 people, 97,859 households, and 61,846 families residing in the county. The population density was 356 people per square mile (138/km2). There were 104,517 housing units at an average density of 155 per square mile (60/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 93.54% White, 2.26% Black or African American, 0.66% Native American, 1.13% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.67% from other races, and 1.68% from two or more races. Approximately 1.84% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 97,859 households, out of which 28.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.00% were married couples living together, 9.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.80% were non-families. 29.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 22.30% under the age of 18, 13.80% from 18 to 24, 28.60% from 25 to 44, 21.80% from 45 to 64, and 13.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $44,185, and the median income for a family was $56,047. Males had a median income of $30,672 versus $21,987 for females. The per capita income for the county was $25,770. About 7.60% of families and 12.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.60% of those under age 18 and 7.50% of those age 65 or over.

There are 190,417 registered voters in Greene County.[10]


2020 Census


Greene County Racial Composition[11]
Race Num. Perc.
White (NH) 246,368 82.42%
Black or African American (NH) 9,987 3.34%
Native American (NH) 1,735 0.6%
Asian (NH) 6,182 2.1%
Pacific Islander (NH) 375 0.13%
Other/Mixed (NH) 19,876 6.65%
Hispanic or Latino 14,392 4.81%

Emergency services


Republic and Springfield have city fire departments. Additionally, the county is served by the following fire districts:

Law enforcement is provided by the Greene County Sheriffs Office. The current sheriff is Jim C. Arnott.[12]


Politics



Local


The Republican Party predominantly controls politics at the local level in Greene County.

Greene County, Missouri
Elected countywide officials
Assessor Brent Johnson Republican
Circuit Clerk Tom Barr Republican
County Clerk Shane Schoeller Republican
Collector Allen Icet Republican
Commissioner
(Presiding)		 Bob Dixon Republican
Commissioner
(District 1)		 Rusty MacLachlan Republican
Commissioner
(District 2)		 John Russell Republican
Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson Republican
Public Administrator Sherri Martin Republican
Recorder Cheryl Spaulding Republican
Sheriff Jim Arnott Republican
Treasurer Justin Hill Republican

State House of Representatives


Past gubernatorial election results
Year Republican Democratic Third Parties
2020 59.72% 84,582 37.79% 53,519 2.49% 3,523
2016 56.77% 73,601 37.76% 51,201 3.72% 4,841
2012 47.62% 59,660 49.46% 61,970 2.92% 3,659
2008 42.84% 57,565 54.45% 73,164 2.71% 3,641
2004 61.45% 76,645 37.25% 46,470 1.30% 1,621
2000 53.57% 54,770 44.61% 45,612 1.82% 1,861
1996 51.63% 49,991 45.08% 43,646 3.29% 3,189

Greene County is divided into eight legislative districts in the Missouri House of Representatives; six of which are held by Republicans and two Democratic seats. [13]

Missouri House of Representatives — District 130 — Greene County (2020)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Bishop Davidson 15,609 76.83% +5.61
Democratic Dave Gragg 4,665 22.96% -5.75
Missouri House of Representatives — District 131 — Greene County (2020)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Bill Owen 10,827 65.64% -1.59
Democratic Allison Schoolcraft 5,642 34.21% +1.63
Missouri House of Representatives — District 132 — Greene County (2020)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Crystal Quade 6,289 59.17% -5.0
Republican Sara Semple 4,320 40.64% +5.09
Missouri House of Representatives — District 133 — Greene County (2020)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Curtis D. Trent 13,037 64.94% +.67
Democratic Cindy Slimp 7,005 34.90% -.69
Missouri House of Representatives — District 134 — Greene County (2020)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Alex Riley 10,469 55.72% 1.17
Democratic Derrick Nowlin 8,291 44.13% +1.15
Missouri House of Representatives — District 135 — Greene County (2020)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Betsy Fogle 8,555 48.20% +1.17
Republican Steve Helms 8,476 47.75% -4.91
Green Vicke Kepling 696 3.92% +3.92
Missouri House of Representatives — District 136 — Greene County (2020)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Craig Fishel 13,739 58.53% +1.39
Democratic Jeff Munzinger 9,709 41.36% -1.39
Missouri House of Representatives — District 137 — Greene County (2020)[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John Black 9,307 76.70% +29.12
Democratic Raymond Lampert 2,817 23.22% -2.13
Libertarian Bill Boone 255 4.60% -14.97

State Senate


Greene County is also divided into two districts in the Missouri Senate, both of which represented by Republicans; District 20, representing large parts of Greene and Christian County, and District 30, representing mostly the city of Springfield.[16]

[17]

Missouri Senate -- District 20 -- Greene County (2018)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Eric Burlison 35,411 72.95% N/A
Democratic Jim Billedo 13,098 26.96% N/A

[18]

Missouri Senate -- District 30 -- Greene County (2018)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Lincoln Hough 34,987 53.16% N/A
Democratic Charlie Norr 30,690 46.63% N/A

Federal


U.S. Senate — Missouri — Greene County (2016)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Roy Blunt 72,993 56.22% +11.79
Democratic Jason Kander 50,967 39.26% -8.92
Libertarian Jonathan Dine 3,626 2.79% -4.60
Green Johnathan McFarland 1,256 0.97% +0.97
Constitution Fred Ryman 978 0.75% +0.75
Write-In Write-ins 7 0.01% +0.01
U.S. Senate — Missouri — Greene County (2012)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Todd Akin 55,304 44.43%
Democratic Claire McCaskill 59,979 48.18%
Libertarian Jonathan Dine 9,197 7.39%

All of Greene County is included in Missouri's 7th Congressional District and is currently represented by Billy Long (R-Springfield) in the U.S. House of Representatives.

U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 7th Congressional District — Greene County (2016)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Billy Long 74,876 58.57% +4.75
Democratic Genevieve Williams 45,382 35.50% -2.19
Libertarian Benjamin T. Brixey 7,580 5.93% -2.56
U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 7th Congressional District — Greene County (2014)[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Billy Long 33,738 53.82% -3.08
Democratic Jim Evans 23,624 37.69% +0.14
Libertarian Kevin Craig 5,323 8.49% +2.94
U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 7th Congressional District — Greene County (2012)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Billy Long 70,212 56.90%
Democratic Jim Evans 46,331 37.55%
Libertarian Kevin Craig 6,850 5.55%

Political culture

United States presidential election results for Greene County, Missouri[20]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No. %No. %No. %
2020 83,630 58.98% 55,068 38.83% 3,102 2.19%
2016 78,035 59.79% 42,728 32.74% 9,760 7.48%
2012 76,900 60.83% 46,219 36.56% 3,300 2.61%
2008 77,683 57.06% 56,181 41.26% 2,283 1.68%
2004 77,885 62.18% 46,657 37.25% 724 0.58%
2000 59,178 57.50% 41,091 39.92% 2,657 2.58%
1996 48,193 49.60% 39,300 40.45% 9,671 9.95%
1992 46,457 43.95% 41,137 38.91% 18,119 17.14%
1988 52,211 59.36% 35,475 40.33% 267 0.30%
1984 57,250 67.18% 27,965 32.82% 0 0.00%
1980 43,116 55.69% 30,498 39.39% 3,811 4.92%
1976 37,691 52.20% 33,824 46.84% 690 0.96%
1972 48,348 70.58% 20,155 29.42% 0 0.00%
1968 32,638 55.27% 19,659 33.29% 6,751 11.43%
1964 23,989 44.33% 30,130 55.67% 0 0.00%
1960 36,943 64.36% 20,457 35.64% 0 0.00%
1956 29,944 59.71% 20,206 40.29% 0 0.00%
1952 29,673 60.57% 19,234 39.26% 81 0.17%
1948 18,836 47.49% 20,762 52.34% 66 0.17%
1944 21,531 55.37% 17,287 44.46% 68 0.17%
1940 21,456 49.10% 22,130 50.65% 109 0.25%
1936 17,298 44.46% 21,489 55.23% 119 0.31%
1932 13,943 42.52% 18,255 55.67% 596 1.82%
1928 22,166 66.86% 10,901 32.88% 84 0.25%
1924 13,618 45.74% 13,084 43.95% 3,069 10.31%
1920 15,755 56.02% 11,514 40.94% 857 3.05%
1916 7,543 48.95% 7,191 46.66% 676 4.39%
1912 4,350 34.63% 5,089 40.52% 3,121 24.85%
1908 6,439 49.81% 5,830 45.10% 659 5.10%
1904 6,570 54.98% 4,540 37.99% 839 7.02%
1900 6,009 50.65% 5,519 46.52% 336 2.83%
1896 5,808 47.58% 6,327 51.83% 72 0.59%
1892 4,839 45.81% 4,051 38.35% 1,673 15.84%
1888 4,934 50.68% 3,984 40.92% 818 8.40%


Like most counties situated in Southwest Missouri, Greene County is a Republican stronghold. George W. Bush carried Greene County in 2000 and 2004 by almost two-to-one margins, and like many other counties throughout Southwest Missouri, Greene County favored John McCain over Barack Obama in 2008. In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump carried Greene County by a margin of 60% to 33%.[21] The last Democratic presidential nominee to win Greene County was Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. In 2004, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union between a man and a woman—it passed Greene County with 72.04 percent of the vote. The initiative passed the state with 71 percent of support from voters as Missouri became the first state to ban same-sex marriage.[citation needed] In 2006, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to fund and legalize embryonic stem cell research in the state—it narrowly failed in Greene County with 51.62 percent voting against the measure. The initiative narrowly passed the state with 51 percent of support from voters as Missouri became one of the first states in the nation to approve embryonic stem cell research. Despite Greene County's longstanding tradition of supporting socially conservative platforms, voters in the county have a penchant for advancing populist causes like increasing the minimum wage. In 2006, Missourians voted on a proposition (Proposition B) to increase the minimum wage in the state to $6.50 an hour—it passed Greene County with 74.41 percent of the vote. The proposition strongly passed every single county in Missouri with 78.99 percent voting in favor as the minimum wage was increased to $6.50 an hour in the state. During the same election, voters in five other states also strongly approved increases in the minimum wage.[citation needed] In 2020, Greene County was one of only eight counties in Missouri and the only one outside St. Louis, Kansas City and Columbia to vote yes on Amendment 2 to expand Medicaid - it passed Greene County with 52.3 percent of the vote and statewide with 53.3 percent.[22]

The county is no less Republican at the local level, with Republicans holding all county-level elected offices. Democratic strength is concentrated in Springfield itself, while the suburban and rural areas are powerfully Republican. The two Democrats representing portions of Springfield in the state house are the only elected Democrats representing any portion of the county above the municipal level. However, the county has been known to support Democrats in statewide races. Mel Carnahan carried the county in both of his runs for governor, as did Jay Nixon. In 2000, Bob Holden's victory in the county provided the margin that allowed him to defeat Jim Talent statewide.

The county may be becoming less Republican. During the 2020 Census, it was noted that Springfield's residents were becoming more diverse,[23] with many of these diverse groups tending to support the Democratic party. Indeed, as the population of Springfield has grown, so has the percentage of Democratic voters, mirroring political trends in other conservative urban counties such as Potter County, Texas.


Missouri presidential preference primary (2008)


Main articles: 2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary and 2008 Missouri Republican presidential primary

Voters in Greene County from both political parties supported candidates who finished in second place in the state at large and nationally. Although a conservative/Republican stronghold, U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) still received more votes, a total of 18,322, than any candidate from either party in Greene County during the 2008 presidential primary.


Education



Public schools



Private schools



Alternative/other schools



Colleges and universities



Public libraries



Transportation


See also: Springfield Transit Services

Major highways



Airports



Communities



Cities and towns



Unincorporated communities



Notable people


Main article: List of People from Springfield, Missouri

See also



References


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  2. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 170.
  4. "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  5. "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021". Retrieved October 24, 2022.
  6. "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  7. "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  8. "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  9. "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  10. IT, Missouri Secretary of State -. "Registered Voters in Missouri". www.sos.mo.gov. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  11. "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Greene County, Missouri".
  12. "Sheriff".
  13. "County Clerk". greenecountymo.gov. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  14. "Summary Report for November 8, 2016". Greene County Clerk. November 11, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  15. "County Results, State of Missouri - General Election - November 4, 2014". Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  16. "County Clerk". greenecountymo.gov. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  17. "County Clerk".
  18. "County Clerk".
  19. "County Results, State of Missouri - General Election - November 6, 2012". Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  20. Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  21. "Elections 2016 - USA TODAY Network". USA TODAY. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  22. "Live Results: Missouri Medicaid Expansion Amendment". The New York Times. August 11, 2020. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  23. "New Census results show Springfield and southwest Missouri becoming more diverse".
  24. Breeding, Marshall. "Springfield-Greene County Library". Libraries.org. Retrieved May 8, 2017.



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[de] Greene County (Missouri)

Das Greene County[1] ist ein County im US-amerikanischen Bundesstaat Missouri. Im Jahr 2010 hatte das County 275.174 Einwohner und eine Bevölkerungsdichte von 157,4 Einwohnern pro Quadratkilometer.[2] Der Verwaltungssitz (County Seat) ist Springfield.[3]
- [en] Greene County, Missouri

[ru] Грин (округ, Миссури)

Округ Грин (англ. Greene County) — округ штата Миссури, США. Население округа на 2009 год составляло 269 360 человек. Административный центр округа — город Спрингфилд.


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