Greater San Antonio
metropolitan area in Texas, United States
Greater San Antonio, officially designated San Antonio–New Braunfels, is an eight-county metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Texas defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The metropolitan area straddles South Texas and Central Texas and is on the southwestern corner of the Texas Triangle. The official 2020 U.S. census showed the metropolitan area's population at 2,558,143—up from a reported 1,711,103 in 2000—making it the 24th largest metropolitan area in the United States. Downtown Austin and Downtown San Antonio are approximately 80 miles (129 km) apart, and both fall along the Interstate 35 corridor. This combined metropolitan region of San Antonio–Austin has approximately 5.1 million people.
San Antonio–New Braunfels is the third-largest metro area in Texas, after Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington and Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land.
Counties
There are eight counties that combine to form Greater San Antonio. The central county is Bexar.
The MSA covers a total of 7,387 square miles (19,130 km2), of which 7,340 sq mi (19,000 km2) is land and 47 sq mi (120 km2) is water.
Communities
Greater San Antonio has a number of communities spread out across several counties and regions.
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