page_title: Corpus Christi, Texas
section_title: Neighborhoods
hierarchical_section_title: Corpus Christi, Texas / Geography / Neighborhoods
caption_attribution_description: English: Corpus Christi, Texas
context_page_description: Corpus Christi, colloquially Corpus, is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio Counties. It is 130 miles southeast of San Antonio. Its political boundaries encompass Nueces Bay and Corpus Christi Bay. Its zoned boundaries include small land parcels or water inlets of three neighboring counties.
  The city's population was estimated to be 326,586 in 2019, making it the eighth-most populous city in Texas. The Corpus Christi metropolitan area had an estimated population of 442,600. It is also the hub of the six-county Corpus Christi-Kingsville Combined Statistical Area, with a 2013 estimated population of 516,793. The Port of Corpus Christi is the fifth-largest in the United States. The region is served by the Corpus Christi International Airport.
  The city's name means body of Christ in Ecclesiastical Latin, in reference to the Christian sacrament of Holy Communion.
context_section_description: Bayside
  Flour Bluff
  South Side
  Calallen
  Clarkwood
  Annaville
  North Beach
  Mustang Island
  North Padre Island
  Gardendale
caption: Aerial view of Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
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