Nueces County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 340,223, making it the 14th-most populous county in the state. The county seat is Corpus Christi. The county was formed in 1846 from portions of San Patricio County and organized the following year. It is named for the Nueces River, which marks the county's northwestern boundary with San Patricio County before emptying into its mouth at Nueces Bay north of the port of Corpus Christi.
Nueces County is part of the Corpus Christi metropolitan statistical area.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 1,166 square miles , of which 838 square miles are land and 327 square miles are covered by water. It borders the Gulf of Mexico.
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