Welcome To Corpus Christi SAFeDATA

The city is home to Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, and is served by the Corpus Christi International Airport.

Corpus Christi is located at 27°44`34?N, 97°24`7?W (27.742857, -97.401927).

Corpus Christi has a weather, enjoying similar temperatures to those of other Gulf Coast regions, but lower precipitation as it is located in a semiarid region. Average high temperatures in the summer months exceed 90°F (32°C), while avg nighttime winter lows in January, the coldest month, are a little less than 50°F (10°C). The city`s largest recorded snowstorm was 4.4 inches (11 cm) in December 2004. The city`s record high temperature is 109°F (43°C), on September 5, 2000, while its record low is 13°F (-12°C). Corpus Christi is also incredibly windy, and is quite possibly the windiest city in America.

The Corpus Christi economy is vibrant and diversified with good growth potential With the majority of the populus employed in the Services, Wholesale and Retail Trade, and Government sectors, Corpus Christi enjoys a low unemployment rate of 4.0% (May 2007). The Port of Corpus Christi, which is the sixth largest US port and deepest inshore port on the Gulf of Mexico, handles mostly oil and agricultural products. Much of the local economy is driven by tourism and the oil & petrochemicals industry.

Corpus Christi is served by Corpus Christi International Airport (connections through Houston & Dallas/Fort Worth) and Interstate 37. Through the nearby U.S. Route 77 the city is connected to Brownsville and Victoria. The inner city public transportation is provided by Corpus Christi Transportation Authority with its 28 bus routes. Corpus Christi once had a streetcar system functioning from 1910 to 1931 and a railway station (passenger service ended in 1965). Despite the convenience of a large harbour, the city does not have a passenger port.

As of the census of 2007 estimate, there were 301,454 people, 106,791 households, and 73,437 families residing in the city. The populus density was 1,794.2 people per square mile (692.7/km²). There were 117,831 housing units at an avg density of 697.3 per square mile (269.2/km²). Estimated populus in July 2005: 283,474 (+2.2% change). In 2000, the racial makeup of the city was 71.62% White, 4.67% African US, 0.64% Native US, 1.28% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 18.58% from other races, and 3.13% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.33% of the populus.