Nueces County, Texas
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Congressional district | 27th |
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Nueces County (
Geography
According to the
Major highways
- Interstate 37
- Interstate 69E (Under Construction)
- U.S. Highway 77
- U.S. Highway 181
- State Highway 35
- State Highway 44
- State Highway 286
- State Highway 357
- Farm to Market Road 43
- Farm to Market Road 70
- Farm to Market Road 624
- Farm to Market Road 665
- Farm to Market Road 666
Adjacent counties
- San Patricio County (north)
- Kleberg County (south)
- Jim Wells County (west)
- Aransas County (northeast)
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1850 | 698 | — | |
1860 | 2,906 | 316.3% | |
1870 | 3,975 | 36.8% | |
1880 | 7,673 | 93.0% | |
1890 | 8,093 | 5.5% | |
1900 | 10,439 | 29.0% | |
1910 | 21,955 | 110.3% | |
1920 | 22,807 | 3.9% | |
1930 | 51,779 | 127.0% | |
1940 | 92,661 | 79.0% | |
1950 | 165,471 | 78.6% | |
1960 | 221,573 | 33.9% | |
1970 | 237,544 | 7.2% | |
1980 | 268,215 | 12.9% | |
1990 | 291,145 | 8.5% | |
2000 | 313,645 | 7.7% | |
2010 | 340,223 | 8.5% | |
2020 | 353,178 | 3.8% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[5] 1850–2010[6] 2010[7] 2020[8] |
Race / ethnicity | Pop 2010[7] | Pop 2020[8] | % 2010 | % 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|
White alone (NH)
|
111,870 | 106,165 | 32.88% | 30.06% |
Black or African American alone (NH)
|
12,178 | 12,651 | 3.58% | 3.58% |
Alaska Native alone (NH)
|
882 | 907 | 0.26% | 0.26% |
Asian alone (NH) | 5,495 | 7,712 | 1.62% | 2.18% |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 209 | 281 | 0.06% | 0.08% |
Some Other Race alone (NH) | 399 | 1,264 | 0.12% | 0.36% |
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) | 2,897 | 7,146 | 0.85% | 2.02% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 206,293 | 217,052 | 60.63% | 61.46% |
Total | 340,223 | 353,178 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.
As of the
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 median income for a household in the county was $35,959, and for a family was $41,066. Males had a median income of $31,571 versus $22,324 for females. The
Communities
Cities (multiple counties)
- Aransas Pass (partly in San Patricio and Aransas Counties)
- Corpus Christi (county seat) (San Patricio and Aransas Counties)
- Ingleside (mostly in San Patricio County)
- Portland (mostly in San Patricio County)
In the
Cities
Census-designated places
Unincorporated communities
Education
School districts:
- Agua Dulce Independent School District
- Aransas Pass Independent School District
- Banquete Independent School District
- Bishop Consolidated Independent School District
- Calallen Independent School District
- Corpus Christi Independent School District
- Driscoll Independent School District
- Flour Bluff Independent School District
- London Independent School District
- Port Aransas Independent School District
- Robstown Independent School District
- Tuloso-Midway Independent School District
- West Oso Independent School District
Del Mar College is the designated community college for all of Nueces County.[14]
Politics
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third Parties
|
---|---|---|---|
2018 | 56.33% 52,918 | 42.28% 39,720 | 1.40% 1,312 |
2014 | 54.13% 30,854 | 43.41% 24,746 | 2.46% 1,403 |
2010 | 52.68% 32,593 | 45.13% 27,921 | 2.16% 1,341 |
2006 | 37.07% 25,066 | 30.95% 20,931 | 31.97% 21,624 |
2002 | 48.16% 33,152 | 49.39% 34,001 | 2.37% 1,627 |
1998 | 60.80% 38,165 | 38.70% 24,290 | 0.50% 316 |
1994 | 44.52% 31,116 | 54.94% 38,399 | 0.54% 376 |
Historically, Nueces County leaned
Since 2000, Nueces County has voted for every Republican presidential candidate, with only George W. Bush in 2004 having carried it by a double digit margin, and his 56.8% of the vote is also the highest for any Republican in the county's history. In 2016, Donald 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. In 2020, Trump won the county again, this time with a slight majority and 2.9% margin, or 3,692 votes, over Joe Biden.
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
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 64,617 | 50.75% | 60,925 | 47.85% | 1,780 | 1.40% |
2016 | 50,766 | 48.62% | 49,198 | 47.12% | 4,441 | 4.25% |
2012 | 48,966 | 50.95% | 45,772 | 47.63% | 1,366 | 1.42% |
2008 | 52,391 | 51.75% | 47,912 | 47.33% | 927 | 0.92% |
2004 | 59,359 | 56.77% | 44,439 | 42.50% | 762 | 0.73% |
2000 | 49,906 | 51.28% | 45,349 | 46.59% | 2,071 | 2.13% |
1996 | 37,470 | 40.22% | 50,009 | 53.68% | 5,689 | 6.11% |
1992 | 36,781 | 36.49% | 46,317 | 45.95% | 17,693 | 17.55% |
1988 | 46,337 | 48.30% | 49,209 | 51.30% | 386 | 0.40% |
1984 | 54,333 | 53.68% | 46,721 | 46.16% | 159 | 0.16% |
1980 | 40,586 | 46.84% | 43,424 | 50.12% | 2,634 | 3.04% |
1976 | 32,797 | 37.99% | 52,755 | 61.11% | 773 | 0.90% |
1972 | 41,682 | 55.39% | 33,277 | 44.22% | 291 | 0.39% |
1968 | 21,307 | 31.57% | 39,025 | 57.82% | 7,159 | 10.61% |
1964 | 14,048 | 25.75% | 40,426 | 74.10% | 84 | 0.15% |
1960 | 18,907 | 39.09% | 29,361 | 60.70% | 100 | 0.21% |
1956 | 19,985 | 49.89% | 19,912 | 49.71% | 162 | 0.40% |
1952 | 19,124 | 48.59% | 20,156 | 51.21% | 79 | 0.20% |
1948 | 5,577 | 25.60% | 15,240 | 69.96% | 966 | 4.43% |
1944 | 3,819 | 24.21% | 11,091 | 70.32% | 863 | 5.47% |
1940 | 3,065 | 23.87% | 9,740 | 75.84% | 37 | 0.29% |
1936 | 1,234 | 15.54% | 6,597 | 83.09% | 109 | 1.37% |
1932 | 967 | 12.62% | 6,659 | 86.91% | 36 | 0.47% |
1928 | 2,481 | 45.36% | 2,985 | 54.58% | 3 | 0.05% |
1920 | 383 | 21.55% | 1,246 | 70.12% | 148 | 8.33% |
1916 | 404 | 16.85% | 1,830 | 76.35% | 163 | 6.80% |
1912 | 85 | 6.50% | 910 | 69.63% | 312 | 23.87% |
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Nueces County, Texas
- Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Nueces County
- List of museums in the Texas Gulf Coast
- Nueces County Keach Family Library
References
- ^ "Nueces County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2008. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
- ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
- US Census Bureau.
- ^ "Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010" (PDF). Texas Almanac. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
- ^ a b "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Nueces County, Texas". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ a b "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Nueces County, Texas". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
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- ^ Texas Education Code Sec. 130.177. DEL MAR COLLEGE-CORPUS CHRISTI JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
- ^ "Election History Nueces County, TX". www.nuecesco.com.
- ^ Rohla, Ryne. "2016 Presidential General Election Maps". Ryne Rohla.
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 6, 2018.