Corpus Christi metropolitan area - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Corpus Christi Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan area in South Texas

South Texas

South Texas is a region of the U.S. state of Texas that lies roughly south of and including San Antonio. The southern and western boundary is the Rio Grande River, and to the east it is the Gulf of Mexico. The population of this region is about 3.7 million. The southern portion of this region is...

that covers three counties - Aransas

Aransas County, Texas

Aransas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Corpus Christi Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2000, the population was 22,499. Its county seat is Rockport. Aransas County was formed in 1871 from Refugio County.-Geography:According to the U.S...

, Nueces, and San Patricio. As of the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, the MSA had a population of 403,280 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 416,095).

Counties

Aransas
Aransas County, Texas
Aransas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Corpus Christi Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2000, the population was 22,499. Its county seat is Rockport. Aransas County was formed in 1871 from Refugio County.-Geography:According to the U.S...
Nueces
San Patricio

Places with more than 275,000 people

Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. The MSA population in 2008 was 416,376. The population was 305,215 at the 2010 census making it the...

(Principal City)

Places with 10,000 to 30,000 people

Portland
Portland, Texas
Portland is a city in Nueces and San Patricio Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current mayor and city manager are David Krebs and Mike Tanner. The population was 14,827 at the 2000 census, with a 2007 estimated population of 16,408.-Geography:...
Robstown
Robstown, Texas
Robstown is a city in Nueces County, Texas, United States, and a western suburb of Corpus Christi. It was founded about 1906, and was named for Robert Driscoll Jr., a landowner...
Aransas Pass
Aransas Pass, Texas
Aransas Pass is a city in Aransas, Nueces, and San Patricio counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 8,138 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Aransas Pass is located at ....

Places with 1,000 to 10,000 people

Bishop
Bishop, Texas
Bishop is a city in Nueces County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,305 at the 2000 census, but decreased to 3,126 by 2009. Located on U.S...
Fulton
Fulton, Texas
Fulton is a town in Aransas County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census, this South Texas coastal fishing community had a population of 1,553...
Gregory
Gregory, Texas
Gregory is a city in San Patricio County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,318 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Gregory is located at ....
Ingleside
Ingleside, Texas
Ingleside is a town in Nueces and San Patricio Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 9,388 at the 2000 census.Ingleside is also home to Naval Station Ingleside. On August 24, 2005, the BRAC Committee voted to close the base. In 2010, the main base property was turned over to the...
Mathis
Mathis, Texas
Mathis is a city in San Patricio County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,034 at the 2000 census.In 1887 when the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad was laying tracks across San Patricio County, Thomas H. Mathis got naming rights when he donated for a townsite and school. Mathis could...
Odem
Odem, Texas
Odem is a city in San Patricio County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,499 at the 2000 census.-History:The city was platted in 1909 by John James Welder and David Odem...
Port Aransas
Port Aransas, Texas
Port Aransas is a city in Nueces County, Texas. The population was 3,370 at the 2000 census.-Early history:Karankawa Indians played a key role in the early development of the Texas Gulf Coast. The Karankawa Indians inhabited the Gulf Coast of Texas from Galveston Bay all the way to Corpus Christi Bay...
Rockport
Rockport, Texas
Rockport is a city in Aransas County, Texas, United States. The population was 7,385 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Aransas County. The coastal community has approximately 8000 citizens. Large windswept live oaks are a dominating feature of the area and the state's oldest live oak,...
Sinton
Sinton, Texas
Sinton is a city in San Patricio County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,676 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of San Patricio County...
Taft Southwest
Taft Southwest, Texas
Taft Southwest is a neighborhood of the city of Taft, Texas, United States. The population was 1,721 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a census-designated place .-Geography:Taft Southwest is located at ....
Taft
Taft, Texas
Taft is a city in San Patricio County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,396 at the 2000 census. The city is served by Taft Independent School District.-Geography:Taft is located at ....

Places with 500 to 1,000 people

Del Sol-Loma Linda
Del Sol-Loma Linda, Texas
Del Sol-Loma Linda is a census-designated place in San Patricio County, Texas, United States. The population was 726 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Del Sol-Loma Linda is located at ....
Driscoll
Driscoll, Texas
Driscoll is a city in Nueces County, Texas, United States. The population was 825 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Driscoll is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
Ingleside on the Bay
Ingleside on the Bay, Texas
Ingleside on the Bay is a city in San Patricio County, Texas, United States. The population was 659 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ingleside on the Bay is located at ....
Lake City
Lake City, Texas
Lake City is a town in San Patricio County, Texas, United States. The population was 526 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lake City is located at ....
Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres
Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres, Texas
Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres is a census-designated place in San Patricio County, Texas, United States. The population was 720 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres is located at...
North San Pedro
North San Pedro, Texas
North San Pedro is a census-designated place in Nueces County, Texas, United States. The population was 920 at the 2000 census.-Geography:North San Pedro is located at ....
St. Paul
St. Paul, San Patricio County, Texas
St. Paul is a census-designated place in San Patricio County, Texas, United States. The population was 542 at the 2000 census.-Geography:St...
Spring Garden-Terra Verde
Spring Garden-Terra Verde, Texas
Spring Garden-Terra Verde is a census-designated place in Nueces County, Texas, United States. The population was 693 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Spring Garden-Terra Verde is located at ....

Places with less than 500 people

Agua Dulce
Agua Dulce, Nueces County, Texas
Agua Dulce is a town in Nueces County, Texas, United States. It is located on the Texas Mexican Railway at the intersection of Farm Road 70 and State Highway 44 in west central Nueces County. The name, Spanish for sweet water, refers to a nearby creek. -History:The settlement existed by the 1900s...
Doyle
Doyle, Texas
Doyle is a census-designated place in San Patricio County, Texas, United States. The population was 285 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Doyle is located at ....
Edgewater-Paisano
Edgewater-Paisano, Texas
Edgewater-Paisano is a census-designated place in San Patricio County, Texas, United States. The population was 182 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Edgewater-Paisano is located at ....
Edroy
Edroy, Texas
Edroy is a census-designated place in San Patricio County, Texas, United States. The population was 420 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Edroy is located at ....
Falman-County Acres
Falman-County Acres, Texas
Falman-County Acres is a census-designated place in San Patricio County, Texas, United States. The population was 289 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Falman-County Acres is located at ....
La Paloma-Lost Creek
La Paloma-Lost Creek, Texas
La Paloma-Lost Creek is a census-designated place in Nueces County, Texas, United States. The population was 323 at the 2000 census.-Geography:La Paloma-Lost Creek is located at ....
Lakeside
Lakeside, San Patricio County, Texas
Lakeside is a town in San Patricio County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 333.-Geography:Lakeside is located at ....
Morgan Farm Area
Morgan Farm Area, Texas
Morgan Farm Area is a census-designated place in San Patricio County, Texas, United States. The population was 484 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Morgan Farm Area is located at ....
Petronila
Petronila, Texas
Petronila is a city in Nueces County, Texas, United States. The population was 83 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Petronila is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
Rancho Banquete
Rancho Banquete, Texas
Rancho Banquete is a census-designated place in Nueces County, Texas, United States. The population was 469 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rancho Banquete is located at ....
Rancho Chico
Rancho Chico, Texas
Rancho Chico is a census-designated place in San Patricio County, Texas, United States. The population was 309 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rancho Chico is located at ....
San Patricio
San Patricio, Texas
San Patricio is a city in Nueces and San Patricio Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 318 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, San Patricio, located at , has a total area of 3.9 square miles , of which, 3.8 square miles of it is...
Sandy Hollow-Escondidas
Sandy Hollow-Escondidas, Texas
Sandy Hollow-Escondidas is a census-designated place in Nueces County, Texas, United States. The population was 433 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Sandy Hollow-Escondidas is located at ....
Tierra Grande
Tierra Grande, Texas
Tierra Grande is a census-designated place in Nueces County, Texas, United States. The population was 362 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Tierra Grande is located at ....
Tradewinds
Tradewinds, Texas
Tradewinds is a census-designated place in San Patricio County, Texas, United States. The population was 163 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Tradewinds is located at ....
Violet
Violet, Texas
Violet is a small unincorporated community with a population of around 40 in Nueces County, Texas, United States. It lies along State Highway 44 between the cities of Corpus Christi and Robstown....

Demographics

As of the census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

of 2000, there were 403,280 people ,2007 estimates a population of 427,568, 141,590 households, and 103,316 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 73.68% White, 3.85% African American, 0.64% Native American, 1.16% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 17.52% from other races

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

, and 3.07% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 52.74% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $33,682 and the median income for a family was $38,661. Males had a median income of $31,433 versus $21,134 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

for the MSA was $17,007.