Signature · 17.5% SNAP (84th pct in TX)
Nueces County, TX
Nueces County stands out on SNAP (17.5%, +5.4 pts vs U.S.) with 33.2% low-access from USDA FARA 2019.
- 33.2%
- low-access pop.
- 16
- food-desert tracts
- 17.5%
- on SNAP
- 353K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Nueces County, TX
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-OK · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-ELEVATED 33.2% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +11.1 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 16 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 17.5% SNAP
- VEH-OK 6.9% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 20% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Upton County (+ 0.2 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Nueces County sits in the upper national band (33.2%, #725 of 3,079) with 16 LILA tracts.
- #725
- national by low-access %
- #72
- in TX
- 40
- low-access tracts
- 34K
- food-desert residents
Upper-band counties often pair elevated low-access with clustered LILA tracts. Low access = >1 mile urban / >10 miles rural.
Signature read: 17.5% SNAP (84th pct in TX) (+5.4 pts vs U.S. SNAP) .
How Nueces County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Nueces County's 33.2% low-access share is elevated, higher than 77% of them and ranked #728 most-affected nationwide.
Nueces County's elevated USDA tier split
81 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 16 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Nueces County has 71 urban and 10 rural census tracts. The 1-mile (urban) vs 10-mile (rural) distance threshold above applies per tract, so a county's access rate reflects this mix.
Nueces County vs nearby high low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Texas, not a full county-board reprint
- Throckmorton
Throckmorton 100%
100 % low-access
- Cherokee 33.7
Cherokee 33.7%
33.7 % low-access
- Kleberg 33.7
Kleberg 33.7%
33.7 % low-access
- Lynn 33.7
Lynn 33.7%
33.7 % low-access
- Upton 33.4
Upton 33.4%
33.4 % low-access
- Nueces 33.2
Nueces 33.2%
33.2 % low-access
- Rains 0
Rains 0%
0 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 81 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 340,223 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 40 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 16 |
| Low-Access Population | 113,043 |
| Low-Access Share | 33.2%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 33,739 |
ACS 2024 · elevated SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 352,955 |
| Median Household Income | $66,897 |
| Poverty Rate | 17.4%above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 22,892 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 17.5%above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 6.9%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 2.4% |
Thick SNAP store book in Nueces County
Nueces County has 294 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 2 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 177 locations (60% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 177
- 7-eleven 36535h, corpus christi
- 7-eleven 36536h, corpus christi
- 7-eleven 40865, corpus christi
- 7-eleven 41980h, corpus christi
- 7-eleven store 40821h, corpus christi
- 7-eleven store 40849h, corpus christi
- 7-eleven, inc. 42203h, corpus christi
- a & j convenience store 1, corpus christi
- a2z 1, corpus christi
- ak & ss enterprise llc, corpus christi
- an's market, corpus christi
- ace mart #1, corpus christi
- an's market #3, corpus christi
- asia market 1, corpus christi
- big diamond inc 274971, corpus christi
- baldwin food mart, corpus christi
- bang's food mart, corpus christi
- banquete food mart, banquete
- beachside market, corpus christi
- bens community market, corpus christi
- circle k 2706982, corpus christi
- calallen food mart, corpus christi
- checkout 51, corpus christi
- checkout 52, corpus christi
- checkout 55, corpus christi
- checkout 56, corpus christi
- checkout 57, corpus christi
- checkout 58, corpus christi
- circle k 1849, corpus christi
- circle k 2706970, corpus christi
- circle k 2706971, corpus christi
- circle k 2706973, corpus christi
- circle k 2706978, corpus christi
- circle k 2706987, corpus christi
- circle k 2740130, corpus christi
- circle k 2740135, corpus christi
- circle k 2740430, corpus christi
- circle k 2740432, corpus christi
- circle k 2740974, corpus christi
- circle k 2741501, corpus christi
- circle k 2741502, corpus christi
- circle k 2741508, corpus christi
- circle k 2741830, corpus christi
- circle k 2741848, corpus christi
- circle k 4444104, corpus christi
- coastal convenience store, corpus christi
- corner store 274145, robstown
- cuba market llc 804803612, corpus christi
- fast market 4564, corpus christi
- fast market 4565, corpus christi
- fast market 4566, corpus christi
- flowers bakery outlet 273, corpus christi
- gb stop 01, corpus christi
- hi-ho, corpus christi
- holly food mart, corpus christi
- j & s convenience store, corpus christi
- john's market, corpus christi
- k's market, corpus christi
- k-2 food mart, robstown
- k-store, corpus christi
- lalos mini mart, agua dulce
- less & more mart, corpus christi
- less & more mart 3, corpus christi
- lj mart, corpus christi
- lone star market #2, corpus christi
- lopez handy stop, robstown
- lopez mini mart, robstown
- lucky lotto & food mart, corpus christi
- main food mart, robstown
- matiana mini mrt, robstown
- ms express, corpus christi
- murphy express 8691, corpus christi
- murphy express 8793, corpus christi
- murphy usa 7627, corpus christi
- murphy usa 7628, corpus christi
- new c k mart, corpus christi
- nile star market, corpus christi
- norton food mart, corpus christi
- nu way, corpus christi
- one market, corpus christi
- one stop market, corpus christi
- one stop market 2, corpus christi
- one stop market 3, corpus christi
- pmi # 2, corpus christi
- pmi #7, corpus christi
- park & buy, corpus christi
- park & buy 2, corpus christi
- pena brother's grocery, banquete
- pittman's quick mart, corpus christi
- pmi 1, corpus christi
- prime meat market & groceries, corpus christi
- pump n shop, corpus christi
- q market, corpus christi
- quick food mart, corpus christi
- roadrunner travel center, robstown
- stripes 17545, corpus christi
- stripes 17816, corpus christi
- stripes 17985, corpus christi
- stripes 18374, corpus christi
- stripes 18569, corpus christi
- stripes 19189, corpus christi
- stripes 19952, corpus christi
- stripes 20468, corpus christi
- stripes 21019, robstown
- stripes 21134, corpus christi
- stripes 24252, corpus christi
- stripes 25247, corpus christi
- stripes 40126, corpus christi
- stripes 40284, corpus christi
- stripes 40789, port aransas
- stripes 40793, port aransas
- stripes 40798, port aransas
- stripes 40808, corpus christi
- stripes 40817, driscoll
- stripes 40818, bishop
- stripes 40820h, corpus christi
- stripes 40822, corpus christi
- stripes 40823h, corpus christi
- stripes 40825, corpus christi
- stripes 40827, corpus christi
- stripes 40828, corpus christi
- stripes 40829, corpus christi
- stripes 40830h, corpus christi
- stripes 40831, corpus christi
- stripes 40832, corpus christi
- stripes 40833, corpus christi
- stripes 40834, corpus christi
- stripes 40835, corpus christi
- stripes 40836, corpus christi
- stripes 40838, corpus christi
- stripes 40839, corpus christi
- stripes 40841, corpus christi
- stripes 40846, corpus christi
- stripes 40848, corpus christi
- stripes 40850h, corpus christi
- stripes 40852, corpus christi
- stripes 40854, corpus christi
- stripes 40855, corpus christi
- stripes 40856, robstown
- stripes 40858, corpus christi
- stripes 40859, corpus christi
- stripes 40860h, corpus christi
- stripes 40861, corpus christi
- stripes 40862, corpus christi
- stripes 40863, corpus christi
- stripes 40866, corpus christi
- stripes 40867, corpus christi
- stripes 40868, corpus christi
- stripes 40869, corpus christi
- stripes 40870, corpus christi
- stripes 40871, corpus christi
- stripes 40872, corpus christi
- stripes 40874, corpus christi
- stripes 40875, corpus christi
- stripes 40876, corpus christi
- staples corner store llc, corpus christi
- stop n shop bishop, bishop
- stripes 40837h, corpus christi
- stripes 42359h, corpus christi
- stripes no. 2114, port aransas
- stripes no. 5216 5216, corpus christi
- stripes store 42002h, corpus christi
- stripes store 42009h, corpus christi
- times market # 17, corpus christi
- times market #111, robstown
- times market #153, corpus christi
- the ayers market, corpus christi
- times market #21, corpus christi
- times market 121, corpus christi
- times market 35, corpus christi
- times market 95, corpus christi
- times market brownlee, corpus christi
- timesmarket888 no, corpus christi
- town market, corpus christi
- welcome food mart, corpus christi
- xpress burgers, corpus christi
- yorktown express 1, corpus christi
Combination Grocery/Other · 73
- cvs pharmacy inc 6991, corpus christi
- cvs pharmacy inc 6992, corpus christi
- cvs pharmacy inc 7401, corpus christi
- cvs pharmacy inc 7471, corpus christi
- cvs pharmcy inc 7004, corpus christi
- cvs pharmacy 10262, corpus christi
- cvs pharmacy 10268, port aransas
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 2580, corpus christi
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7080, robstown
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7437, corpus christi
- cvs/pharmacy inc 2328, corpus christi
- dollar general 10448, corpus christi
- dollar general 10578, bishop
- dollar general 10665, corpus christi
- dollar general 13740, corpus christi
- dollar general 1778, robstown
- dollar general 18274, robstown
- dollar general 18721, agua dulce
- dollar general 22047, corpus christi
- dollar general 3202, corpus christi
- dollar general 3411, corpus christi
- dollar general 7034, corpus christi
- dollar general 7280, corpus christi
- dollar general 9083, robstown
- dollartree 10161, corpus christi
- dollartree 11065, corpus christi
- dollartree 9625, corpus christi
- dollartree plus 8818, robstown
- dollar general 10634, corpus christi
- dollar general 11377, corpus christi
- dollar general 11414, corpus christi
- dollar general 12983, corpus christi
- dollar general 16522, corpus christi
- dollar general 18925, corpus christi
- dollar general 19291, corpus christi
- dollar general 19805, port aransas
- dollar general 21109, robstown
- dollar general 22758, driscoll
- dollar general 23231, corpus christi
- dollar general 24391, corpus christi
- dollar general 25195, corpus christi
- dollar general 25928, corpus christi
- dollar general 4269, corpus christi
- dollar tree 1736, corpus christi
- dollar tree 2594, corpus christi
- dollar tree 2727, corpus christi
- dollar tree 3107, corpus christi
- dollar tree 3882, corpus christi
- dollar tree 4676, corpus christi
- dollar tree 5024, corpus christi
- dollar tree 7179, corpus christi
- dollar tree 7383, corpus christi
- dollar tree 7865, corpus christi
- family dollar 10053, corpus christi
- family dollar 12128, corpus christi
- family dollar 1770, corpus christi
- family dollar 3403, corpus christi
- family dollar 4001, corpus christi
- family dollar 5158, corpus christi
- family dollar 5159, corpus christi
- family dollar 5626, corpus christi
- family dollar 5748, robstown
- family dollar 6106, corpus christi
- family dollar 6530, corpus christi
- family dollar 6948, corpus christi
- family dollar store 4356, corpus christi
- pena meat mkt, corpus christi
- swadesi grocers, corpus christi
- walgreens 10449, corpus christi
- walgreens 03638, corpus christi
- walgreens 10945, corpus christi
- walgreens 15931, corpus christi
- walgreens 4424, corpus christi
Showing 250 of 294 authorized retailers, largest categories first.
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Texas
One of 253 counties in Texas, 6 are shown here.
Compare Nueces County vs Anderson County → · All Texas counties →
Counties near Nueces County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
SNAP-led peer set first for Nueces County (17.5%), with low-access neighbours deduped against it, both outside Texas.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside TX (33.2% here).
- Walworth County, WI · 33.2% low-access
- Walworth County, WI · 33.2% low-access
- Gaston County, NC · 33.2% low-access
- Gaston County, NC · 33.2% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside TX (17.5% here).
- Laurens County, SC · 17.5% SNAP
- Laurens County, SC · 17.5% SNAP
- Franklin County, NY · 17.5% SNAP
- Franklin County, NY · 17.5% SNAP
Source: USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) + Census ACS 2024 SNAP. Peers floor at 10,000 residents so stub counties cannot own the match.
Nueces County inside a higher low-access state context
Nueces County sits inside Texas (ringed). Each state is colored by population-weighted low-access; click any state to compare.
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted · Census ACS 2024 context
Read with this county
Sources: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019) · U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2024 5-Year Estimates · methodology · compiled .
PlainFoodAccess renders this county profile directly from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates), no number is typed in by an editor. Figures for Nueces County, TX are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 48355. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-06-23. Primary sources: USDA Food Access Research Atlas and Census ACS 5-year estimates.
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