307,942 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.9% since 2020)
675 square miles of land · 456 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
29 active community water systems list Greene County in the area they serve, reporting 253,981 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY UTILITIES OF SPRINGFIELD surface water · local government · MO5010754 | 210,898 served |
| REPUBLIC PWS groundwater · local government · MO5010681 | 16,100 served |
| GREENE COUNTY PWSD 1 groundwater · local government · MO5024228 | 9,168 served |
| WILLARD PWS groundwater · local government · MO5010860 | 8,400 served |
| STRAFFORD PWS groundwater · local government · MO5010768 | 2,600 served |
| ASH GROVE PWS groundwater · local government · MO5010032 | 1,512 served |
| GREENE COUNTY PWSD 5 groundwater · local government · MO5024230 | 1,500 served |
| WALNUT GROVE PWS groundwater · local government · MO5010829 | 762 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 732 people were held in Greene County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 366 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 730.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
7 school districts have their office in Greene County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $408.7 million — $331.7 million to run schools, about $14,462 per student, plus $53.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $238.2 million local (mostly property tax), $123.3 million state, $67.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $364.5 million.
Spent $74.8 million — $56.7 million to run schools, about $10,667 per student, plus $14.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $32.4 million local (mostly property tax), $34.5 million state, $6.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $46.6 million.
Spent $59.8 million — $51.9 million to run schools, about $10,967 per student, plus $4.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $26.9 million local (mostly property tax), $30.3 million state, $6.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $70.1 million.
Spent $20.7 million — $14 million to run schools, about $9,909 per student, plus $5.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.8 million local (mostly property tax), $6.2 million state, $3.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $17.7 million.
Spent $14 million — $11.6 million to run schools, about $9,233 per student, plus $2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5 million local (mostly property tax), $7.7 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.3 million.
Spent $9.7 million — $8.6 million to run schools, about $11,723 per student, plus $769,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.7 million local (mostly property tax), $4.5 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.5 million.
Spent $6.3 million — $3.2 million to run schools, about $11,470 per student, plus $2.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $1.8 million state, $1.4 million federal.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Greene County about $97 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
498 bridges in Greene County: 219 in good condition, 253 fair, and 26 poor (5.2%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| MO 413 S over MNA RR · built 1933 | 28,093 vehicles a day |
| CAMPBELL AVE over SOUTH CR · built 1965 | 25,143 vehicles a day |
| IS 44 E over BNSF RR · built 1961 | 17,275 vehicles a day |
| OR 65 S over BNSF RR · built 1970 | 9,056 vehicles a day |
| COLLEGE ST over JORDAN CR · built 1934 | 6,360 vehicles a day |
| CHERRY ST E over US 65 · built 1968 | 5,456 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $107.5 million of work in Greene County in fiscal 2025, about $360 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Missouri are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Greene County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Greene County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Christian County (22 mi) · Polk County (25 mi) · Webster County (26 mi) · Lawrence County (29 mi) · Dade County (31 mi) · Dallas County (34 mi).