353,125 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.1% since 2020)
839 square miles of land · 421 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.
12 active community water systems list Nueces County in the area they serve, reporting 367,481 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI surface water · local government · TX1780003 | 317,247 served |
| NUECES COUNTY WCID 4 buys surface water · local government · TX1780006 | 14,880 served |
| NUECES COUNTY WCID 3 surface water · local government · TX1780005 | 14,000 served |
| NAVAL AIR STATION CORPUS CHRISTI buys surface water · federal · TX1780017 | 7,048 served |
| NUECES WSC buys surface water · local government · TX1780052 | 3,165 served |
| CITY OF BISHOP buys surface water · local government · TX1780002 | 3,103 served |
| RIVER ACRES WSC buys surface water · local government · TX1780013 | 2,700 served |
| VIOLET WSC buys surface water · local government · TX1780015 | 2,670 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 882 people were held in Nueces County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 1,036.
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.
12 school districts have their office in Nueces County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $558.7 million — $395.2 million to run schools, about $11,836 per student, plus $127 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $254.1 million local (mostly property tax), $115.2 million state, $100.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $689.6 million.
Spent $67.4 million — $59.9 million to run schools, about $10,457 per student, plus $5.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $43.9 million local (mostly property tax), $15.9 million state, $9.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $51.4 million.
Spent $57.3 million — $50.9 million to run schools, about $12,875 per student, plus $3.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $31.1 million local (mostly property tax), $20.7 million state, $6.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $66 million.
Spent $65.8 million — $50.1 million to run schools, about $13,700 per student, plus $7.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $42.6 million local (mostly property tax), $6.9 million state, $9.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $47.8 million.
Spent $36.6 million — $32.5 million to run schools, about $12,793 per student, plus $935,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.4 million local (mostly property tax), $18.5 million state, $11.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $46.8 million.
Spent $27.5 million — $25.1 million to run schools, about $13,017 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.6 million local (mostly property tax), $10.6 million state, $7.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $28.8 million.
Spent $34.9 million — $14.8 million to run schools, about $9,375 per student, plus $17.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14 million local (mostly property tax), $6.8 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $28.8 million.
Spent $24.2 million — $21.1 million to run schools, about $14,962 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $11.7 million local (mostly property tax), $8 million state, $3.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $26.9 million.
And 4 more.
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 High compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Nueces County about $186.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
540 bridges in Nueces County: 293 in good condition, 244 fair, and 3 poor (0.6%). “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.
| OCEAN DRIVE WB over CAYO DEL OSO · built 1976 | 13,330 vehicles a day |
| OCEAN DRIVE EB over CAYO DEL OSO · built 1976 | 13,330 vehicles a day |
| CR 18 over DRAINAGE DITCH · built 1940 | 90 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $238.2 million of work in Nueces County in fiscal 2025, about $674 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.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Early voting: 2026-10-19 to 2026-10-30. Mail ballot application must be received: 2026-10-23. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: Texas Secretary of State, Sept. 28, 2026 · VoteTexas.gov — early voting · VoteTexas.gov
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Nearby counties: San Patricio County (19 mi) · Kleberg County (23 mi) · Jim Wells County (35 mi) · Aransas County (43 mi) · Refugio County (46 mi) · Bee County (49 mi).