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Nueces

United States · GDP 2024
#207 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 82% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$27.9B
GDP growth
+3.8%
Jobs tracked
134,586
Employers
8,111
Avg. wage
$57.3k
Population
352,992
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$66.9k±$1.9k
Business applications
3,894 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Health care31%
Food & accommodation20%
Retail trade19%
Construction14%
Admin & support9%
Professional services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
352,992
residents · 2025 · -0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $58.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−7,566
International migration+3,782
Natural change+3,020

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$21.0B
2019
$18.6B
2020
$22.2B
2021
$26.9B
2022
$26.8B
2023
$27.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$208.8k±$4.1k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$28/mo
Vacancy rate
15.1%±0.8%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
1,496 (4.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
96.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 99Hurricane 99Heat wave 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
451
2016
461
2017
475
2018
489
2019
511
2020
576
2021
656
2022
682
2023
702
2024
704
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.8 km
I-69E
Nearest freight rail
6.5 km
CPKC
Nearest port
15.6 km
PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI PUBLIC OIL (BARGE) DOCK NO. 10
Nearest commercial airport
11.8 km
CORPUS CHRISTI INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2022):189,775,751 short tons/yr · Corpus Christi, TX
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$57.3k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Orange$27.7BRutherford$27.6BYork$28.4BChatham$28.5BLarimer$28.5BJefferson$27.1B
The read

Nueces's economy produced $27.9B in 2024, growing 3.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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