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Nueces County, TX

352,289 Population
839.2 square miles 419.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,465 ±$1,500 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$64,034 ±$4,514 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

17.1% ±2.3% (59,137  ±7,852) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.4 minutes ±0.6 (3,253,935  ±103,258) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

132,759 ±2,787 Number of households
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0.1 (344,071  ±172) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,898,096
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.5% ±1.4% (4,626  ±1,187) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

155,871 ±75 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$213,500 ±$10,285 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.7% ±2% (47,778  ±6,817.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

86% ±3.3% (202,043  ±7,721.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
25.6% ±1.8% (60,135  ±4,156.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.8% (27,507  ±3,976) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.9% 5,455,292
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8.2% ±0.9% (21,930  ±2,282) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
21,930 Total veterans ±2,282 19,740 Male ±2,208 2,190 Female ±700

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