Corpus Christi, TX


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Corpus Christi is a large coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Texas. With a population of 324,074 people and 74 constituent neighborhoods, Corpus Christi is the eighth largest community in Texas.

Corpus Christi is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Corpus Christi is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Corpus Christi who work in office and administrative support (12.25%), sales jobs (12.14%), and management occupations (7.62%).


Corpus Christi is one of the most car-oriented large cities in America. A full 0.82% of people drive their car alone to work each day. If you like to drive, you'll love it. And you better. Because walking to work is just not a viable option for most people who live in Corpus Christi. Highways, wide streets, parking lots, and shopping centers are part of the common Corpus Christi landscape.

The percentage of adults in Corpus Christi who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.90% of the adults in Corpus Christi have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Corpus Christi in 2010 was $25,481, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $101,924 for a family of four. However, Corpus Christi contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Corpus Christi is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Corpus Christi home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Corpus Christi, accounting for 61.27% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Corpus Christi residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Corpus Christi include Irish, English, French , and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Corpus Christi is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.