Corpus Christi, Texas
| Corpus Christi, Texas | |
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| General information | |
Mayor of Corpus Christi
Paulette Guajardo | |
| Last mayoral election: | 2024 |
| Next mayoral election: | 2026 |
| Last city council election: | 2024 |
| Next city council election: | 2026 |
| City council seats: | 9[1] |
| City website | |
| Composition data (2019) | |
| Population: | 325,780 |
| Race: | White 89.6% African American 4.1% Asian 2.3% Native American 0.4% Pacific Islander 0.1% Two or more 1.7% |
| Ethnicity: | Hispanic 63.2% |
| Median household income: | $56,333 |
| High school graduation rate: | 83.4% |
| College graduation rate: | 22.2% |
| Related Corpus Christi offices | |
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Corpus Christi is a city in Nueces County, Texas. The city's population was 317,863 as of 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau.
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City government
- See also: Council-manager government
The city of Corpus Christi utilizes a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[2]
Mayor
The mayor is a member of the city council. The mayor presides over council meetings and official city ceremonies and represents the city on state, national, and international levels.[3]
The current Mayor of Corpus Christi is Paulette Guajardo (nonpartisan). Guajardo assumed office in 2021.
City manager
The city manager is the city's chief executive. The responsibilities of the city manager include carrying out the policies set by the mayor and city council and implementing the council's decisions with the help of city departments.[2]
City council
In addition to the mayor, the Corpus Christi City Council includes nine members including the mayor. Three seats are elected at large, and five seats are elected by district.[4] The Corpus Christi City Council is the city's primary legislative body. It is responsible for setting policies and appointing the city manager, city secretary, city auditor, and municipal judges.[5]
The widget below automatically displays information about city council meetings. The topic list contains a sampling of keywords that Voterheads, a local government monitoring service, found in each meeting agenda. Click the meeting link to see more info and the full agenda:
Other elected officials
Ballotpedia does not cover any additional city officials in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Mayoral partisanship
Corpus Christi has a mayor who identifies as nonpartisan or unaffiliated. As of January 2025, 64 mayors in the largest 100 cities by population are affiliated with the Democratic Party, 24 are affiliated with the Republican Party, one is affiliated with the Libertarian Party, four are independents, four identify as nonpartisan or unaffiliated, and three mayors' affiliations are unknown. Click here for a list of the 100 largest cities' mayors and their partisan affiliations.
Mayoral elections are officially nonpartisan in most of the nation's largest cities. However, many officeholders are affiliated with political parties. Ballotpedia uses one or more of the following sources to identify each officeholder's partisan affiliation: (1) direct communication from the officeholder, (2) current or previous candidacy for partisan office, or (3) identification of partisan affiliation by multiple media outlets.
Elections
2024
The city of Corpus Christi, Texas, held general elections for mayor and city council on November 5, 2024. A general runoff election was scheduled for December 14, 2024. The filing deadline for this election was August 19, 2024.
2022
The city of Corpus Christi, Texas, held general elections for mayor and city council on November 8, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was August 22, 2022. A general election runoff was scheduled for December 13, 2022.
2020
The city of Corpus Christi, Texas, held general elections for mayor and all eight city council members on November 3, 2020. The filing deadline for this election was August 17, 2020.
2018
The city of Corpus Christi, Texas, held general elections for mayor and city council on November 6, 2018. A runoff election, if necessary, was on December 11, 2018. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was August 20, 2018.
2017
Corpus Christi, Texas held a special election for mayor on May 6, 2017. Former Mayor Dan McQueen, who won election to the position on November 8, 2016, and was sworn in on December 13, 2016, resigned from office in January 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in the special election was March 27, 2017.[6][7]
2016
The city of Corpus Christi, Texas, held elections for mayor and city council on November 8, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 22, 2016. All eight city council seats were up for election.[8]
2014
The city of Corpus Christi, Texas, held nonpartisan elections for mayor and city council on November 4, 2014. The candidate filing deadline was August 18, 2014. Eight council seats—three at-large and Districts 1 through 5—were up for election.
Census information
The table below shows demographic information about the city.
| Demographic Data for Corpus Christi | |
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| Corpus Christi | |
| Population | 317,863 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 162 |
| Race and ethnicity** | |
| White | 54.7% |
| Black/African American | 4.3% |
| Asian | 2.5% |
| Native American | 0.5% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| Two or more | 32.7% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 61.4% |
| Education | |
| High school graduation rate | 85.8% |
| College graduation rate | 24.3% |
| Income | |
| Median household income | $66,325 |
| Persons below poverty level | 17.5% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2018-2023). | |
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | |
Budget
Corpus Christi's fiscal year begins on October 1 and runs through September 30 of the following year. The process of creating the budget involves the Office of Management of Budget, the assistant city manager, and the city manager, who must submit a proposal to the city council at least 60 days before the beginning of the fiscal year. After meetings, workshops, and public hearings, the city council must pass a balanced budget prior to October 1.[9]
Fiscally standardized cities data
The fiscally standardized cities (FiSC) data below was compiled by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy to make municipal budgets comparable across cities in the United States.[10]
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FiSCs are constructed by adding revenues and expenditures of each central city municipal government to a portion of the revenues and expenditures of overlying governments, including counties, independent school districts, and special districts. The allocations to FiSCs are estimates of the revenues collected from and services provided to central city residents and businesses by these overlying independent governments. Thus FiSCs provides a full picture of revenues raised from city residents and businesses and spending on their behalf, whether done by the city government or a separate overlying government.[11] |
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| —Lincoln Institute of Land Policy[12] | ||
The tables below show estimated finances within city limits. As such, the revenue and expenses listed may differ from the actual city budget.
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Historical total revenue and expenditure
To see the historical total revenue or expenditures as a rounded amount in this city, hover over the bars.[10]
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Contact information
Mayor's office
1201 Leopard Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
Phone: 361-826-3100
City Secretary's office
1201 Leopard Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
Phone: 361-826-3105
Click here for city council contact information.
Ballot measures
- See also: Nueces County, Texas ballot measures
The city of Corpus Christi is in Nueces County, Texas. A list of ballot measures in Nueces County is available here.
Noteworthy events
2020: Events and activity following the death of George Floyd
During the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, demonstrations and protests took place in cities nationwide, including Corpus Christi, following the death of George Floyd. Events in Corpus Christi, Texas, began on Saturday, May 30, 2020, at the downtown Art Center of South Texas.[13] No curfews were issued. The national guard was not deployed.
2015: Nondiscrimination laws
In July 2015, the Movement Advancement Project described Corpus Christi, Texas, as a city or county that did not prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity via ordinances that apply to public and private employers. At that time, a total of 71 of America's largest 100 cities prohibited private employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation, while 69 of those cities also prohibited discrimination based on gender identity. This did not include those jurisdictions that prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity for government employees.[14]
Nondiscrimination laws can cover a variety of areas, including public employment, private employment, housing, and public accommodations. Such laws may be enacted at the state, county, or city level.
See also
- Cities in Texas
- Nueces County, Texas
- Aransas County, Texas
- San Patricio County, Texas
- Largest cities in the United States by population
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The mayor is included in this number as one of the city council members.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 City of Corpus Christi, "City Manager, Peter Zanoni," accessed September 2, 2021
- ↑ City of Corpus Christi, "Mayor Paulette M. Guajardo," accessed September 2, 2021
- ↑ City of Corpus Christi, "Council members," accessed September 2, 2021
- ↑ City of Corpus Christi, "Mayor and City Council," accessed September 2, 2021
- ↑ The Charlotte Observer, "Mayor Resigns After One Month in Office, Via Facebook," January 19, 2017
- ↑ City of Corpus Christi, "Special Election 2017," accessed March 28, 2017
- ↑ Nueces County Elections, "2016 Election Dates," accessed January 27, 2016
- ↑ City of Corpus Christi, "Adopted FY 2022-2023 Operating and Capital Budget," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities database," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ KRIS 6 News, "Protest held at City Hall in response to Floyd death," May 31, 2020
- ↑ Movement Advancement Project, "Local Employment Non-Discrimination Ordinances," accessed July 7, 2015
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