Nueces County
Nueces County is one of the 254 counties of the US state of Texas. The county seat is Corpus Christi, as is its largest city. The county has an area of 3021 km² and a population of 313 645 inhabitants, for a population density of 145 inhabitants / km². This county was founded in 1846. The name of the county comes from the Nueces River, which runs through the county.