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Nueces County, TX

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits (SOD), June 30, 2026

Nueces County, Texas, a core county of the Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice, TX market, holds $6.8B in deposits across 16 insured institutions and 69 branches. Prosperity Bank is the largest deposit holder at 27.2% share. The top three banks hold 63% of deposits, which places the county in the Concentrated band. Deposits have fallen 3.0% since 2021 while the branch count fell by 8.0%. It produced $21.6B of real gross domestic product in 2024, ranking #208 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$21.6B
#208 of 1,523
Population
352,992
#215 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$61,208
#332 of 1,523
Deposit market
Deposits (SOD, 6/30/26)
$6.8B
#272 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$19,148
#958 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$98M
#660 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
16
#347 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
19.5
#1,035 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$236M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #254 of 1,523. A lower figure means institutions typically hold smaller deposit positions here; it reflects local deposit presence, not an institution’s overall size. See Community & Regional Bank Share for institution scale.
Community & Regional Bank Share
74.9%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $100B in assets. #667 of 1,523. A higher share points to a market where small to mid-size institutions, the kind that compete on relationships and local decision-making, hold more ground.
Top-3 Banks’ Deposit Share: Concentrated
63%
The combined deposit share of the top three banks by deposits in the county. A lower share means deposits are spread across more institutions.

Ranks show where the county stands among the 1,523 ranked counties (those within a Combined or Metropolitan Statistical Area that have a branch). They describe relative position, not a rating of market quality or suitability.

Deposit trend

County Deposits (SOD, 2021 to 2026)-3.0% over 5 years
$7.0B
2021
$7.3B
2022
$6.8B
2023
$6.7B
2024
$6.6B
2025
$6.8B
2026

Branches: 75 in 2021 to 69 in 2026. Institutions: 16 to 16. Top-three share: 57% to 63%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
deposits
Prosperity Bank$1.8B27.2%15-2%
Frost Bank$1.5B22.7%7-9%
Bank of America$870M12.9%2-5%
Wells Fargo Bank$699M10.3%6-12%
Kleberg Bank$344M5.1%3+32%
PlainsCapital Bank$271M4.0%3+33%
First Community Bank$242M3.6%6+1%
Charter Bank$242M3.6%3-5%
International Bank of Commerce$230M3.4%5-5%
PNC Bank$125M1.9%3-35%
Texas Champion Bank$108M1.6%2+86%
ValueBank Texas$102M1.5%4-19%
First State Bank of Odem$83M1.2%2+49%
First National Bank Texas$37M0.5%6-1%
Simmons Bank$29M0.4%1+32%
National Bank & Trust$7M0.1%1no 2021 presence

The 16 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, per the FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2026. Five-year change compares the same institution’s county deposits in 2021 and 2026. Institutions are tracked by FDIC certificate number, and where an institution acquired another bank, the acquired bank’s prior deposits are folded into the baseline so the change reflects the combined, continuing franchise rather than reading as new. “No 2021 presence” means neither the institution nor a bank it later absorbed reported deposits in this county that year. Deposit figures are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.

Part of the Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice market

Nueces County is one of 6 counties that make up the Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice, TX market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #102 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 76.0% of the market’s output and holds 71.8% of its deposits.

MeasureNueces CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$21.6B76.0%
Deposits$6.8B71.8%
Population352,99267.0%

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