County · Texas

Nueces County, Texas

Nueces County, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 23 out of 100 (low), ranking #2,425 of 3,143 US counties. Within Texas it ranks #158 of 254 counties. It ranks best on access to exercise opportunities (high), public transit commuters (high) and depression (low). It ranks worst on hot days (high), violent crime rate (high) and property crime rate (high).

23Low

Quality-of-life score: #2,425 of 3,143 counties
Texas: #158 of 254 in TX
Population: 352,992 (2025)
Land area: 839 mi²
Density: 420.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 48355

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 79 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

Open in the map Federal contracts here

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety20#2,480/3,096
Economy42#1,837/3,143
Housing11#2,784/3,140
Health44#1,762/3,144
Healthcare52#1,498/3,143
Environment0#3,098/3,108
Education38#1,960/3,144
Infrastructure53#1,486/3,144
Community17#2,595/3,144
Leisure & amenities47#1,661/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Nueces County, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Access to exercise opportunities · high92.4%
92/100Texas 82.3%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Public transit commuters · high1.1%
88/100Texas 0.9%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Depression · low20.4%
86/100Texas 21.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Comfortable days · high30.6%
85/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Adult smoking · low13.4%
82/100Texas 15.3%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Primary care physicians · high79 /100k
81/100Texas 61 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Hot days · high140 days
1/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Violent crime rate · high753 /100k
2/100Texas 345 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Property crime rate · high2,648 /100k
3/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Median Air Quality Index · high53
3/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Voter turnout · low48.2%
5/100Texas 57.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.1 µg/m³
5/100Texas 8.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
25% (2021) → 79% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+53 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New business applicationsImproving
7.7 /1k (2020) → 11.0 /1k (2025)
+44%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Mental health providersImproving
129 /100k (2021) → 178 /100k (2025)
+38%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
New homes permittedWorsening
5.5 /1k (2021) → 3.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−38%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
81.3% (2015-2019) → 88.8% (2020-2024)
+7.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Homicide rateImproving
6.8 /100k (2021) → 4.5 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−34%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Nueces County, Texas improved on 13 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 14 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Unemployment−4.9 points9.1% → 4.2%
Homicides−59%11.0 /100k → 4.5 /100k
High school++2.5 points82.8% → 85.3%
Airport−14 mi119 mi → 105 mi
New businesses+44%7.7 /1k → 11.0 /1k

Declined4

Commute+1.9 min19.8 min → 21.7 min
Price / income+0.6×2.5× → 3.1×
Rent / income+2.3 points29.0% → 31.3%
Rent burden+5 points47.4% → 52.4%

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Nueces County, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.9 /10k2020	2.8 /10k2025	−3.8%	Within the margin of error	27%
Average commute time	19.8 min2015-2019	21.7 min2020-2024	+1.9 min	Declined	23%
Average weekly wage	$9802020	$1,1992025	+22%	Improved	39%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%2015-2019	23.8%2020-2024	+2 points	Improved	36%
Broadband subscriptions	81.3%2015-2019	88.8%2020-2024	+7.5 points	Improved	27%
Child poverty rate	23.1%2019	21.3%2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Distance to an airport	119 mi2020	105 mi2025	−14 mi	Improved	98%
Drug overdose deaths	24.6 /100k2020	18.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−25%	Improved	48%
Effective property tax rate	1.67%2015-2019	1.40%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	86%
Firearm deaths	18.4 /100k2020	16.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−9.2%	Within the margin of error	64%
Grocery stores	0.7 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	+16%	Within the margin of error	83%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.8 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	+7.3%	Within the margin of error	62%
High school diploma or higher	82.8%2015-2019	85.3%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Improved	62%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	26%
Homicide rate	11.0 /100k2020	4.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−59%	Improved	78%
Income adjusted for local prices	$49,5222019	$62,6852024	+27%	Improved	19%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4592015-2019	0.4682020-2024	+0.009	Within the margin of error	37%
Median household income	$56,0792019	$66,7262024	+19%	Improved	21%
New business applications	7.7 /1k2020	11.0 /1k2025	+44%	Improved	50%
Pharmacies	1.7 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−13%	Within the margin of error	35%
Poverty rate	16.5%2019	15.3%2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Property crime rate	3,181 /100k2020	2,648 /100k2025	−17%	Improved	22%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	+2.7%	Within the margin of error	73%
Public transit commuters	1.2%2015-2019	1.1%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Rent as share of income	29.0%2015-2019	31.3%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Declined	24%
Rent-burdened households	47.4%2015-2019	52.4%2020-2024	+5 points	Declined	25%
Restaurants and bars	10.5 /10k2020	11.0 /10k2025	+4.5%	Within the margin of error	63%
Students per teacher	15.6×2019	15.3×2024	−0.3×	Little change	35%
Suicide rate	17.0 /100k2020	19.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+17%	Within the margin of error	25%
Traffic deaths	12.3 /100k2015-2019	12.6 /100k2020-2024	+2%	Within the margin of error	53%
Unemployment rate	9.1%2020	4.2%2025	−4.9 points	Improved	93%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.9%2019	19.1%2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Violent crime rate	812 /100k2020	753 /100k2025	−7.4%	Improved	40%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Nueces County, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Nueces County, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Nueces County, Texas itself moved −1.6 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

352,955 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

131,160 households (±1,287)

Nueces County, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k18%24,213
$25k–50k19%24,277
$50k–75k19%24,399

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

131,160 households (±1,287)

Nueces County, Texas
Texas share

Own60%78,272
Rent40%52,888

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.7 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

160,007 workers (±2,153)

Nueces County, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone80%128,042
Carpool10%16,731
Public transit1.1%1,814

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Corpus Christi, TX

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Nueces County has 8,111 employer establishments, 230 for every 10,000 residents (0.93× the US rate of 248; 1.05× Texas's), with 134,586 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,723. The Census Bureau also counts 31,301 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 8,111; 31,301 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 230; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 134,586
Average annual pay: $53,723; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Nueces County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	909	25.8	1.24×About typical	12,796	$49,577	1,572
Restaurants and other eating places	727	20.6	1.12×About typical	15,873	$21,856	213
Specialty trade contractors	411	11.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	9,174	$69,146	3,152
Offices of physicians	398	11.3	1.74×More than typical	3,015	$92,908	349
Lessors of real estate	335	9.5	0.77×Fewer than typical	1,493	$45,931	2,377
Limited-service restaurants	332	9.4	1.17×About typical	7,586	$20,352	79
Full-service restaurants	316	9	1.17×About typical	7,338	$23,583	95
Legal services	222	6.3	1.17×About typical	1,483	$81,370	296
Building equipment contractors	214	6.1	1.01×About typical	2,669	$60,625	672
Insurance agencies and brokerages	203	5.8	1.31×More than typical	1,118	$61,912	516
Construction of buildings	181	5.1	0.68×Fewer than typical	1,047	$66,774	1,508
Offices of other health practitioners	179	5.1	0.84×About typical	922	$47,462	586

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 352,505 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $165.3M on contracts performed in Nueces County, Texas: $468 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $165.3M; −19% vs FY2025
Per resident: $468; US $1,994
Sole-source: 18%; US 30%
Single offer: 8.4%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$46.6M28%
Defense Contract Management Agency$36.5M22%
Defense Logistics Agency$20.3M12%
Department of the Army$16.4M9.9%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$14M8.5%
Agricultural Marketing Service$7.4M4.5%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$4.8M2.9%
Defense Information Systems Agency$3.9M2.3%

Top recipients

V2X AEROSPACE LLC$36.5M22%
CAE USA, INC.$14.7M8.9%
ASSET PROTECTION & SECURITY SERVICES, L.P.$14M8.5%
LIBERTY GLOBAL LOGISTICS LLC$11.7M7.1%
VALIANT TECHNICAL SERVICES INC.$10.9M6.6%

Spending by fiscal year

525.5MFY2017
417.1MFY2018
199.2MFY2019
475.4MFY2020
450.6MFY2021
408.6MFY2022
421.4MFY2023
460.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for air transportation · 4881$39.3M24%
Deep sea, coastal, and Great Lakes water transportation · 4831$23.8M14%
Technical and trade schools · 6115$14.7M8.9%
Warehousing and storage · 4931$12.9M7.8%
Investigation and security services · 5616$9.5M5.7%
Facilities support services · 5612$9.2M5.6%

Largest awards

PARTS AND MATERIALS$158.3M
V2X AEROSPACE LLC· Nueces County, TX· Equipment maintenance· Jul 12, 2022 – Jun 5, 2026· N0042122F7005
DEEP DRAFT DREDGING OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI SHIP CHANNEL, TEXAS CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT LOWER BAY REACH FROM STA. 7+000 (FORMALLY STA. 70+00), JUST BAY SIDE OF THE PORT ARANSAS FERRY LANDING EXTENDING TO STA. 70+000 (FORMALLY STA. 700+00).$127.7M
CALLAN MARINE LIMITED· Nueces County, TX· Construction & real property· Apr 8, 2020 – Dec 2, 2025· W912HY20C0009
PIPELINE DREDGING OF CORPUS CHRISTI SHIP CHANNEL, TEXAS, UPPER HARBOR REACH, CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES, TEXAS, DREDGING.$111.8M
CALLAN MARINE LIMITED· Nueces County, TX· Construction & real property· Sep 25, 2023 – Apr 1, 2026· W912HY23C0019

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Explore contracts in Nueces County, Texas

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $2.1B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Nueces County, Texas: $5,929 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $2.1B; −7.2% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,929; US $12,955
Loan face value: $100.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.6%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.1B51%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$384.3M18%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$147.6M7.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$135.3M6.5%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$80.1M3.8%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$50.6M2.4%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$38.5M1.8%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$31.4M1.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$52.2M2.5%
AUSTIN, TX
CORPUS CHRISTI HOUSING AUTH$36.5M1.7%
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-CORPUS CHRISTI$33.1M1.6%
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
DEL MAR COLLEGE DISTRICT$25.3M1.2%
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTH, INC

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$1.4B69%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$430M21%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$54.5M2.6%
Federal Highway Administration$53.2M2.5%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$41M

Assistance by fiscal year

1.7BFY2021
1.7BFY2022
1.8BFY2023
2BFY2024
2.3BFY2025
2.1BFY2026

County aggregates

90%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Explore grants in Nueces County, Texas

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Nueces County, Texas compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Nueces County, Texas
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nueces County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nueces County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$1,454	$1,436
FY2018	$1,152	$1,552
FY2019	$550	$1,654
FY2020	$1,345	$1,880
FY2021	$1,275	$1,810
FY2022	$1,161	$1,917
FY2023	$1,195	$2,079
FY2024	$1,304	$2,047
FY2025	$579	$2,165
FY2026	$468 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nueces County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nueces County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$445	$93.28
FY2018	$542	$105
FY2019	$560	$128
FY2020	$759	$145
FY2021	$826	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nueces County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nueces County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$1,547	$5,748
FY2022	$1,476	$5,221
FY2023	$1,513	$5,364
FY2024	$1,740	$5,501
FY2025	$1,251	$5,732
FY2026	$734

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nueces County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nueces County, Texas	United States
FY2021	-$76.23	$298
FY2022	$240	$357
FY2023	$115	$301
FY2024	$240	$319
FY2025	$159	$360
FY2026	$173

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nueces County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nueces County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$160	$239
FY2022	$125	$185
FY2023	$151	$229
FY2024	$181	$229
FY2025	$167	$249
FY2026	$160

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nueces County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nueces County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$37.28	$2,304
FY2022	$2.66	$2,197
FY2023	$71.54	$2,274
FY2024	$113	$2,267
FY2025	$134	$2,397
FY2026	$49.36

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nueces County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nueces County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$911	$1,186
FY2022	$351	$465
FY2023	$42.01	$76.52
FY2024	$91.06	$120
FY2025	$127	$148
FY2026	$54.79

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Nueces County, Texas
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Nueces County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Nueces County, Texas	United States
2014	2.1%	2.0%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Transportation grants · FY2022

$240 per resident in FY2022, against an earlier average of -$76.23 (— that).

Compared with 9 similar counties

Nueces County, Texas
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/48355

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Nueces County, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Michael CloudR-TX-27 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.5%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Nueces County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Corpus Christi, TX13Central county

Cities and towns in Nueces County

Places whose residents live mostly in Nueces County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
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Calendar years	Nueces County, Texas	United States
2014	+0.5%	−4.2%
2015	+1.0%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.8%	+3.3%
2018	+5.4%	+6.8%
2019	+8.4%	+10.5%
2020	+12.4%	+19.4%
2021	+15.0%	+26.1%
2022	+20.5%	+30.6%
2023	+26.4%	+35.0%
2024	+33.4%	+41.0%
2025	+37.5%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Nueces County, Texas	United States
2014	+8.3%	−5.5%
2015	+5.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.8%	+4.1%
2018	+7.9%	+8.9%
2019	+14.9%	+13.5%
2020	+18.4%	+20.8%
2021	+31.8%	+32.1%
2022	+33.5%	+35.4%
2023	+37.4%	+42.9%
2024	+42.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Nueces County, Texas	United States
2014	6.9/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.2/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.5/1k	4.2/1k
2020	4.4/1k	4.4/1k
2021	5.5/1k	5.2/1k
2022	4.3/1k	5.0/1k
2023	4.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	4.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Nueces County, Texas	United States
2014	−4.4%	−6.9%
2015	−6.3%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−3.1%	+4.7%
2018	−1.0%	+7.5%
2019	+4.7%	+14.0%
2020	+4.0%	+16.9%
2021	+10.8%	+21.0%
2022	+12.5%	+29.7%
2023	+18.9%	+34.9%
2024	+24.6%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Nueces County, Texas	United States
2014	−12.6% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−4.2% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.6% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+3.5% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+10.5% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+16.6% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+28.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+35.7% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+35.1% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+34.0% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+30.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Nueces County, Texas	United States
2014	5.2%	6.2%
2015	5.0%	5.3%
2016	5.7%	4.9%
2017	5.5%	4.4%
2018	4.7%	3.9%
2019	4.1%	3.7%
2020	9.1%	8.1%
2021	6.9%	5.4%
2022	4.7%	3.7%
2023	4.2%	3.6%
2024	4.2%	4.0%
2025	4.2%	4.3%

Calendar years	Nueces County, Texas	United States
2014	16.8%	15.5%
2015	19.9%	14.7%
2016	15.1%	14.0%
2017	16.1%	13.4%
2018	16.2%	13.1%
2019	16.5%	12.3%
2020	17.5%	11.9%
2021	18.2%	12.8%
2022	17.3%	12.6%
2023	17.3%	12.5%
2024	15.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Nueces County, Texas	United States
2015	+0.2% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.1% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+5.2% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+7.7% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+13.5% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+26.2% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+27.4% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+29.0% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+31.4% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+33.0% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Nueces County, Texas	United States
2014	20.7%	13.5%
2015	18.6%	10.9%
2016	18.3%	10.0%
2017	19.0%	10.2%
2018	20.3%	10.4%
2019	19.9%	10.8%
2020	19.6%	10.4%
2021	21.2%	10.2%
2022	19.4%	9.5%
2023	18.4%	9.5%
2024	19.1%	9.8%

Calendar years	Nueces County, Texas	United States
2014	5.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.9/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.4/1k	10.6/1k
2020	7.7/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.1/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.7/1k	15.4/1k
2025	11.0/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Nueces County, Texas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.2 points	−0.2 points	−1.7 points to +2.0 points
Year −2	−7.4 points	−4.9 points	−6.5 points to −2.6 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+2.1 points	+1.8 points	−0.2 points to +4.1 points
Year +1	+3.1 points	+0.2 points	−2.4 points to +3.2 points
Year +2	+2.1 points	−0.2 points	−1.6 points to +1.7 points

Year	Nueces County, Texas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−2.0 per 1,000 people	−1.0 per 1,000 people	−2.0 per 1,000 people to −0.4 per 1,000 people
Year −2	−1.1 per 1,000 people	+0.2 per 1,000 people	−0.7 per 1,000 people to +2.8 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people to 0.0 per 1,000 people
Year 0	−1.2 per 1,000 people	+1.1 per 1,000 people	−0.5 per 1,000 people to +3.6 per 1,000 people
Year +1	−1.4 per 1,000 people	−0.4 per 1,000 people	−3.5 per 1,000 people to +2.4 per 1,000 people
Year +2	−0.9 per 1,000 people	−0.5 per 1,000 people	−3.3 per 1,000 people to +1.6 per 1,000 people

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