Latest Census city estimates released May 14, 2026 · Population as of July 1, 2025 · Next city estimates scheduled for May 2027. Release schedule
Corpus Christi, Texas population is 317,247 as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate), ranking #64 nationally and #8 in Texas. Cost of living runs 7.3% below the U.S. average (BEA RPP 2024); the four-person spending scenario corresponds to modeled gross income of $97,120/yr (TY2026 tax assumptions; partial scenario excluding unverified local income tax). This profile draws on 13 federal datasets covering population, housing, income, employment, climate, and risk.
317,247 people live in Corpus Christi as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025), the #64 largest U.S. city.
How big is Corpus Christi?
Corpus Christi covers 167.8 square miles of land and 325.1 square miles of water. Its population density is about 1,891 residents per square mile of land. Compare U.S. cities by land area →
Source detail: 2025 population
2025 population
Source agency
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset
Census PEP
Vintage / period
Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography
Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation
Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.
Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.
Population shrank 0.3% from the April 2020 base to mid-2025.
Vintage 2025 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2025 series, 2020 base → 2025).
2020 base: 318,090 → 2025: 317,247 (-0.3%)
Year
Population
Reference date
2020 base
318,090
April 1, 2020
2020
318,278
July 1, 2020
2021
318,180
July 1, 2021
2022
316,457
July 1, 2022
2023
316,883
July 1, 2023
2024
317,147
July 1, 2024
2025
317,247
July 1, 2025
Earlier history (2010–2019, prior Census vintage)
These figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2019 release — a separate, earlier methodology. They’re shown here as historical context only; the 2010 and 2019 values aren’t directly comparable to the 2020–2025 series above.
Population grew 7.0% from the July 2010 estimate to 2019 (V2019 — see seam note below).
Corpus Christi is the #64 largest of 19,483 U.S. cities and #8 in Texas.
▸Show the analyst detail (9 rows)
Measure
Value
Note
2020 base
318,090
April 1, 2020 census base
5-yr change
-843
2020 base → 2025; within V2025
5-yr change %
-0.3%
within V2025 only
1-yr change
+100
2024 → 2025 estimate
1-yr change %
+0.0%
within V2025 only
Density
1,891
people per sq mi, land only
Land area
167.8
sq mi (2025 Gazetteer)
U.S. rank by population
#64
of 19,483 cities
State rank by population
#8
of 1,224 in Texas
What is the median household income in Corpus Christi?
Same-period U.S. benchmarks: household income $80,734 ± $166; per-capita income $44,673 ± $122. Margins are at 90% confidence. Comparison badges describe point estimates; they are not significance tests.
Median household income is 17% below the U.S. median ($67,394 vs $80,734); 17.1% live in poverty, 4.7 points above the 12.5% U.S. estimate.
Median household income$67,394
US
Corpus Christi: $67,394 — 17% below the US median of $80,734.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS income data; censored rows retained in the distribution
Corpus Christi
$67,394
United States
$80,734
Income and poverty estimates for Corpus Christi from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates (window 2020–2024). Every figure is shown with its 90% margin of error (MOE). Cells where the ± margin exceeds half the estimate are flagged "low precision." See methodology §12.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median household income
$67,394-16.5% vs US
±$1,835
Per capita income
$34,788-22.1% vs US
±$753
Population in poverty
17.1% ± 1.1 percentage points
share of population for whom poverty status is determined
Median home value is 37% below the U.S. median ($210,400 vs $332,700); median rent is 9% below ($1,292 vs $1,413); the ratio of median home value to median household income is 3.1× versus 4.1× nationally; this compares two distributions and does not measure an individual household's housing burden.
Median home value$210,400
US
Corpus Christi: $210,400 — 37% below the US median of $332,700.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS home-value data; censored rows retained in the distribution
HUD 2-BR fair-market rent$1,366/mo
US
Corpus Christi: $1,366/mo — 27% above the US median of $1,077/mo.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with a HUD Fair Market Rent
Same-period U.S. benchmarks: home value $332,700 ± $236; gross rent $1,413 ± $2. Comparison badges describe estimates and do not establish statistical significance.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median value, owner-occupied units
$210,400-36.8% vs US
±$4,036
Median gross rent
$1,292-8.6% vs US
±$27
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR (FY2026)
$1,366-5.4% vs US
Corpus Christi, TX HUD Metro FMR Area (city spans multiple FMR areas)· 40th-percentile gross rent · HUD methodology
Owner-occupied share
57.9% ± 1.0 percentage points
of occupied housing units
Price-to-income ratio
3.1x± 0.10x approximate 90% MOE-24.2% vs US
median home value ÷ median household income · U.S. ratio: 4.1x
Rent-burdened (≥30% of income)
52.0% ± 2.9 percentage points+1.8% vs US
renters with a computed rent/income ratio · U.S. share: 51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
24.9% ± 2.3 percentage points-3.9% vs US
renters with a computed rent/income ratio · U.S. share: 25.9%
Poverty (Census SAIPE 2024, model-based), unemployment (BLS LAUS 2025 annual averages), and remote-work share (ACS 2020–2024) for Corpus Christi. Numbers are labeled at their native grain — place-grain when BLS publishes it, otherwise per-county. We do not compute population-weighted county averages. See methodology §13.
Measure
Value
Grain
Unemployment rate (annual avg)
4.2%
Corpus Christi (BLS sub-state LAUS)
Civilian labor force
155,237
2025 annual avg
Worked from home
5.3% ± 0.7 percentage points-64.7% vs US
share of workers 16+ working from home · U.S. share: 15.1% · ACS
County context — Corpus Christi spans 4 counties; all are listed (no weighted average):
County
Poverty rate
Median HH income
Unemployment
Nueces County
15.3%
$66,726
4.2%
San Patricio County
14.3%
$69,930
5.0%
Kleberg County
21.4%
$57,810
4.4%
Aransas County
14.3%
$67,768
4.8%
Top industries by private employment — NAICS supersectors rolled up from Corpus Christi's linked 4 counties in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW, 2025 annual averages). See methodology §11.
#
Industry (NAICS supersector)
Private employment
Avg weekly wage
#1
Health care and social assistance (62)
31,439
$1,139 / wk
#2
Accommodation and food services (72)
25,991
$457 / wk
#3
Construction (23)
23,669
$1,648 / wk
#4
Retail trade (44-45)
22,504
$759 / wk
#5
Manufacturing (31-33)
9,379
$2,093 / wk
What workers earn in the Corpus Christi, TX metro — top occupations by employment plus six curated benchmarks (registered nurse, software developer, elementary teacher, general manager, retail salesperson, truck driver). Wages are metro-area medians from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). See methodology §25.
Fast Food and Counter Workers is the largest tracked occupation in the Corpus Christi, TX metro (7,870 jobs, median $25,630/yr).
▸Show all 13 occupations
Occupation
Employment
Median annual
Median hourly
Fast Food and Counter Workers
7,870
$25,630
$12.32
Home Health and Personal Care Aides
6,630
$23,440
$11.27
Cashiers
3,650
$28,140
$13.53
Stockers and Order Fillers
3,450
$36,470
$17.54
Waiters and Waitresses
3,390
$22,820
$10.97
Office Clerks, General
3,290
$36,940
$17.76
Customer Service Representatives
3,280
$37,070
$17.82
General and Operations Managers · benchmark
5,570
$90,600
$43.56
Registered Nurses · benchmark
4,800
$82,690
$39.76
Retail Salespersons · benchmark
4,790
$29,200
$14.04
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · benchmark
2,570
$49,000
$23.56
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · benchmark
1,840
$60,210
—
Software Developers · benchmark
520
$123,580
$59.41
This city spans multiple metros; OEWS data shown is for Corpus Christi, TX, the metro of the city's primary county.
All items run 7.3% below the U.S. average (RPP 92.7); utilities run 19.0% below (RPP 81.0) — the metro's utility affordability is the main driver.
Cost of living (RPP, all items)RPP 92.7
US
Corpus Christi's cost of living runs 7.3% below the U.S. average (RPP 92.7 vs 100).
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of metro/non-metro areas with a BEA price parity
BEA Regional Price Parity (all items)
RPP 92.7
−7.3% vs U.S. average · BEA 2024 · Corpus Christi, TX metro
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR
$1,366/mo
FY2026 · Corpus Christi, TX HUD Metro FMR Area
State income tax (top marginal rate)
0%
no state income tax · TY2026
Four-person monthly spending scenario
$8,093/mo
3BR rent + food + childcare + taxes + transport · federal sources; excludes unverified local income tax
One-person monthly spending scenario
$3,046/mo
1BR rent + food + taxes + transport · federal sources; excludes unverified local income tax
Local income tax
—
Unverified and excluded from the spending scenario; not a verified zero
Household budget figures are arithmetic floors using current federal sources at the grains documented in methodology. Not a recommended salary, not a poverty threshold, not a composite score.
8.8% ± 0.6 percentage points foreign-born (U.S. share 14.1%); Spanish is the most-spoken language at home other than English (29.3% of residents 5+).
A quick read on Corpus Christi's residents — nativity and languages spoken at home shown above, from the ACS 5-Year 2020–2024. The full demographic breakdown (age, race and ethnicity, household types, and educational attainment, each with its margin of error) lives on the demographics page.
These are K-12 public school districts. Higher education (colleges and universities) is not represented in this dataset.
10 districts serve Corpus Christi, from the NCES EDGE Geographic Relationship Files (GRF25, 2024–25 school year boundaries). The join is many-to-many — large cities often span multiple districts. Expand the list below to see every district sorted primary first. See methodology §12.
Source: NCES EDGE GRF25 · school year 2024–25 · methodology →
What is the climate like in Corpus Christi?
Hottest month: August (92°F avg high). Coldest: January (49°F avg low). Annual precipitation: 33.4 in.
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) for Corpus Christi from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See methodology §15 for the gridded vs. station source path.
Average monthly highs & lows · 30-year normal (NOAA 1991–2020). Every number on this chart is an average.
bar = avg daily high → avg daily lowprecip in inches below each barprecip in millimeters below each bar
How safe is Corpus Christi from natural disasters?
Composite risk spans 61.2–96.6/100 across 4 counties; most-cited top hazard is Cold Wave (in 2 of 4).
Natural-hazard exposure for Corpus Christi from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0). NRI is an expected-annual-loss composite calibrated on 1996–2019 historical losses, published at the U.S. county grain. See methodology §17.
Corpus Christi spans 4 counties. We list each separately because hurricane, flood, and fire risk varies meaningfully across county lines — manufacturing a single “city-level” risk score would hide that signal.
County
NRI composite
Rating
Top hazards
Nueces County
96.6
Relatively High
Cold Wave 98.9 Very High · Hurricane 98.6 Very High · Heat Wave 98.0 Relatively High
San Patricio County
85.4
Relatively Moderate
Hurricane 95.0 Relatively High · Drought 93.7 Relatively High · Cold Wave 91.0 Relatively High
Kleberg County
84.4
Relatively Moderate
Cold Wave 98.4 Relatively High · Hurricane 93.9 Relatively High · Heat Wave 80.9 Relatively Moderate
Source: FEMA National Risk Index · FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0 · methodology →
How fast is home internet in Corpus Christi?
19 non-satellite ISPs serve the area; 69% of locations have gigabit-capable service per ISP filings.
Fixed broadband availability for Corpus Christi from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data Collection (BDC), as of December 31, 2025. Every speed and provider count below is an ISP-reported advertised maximum — not measured throughput. Actual delivered speeds typically run 60–80% of advertised. See methodology §16.
Measure
Value
Note
Providers serving this city
19 + satellite
distinct ISPs, excluding satellite-only
Fiber providers
15
offer fiber-to-the-premises somewhere in the BDC
Units with ≥100/20 Mbps fixed
100.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Locations with ≥100 Mbps upload
69.2%
derived: max(fiber ≥100/20, gigabit). Fiber is symmetric; gigabit is ≥100 up by definition
Units with ≥1 Gbps fixed
69.2%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Total broadband-serviceable units
151,334
residential locations in the FCC Fabric (not households)
Source: FCC BDC · as of December 31, 2025 · methodology →
How much crime is reported in Corpus Christi?
In 2024, law enforcement reported 2,730 violent and 9,519 property offenses in the Corpus Christi jurisdiction — a violent-crime rate of 863.6 per 100,000, above the U.S. estimate of 359.1.
Reported offenses known to law enforcement from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program (CIUS Table 8), 2024. Figures describe the FBI agency jurisdiction: Corpus Christi — an FBI jurisdiction population of 316,108, versus the Census place population of 317,247. The rate per 100,000 is the FBI's own (count ÷ that jurisdiction population), never divided by the Census place figure. These are reported crimes under voluntary participation — not measured or victimization crime — and the FBI cautions against using them to rank or compare places. See methodology §31.
Offenses known, 2024
Count
Rate /100k
U.S. rate
Violent crime
2,730
863.6
359.1
Property crime
9,519
3,011.3
1,760.1
▸Offense breakdown and 3-year trend
Offense, 2024
Count
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
27
Rape
235
Robbery
366
Aggravated assault
2,102
Burglary
1,651
Larceny-theft
6,634
Motor vehicle theft
1,234
Arson (12-month reporters only)
64
Year
Violent /100k
Property /100k
Jurisdiction pop.
2022
790.7
3,120.9
317,694
2023
860.3
3,179.4
315,340
2024
863.6
3,011.3
316,108
Only years the agency reported a complete 12 months appear; the FBI does not estimate missing agency-years, so a gap is a non-reporting year, not zero crime.
U.S. rate is the FBI national estimate (imputes non-reporting agencies); the city figures are reported-only. Source: FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (2022–2024) · FBI agency jurisdiction: Corpus Christi · methodology → · FBI Crime Data Explorer →
In-state context.
Corpus Christi sits at state rank #8 among 1,224 cities in Texas. Nearby in the state ranking:
Just above in the profiled set: Irvine, CA · #63 · 318,764 residents.
Just below in the profiled set: Santa Ana, CA · #65 · 315,586 residents.
Quick travel facts for Corpus Christi
Quick travel facts.
Elevation
2 ft · at city centroid, from USGS 3D Elevation Program
Nearest scheduled-service airport
Corpus Christi International Airport(CRP) · 20 mi 32 km from city centroid
Best months to visit
Feb, Mar, Dec · months when the avg high sits in 65–80°F and precipitation is at or below the city's median monthly precip
Sources: elevation from USGS 3DEP · nearest airport from OurAirports CSV (OurAirports type=large/medium and scheduled_service=yes; not an FAA service classification) · best months derived from NOAA 1991-2020 normals · methodology →
Frequently asked questions about Corpus Christi.
How many people live in Corpus Christi, TX?
Corpus Christi has 317,247 residents as of July 1, 2025, making it the #64 largest city in the United States and #8 in Texas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
Is Corpus Christi growing or shrinking?
Corpus Christi has shrunk 0.3% since the April 2020 census baseline, losing 843 residents. The most recent year ticked up slightly (+100 residents, +0.0% from 2024 to 2025). Source: Census PEP Vintage 2025.
What was Corpus Christi's population in the 2020 census?
Corpus Christi spans Nueces County, San Patricio County, Kleberg County, Aransas County in Texas.
How big is Corpus Christi?
Corpus Christi covers 167.8 square miles of land, with a population density of about 1,891 residents per square mile. Source: Census Gazetteer 2025.
What is the median household income in Corpus Christi?
$67,394, about 17% below the U.S. median. Source: ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024.
SourceU.S. Census · PEP
VintageV2025
Reference2025-07-01
Place typeIncorporated place
GEOID4817000
Last build2026-09-30
Sources · provenance
Every listed dataset is used on this page.
The GEOID for Corpus Christi is 4817000. These are the official datasets used by this profile's main data modules; click "methodology" for inclusion rules and the V2019 ↔ V2025 seam, or "source" for the raw publisher page. The headline population value above includes a source-detail disclosure with publisher, dataset, vintage, native geography, transformation, and caveat.
