Jury Pool Profile
Nueces County, Texas
- County seat
- Corpus Christi
- Judicial district
- 28th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 352,992
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 352,955.
At a glance
Nueces County is a 352,992-person venue. The county population is 46% White (Census race-alone categories). 62% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 29.3%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $66,726, $12,997 below the TX state median of $79,723; 23.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 32.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Tagalog. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 25.7% of covered employment, average pay $56,447/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.48%, above the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 49% to 55% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 352,955
- Median household income
- $66,897
- Unemployment
- 4.5%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 46%; Black: 4%.
Nueces County has a population of 352,955, with a median age of 37.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 45.8%; Black residents 3.9%. Independently, 62.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $66,726; 23.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 15.3% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 26% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 25.7% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 18.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.48%, above the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 52%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Nueces County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 55.3% in 2024, 50.8% in 2020, 48.8% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 68% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 32.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
32.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, Chinese. Veterans account for 8.6% of the adult civilian population (22,969 individuals).