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Corpus Christi, TX
317,317 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4817000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Corpus Christi ranked #145 of 340 cities and 7th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Corpus Christi and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Montgomery AL, Lubbock TX, Columbus GA, Wichita KS, Tulsa OK, Winston-Salem NC, Lexington KY, Amarillo TX, Tucson AZ, Little Rock AR, Greensboro NC, Mobile AL, Augusta GA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #145 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #105 | #285 | #243 | #235 | #119 | #165 | #138 | #130 | #91 | #165 | #166 | #184 | #252 | #194 | #284 | #185 | #178 | #250 | #145 | #193 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 290,296 | 293,888 | 295,497 | 298,567 | 303,142 | 305,272 | 308,103 | 312,390 | 317,043 | 320,765 | 324,672 | 325,786 | 325,568 | 326,307 | 326,586 | 318,285 | 318,162 | 316,441 | 316,978 | 317,317 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #200 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.9 | -0.4 | -0.0 | — | +0.1 | +0.5 | +0.7 | +0.2 | +0.2 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.0 | -0.2 | -0.7 | -0.3 | -0.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #110 of 271 cities with data · 5th of 9 in its peer group with data | 6.3 | — | 4.2 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.8 | — | 6.5 | 7.3 | 3.4 | — | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.5 | — | 4.1 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #111 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 20.2% | 23.6% | 21.9% | 21.7% | 22.1% | 23.1% | 21.6% | 20.4% | 20.7% | 20.7% | 21.8% | 21.4% | 21.7% | 21.5% | 22.4% | — | 22.3% | 22.9% | 23.5% | 22.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #192 of 304 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 2.8 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 8.4 | 5.2 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 9.5 | 10.7 | 6.3 | 13.0 | 6.3 | 7.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #252 of 295 cities with data · 8th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 164.9 | 178.8 | 170.3 | 196.2 | 185.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 129,707 | 129,896 | 129,902 | 131,128 | 131,825 | 133,593 | 132,616 | 132,446 | 137,684 | 138,470 | 140,098 | 138,413 | 137,192 | 139,480 | 137,431 | 131,327 | 127,483 | 130,551 | 134,464 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #94 of 329 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +0.6 | -0.8 | -1.5 | -1.5 | +1.1 | +0.7 | -0.6 | -4.2 | +1.1 | -0.3 | -0.3 | +0.3 | -1.1 | +1.6 | -2.8 | +1.2 | -1.7 | -1.0 | +1.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 139,534 | 144,562 | 151,723 | 150,020 | 152,117 | 151,441 | 149,463 | 150,590 | 148,639 | — | 143,124 | 150,725 | 150,209 | 149,076 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #152 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.0% | 6.1% | 5.9% | 5.9% | 5.6% | 5.0% | 5.9% | 5.8% | 5.4% | — | 5.3% | 4.8% | 3.9% | 4.7% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #75 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 19% | 14% | 18% | 21% | 18% | 13% | 13% | 16% | 18% | 18% | 24% | 19% | 21% | 20% | 20% | 26% | 28% | 30% | 33% | 33% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #257 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | $4,109 | $4,426 | $4,454 | $5,095 | $4,923 | $5,434 | $5,111 | $5,041 | $5,751 | $6,412 | $6,519 | $7,535 | $6,584 | $6,011 | $5,657 | $5,545 | $5,760 | $5,075 | $5,093 | $5,162 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Corpus Christi. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.