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Corpus Christi Demographics Information


Population: 278,520 (+0.4% change)
Males: 135,572 (48.9%), Females: 141,882 (51.1%)

County: Nueces

Land area: 154.6 square miles

Median resident age: 33.2 years
Median household income: $36,414

Races in Corpus Christi:

  • Hispanic (54.3%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (38.5%)
  • Other race (18.6%)
  • Black (4.7%)
  • Two or more races (3.1%)
  • American Indian (1.1%)
  • Filipino (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries: German (8.9%), Irish (6.5%), English (5.7%), United States (4.2%), French (1.9%), Scotch-Irish (1.6%).

For population 25 years and over in Corpus Christi

  • High school or higher: 75.8%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 7.2%
  • Unemployed: 7.3%
  • Mean travel time to work: 19.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Corpus Christi city

  • Never married: 26.8%
  • Now married: 52.1%
  • Separated: 3.0%
  • Widowed: 6.4%
  • Divorced: 11.8%

6.7% Foreign born (4.8% Latin America, 1.0% Asia).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: San Antonio, TX (140.7 miles, pop. 1,144,646).

Nearest cities: Doyle, TX (10.7 miles), Portland, TX (11.2 miles), Tierra Grande, TX (12.6 miles), Ingleside on the Bay, TX (13.7 miles), Gregory, TX (14.4 miles), Taft Southwest, TX (15.7 miles), Ingleside, TX (16.1 miles), Taft, TX (16.3 miles).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 1018 buildings, average cost: $89,200
  • 1997: 817 buildings, average cost: $93,800
  • 1998: 902 buildings, average cost: $103,900
  • 1999: 640 buildings, average cost: $105,400
  • 2000: 651 buildings, average cost: $109,900
  • 2001: 858 buildings, average cost: $97,900
  • 2002: 985 buildings, average cost: $111,500
  • 2003: 1203 buildings, average cost: $101,000

Area code: 361

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (23.2%), Retail trade (12.2%).




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