Nueces County, Texas

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Nueces County (Template:IPAc-en Script error: No such module "Respell".) is located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 353,178,[1] making it the 16th-most populous county in the state. The county seat is Corpus Christi,[2] which is also the most populous city in the Nueces County,[3] at 317,773 people, as of 2021.[4] The county was formed in 1846 from portions of San Patricio County and organized the following year.[5] It is named after the Nueces River, which marks the county's northwestern boundary with San Patricio County before emptying into its mouth at Nueces Bay north of the port of Corpus Christi. [5] Nueces County is part of the Corpus Christi metropolitan area.

Native Americans & History

Earliest signs of life in the county were estimated at 6,000 to 8,000 years ago. The earliest group were a culture named the Aransas. They were a nomadic group of hunter-gatheres, who had left the coastal region around 700-800 years ago, where the region remained uninhabited for about a century. The next group to migrate into the region were the Karankawa people, about 600 years ago, then being followed by other groups. [5]

The Indian tribes that lived in and raided the county were the Lipan Apache, Karankawa, Coahuiltecan, Kickapoo, and the Seminole. The final recorded Indian raid in the county happened in April 1878, when Lipan Apache, Kickapoo, Seminole, Mexicans, and a white man briefly entered the county and onto ranches, before returning west to Laredo.[6]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of Script error: No such module "convert"., of which Script error: No such module "convert". are land and Script error: No such module "convert". (28%) are covered by water.[7] It borders the Gulf of Mexico, lovated about 210 miles southwest of Houston and 145 miles southeast from San Antonio. The elevation, in the county, ranges from sea level to about 180 feet above seen level. In the county, about 61 to 70 percent of the land is ideal farmland for many agricultrual purpouses. [5]

Major highways

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Adjacent counties

Demographics

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Historical population
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1960221,573Script error: No such module "String".%
1970237,544Script error: No such module "String".%
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1990291,145Script error: No such module "String".%
2000313,645Script error: No such module "String".%
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Nueces County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000[12] Pop 2010[10] Pop 2020[11] % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 118,178 111,870 106,165 37.68% 32.88% 30.06%
Black or African American alone (NH) 12,718 12,178 12,651 4.05% 3.58% 3.58%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 933 882 907 0.30% 0.26% 0.26%
Asian alone (NH) 3,458 5,495 7,712 1.10% 1.62% 2.18%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 136 209 281 0.04% 0.06% 0.08%
Other Race alone (NH) 308 399 1,264 0.10% 0.12% 0.36%
Mixed Race or Multiracial (NH) 2,963 2,897 7,146 0.94% 0.85% 2.02%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 174,951 206,293 217,052 55.78% 60.63% 61.46%
Total 313,645 340,223 353,178 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

As of the census[13] of 2000, 313,645 people, 110,365 households, and 79,683 families resided in the county. The population density was Script error: No such module "convert".. The 123,041 housing units averaged Script error: No such module "convert".. The racial makeup of the county was 72.03% White, 4.24% African American, 0.64% Native American, 1.16% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 18.74% from other races, and 3.13% from two or more races. About 55.78% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 110,365 households, 36.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.80% were married couples living together, 15.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.80% were not families. About 22.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.30.

In the county, the age distribution was 28.40% under the age of 18, 10.50% from 18 to 24, 28.90% from 25 to 44, 21.10% from 45 to 64, and 11.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.50 males. The largest perecentage of citizens is in the age group's 10-19, 20-29, and 30-39.[14]

As of the 2024 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates[15], the median income for a household in Nueces County was $66,927, and it was $79,880 for a family. The per capita income for the county was $33,465. Approximately 15% of the population were below the poverty line, with 21% of them under age 18, 12.4% between the ages 18 to 64, and 15.6% of them were at age 65 or over.

Communities

Cities (multiple counties)

In the 2000 U.S. census, a portion of San Patricio was indicated as being in Nueces County.[16] As of the 1990 U.S. census, the 2010 U.S. census, and the 2020 U.S. census, that particular area is indicated as being in San Patricio County.[17][18][19]

Cities

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Census-designated places

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Unincorporated communities

Education

School districts:[20]

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Del Mar College is the designated community college for all of Nueces County.[21]

Politics

Past gubernatorial election results[22]
Year Republican Democratic Third Parties
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|2022 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|53.27% 47,567 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|45.32% 40,474 1.41% 1,260
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|2018 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|56.33% 52,918 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|42.28% 39,720 1.40% 1,312
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|2014 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|54.13% 30,854 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|43.41% 24,746 2.46% 1,403
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|2010 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|52.68% 32,593 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|45.13% 27,921 2.16% 1,341
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|2006 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|37.07% 25,066 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|30.95% 20,931 31.97% 21,624
align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|2002 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|48.16% 33,152 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|49.39% 34,001 2.37% 1,627
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|1998 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|60.80% 38,165 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|38.70% 24,290 0.50% 316
align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|1994 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|44.52% 31,116 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|54.94% 38,399 0.54% 376

Historically, Nueces County leaned Democratic in presidential elections, though in recent years has narrowly voted Republican. Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956 became the first Republican candidate to carry the county. Prior to that year, the only times Nueces County did not vote for the national Democratic candidate was in its first presidential election in 1848 for Whig Zachary Taylor, and in 1860, supporting Southern Democratic John C. Breckinridge. Since Eisenhower's election, the only other Republicans to carry the county in the 20th century were Richard Nixon in 1972 and Ronald Reagan in 1984. So far, Bill Clinton remains the last Democratic candidate to win Nueces County, having done so in 1996.

Since 2000, Nueces County has voted for every Republican presidential candidate, with only George W. Bush in 2004 and Donald Trump in 2024 having carried it by a double digit margin, with Bush's 56.8% of the vote also the highest for any Republican in the county's history. In 2016, Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the county with a plurality of 48.6% to 47.1%, or 1,568 votes, the closest race since 1956.

Democratic strength is concentrated within the inland portion of the county, with particular strengths in center portion of Corpus Christi whereas neighborhoods that are predominately Hispanic and the city of Robstown. Republicans performed well in areas particularly in the suburbs of the city, North Padre Island and Port Aransas.[23]

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See also

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References

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