Greater San Antonio


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. The metropolitan area straddles South Texas and Central Texas and is on the southwestern corner of the Texas Triangle. The official 2018 U.S. Census estimate showed the metropolitan area's population at 2,550,960—up from a reported 1,711,103 in 2000—making it the 24th largest metropolitan area in the United States. Austin–Round Rock lies about 80 miles northeast of Greater San Antonio.
San Antonio–New Braunfels is the third-largest metro area in Texas, after and.

Counties

There are eight counties that combine to form Greater San Antonio. The central county is Bexar.
Census AreaEstimated population as of July 1, 20192010 Census2000 Census1990 Census
San Antonio–New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area2,550,9602,142,5081,711,7031,407,745
Atascosa51,15344,91138,62830,533
Bandera23,11220,48517,64510,562
Bexar2,003,5541,714,7731,392,9311,185,394
Comal156,209108,47278,02151,832
Guadalupe166,847131,53389,02364,873
Kendall47,43133,41023,74314,589
Medina51,58446,00639,20427,312
Wilson51,07042,91832,40822,650

The MSA covers a total of 7,387 sq. mi. 7,340 sq. mi. is land and 47 sq. mi. is water.

Communities

Greater San Antonio has a number of communities spread out across several counties and regions. It is centered around the City of San Antonio, the second largest city in Texas and the seventh largest city in the USA, with roughly 1.5 million residents spread across approximately 500 square miles. Other regions include the Randolph Metrocom and the surrounding counties.
is the urban core of the metropolitan area.

Places with more than 1,000,000 people

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,711,703 people, 601,265 households, and 432,131 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 71.4% White, 7.2% African American, 0.8% Native American, 1.4% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 16.6% from other races, and 3.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 50.4% of the population. The median income for a household in the MSA was $40,764 and the median income for a family was $46,686. Males had a median income of $32,143 versus $24,007 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $18,713.

Economy

San Antonio–New Braunfels is home to five Fortune 1000 companies. Valero Energy Corp, iHeartMedia, USAA, and NuStar Energy are located in San Antonio. Rush Enterprises is located in New Braunfels.
San Antonio is often referred to as "Military City, USA" due to the heavy military presence. Currently, San Antonio is home to the largest concentrations of military bases in the U.S. The following military bases are in the San Antonio area: Lackland Air Force Base, Brooke Army Medical Center, Randolph Air Force Base, and Fort Sam Houston.

Culture

San Antonio is a popular tourist destination. San Antonio is known as the "Alamo City", due to the Alamo being located near downtown San Antonio. Other major attractions in San Antonio include the following: River Walk, SeaWorld, San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio Aquarium, and Six Flags. New Braunfels is home to a very popular water park known as Schlitterbahn.

Sports

ClubSportLeagueFoundedVenue AttendanceTitlesChampionship
years
UTSA RoadrunnersAmerican footballNCAA Division I2011Alamodome 27,5760
San Antonio SpursBasketballNBA1967AT&T Center 18,4185
San Antonio MissionsBaseballPacific Coast League1888Wolff Stadium 8,50013
San Antonio FCSoccerUSL Championship2016Toyota Field 6,7650
Crossmen Drum and Bugle CorpsDrum CorpsDrum Corps International1975VariesVaries0
San Antonio SoldadosQuidditchMajor League Quidditch2019VariesVaries0

The city of San Antonio is home to only one Major League sports team; the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA. The city's football team is the UTSA Roadrunners who compete at the NCAA FBS level. Multiple minor league teams play in San Antonio, including San Antonio Missions and San Antonio FC.

Transportation

The San Antonio International Airport is located in uptown San Antonio, approximately eight miles north of downtown. It has two terminals and is served by 21 airlines serving 44 destinations including six in Mexico and one in Canada.
VIA Metropolitan Transit is the metropolitan area's public transportation authority, serving the entire City of San Antonio and many of its suburbs throughout Bexar County.
San Antonio Station serves as the area's Amtrak train station.
Interstate highways
Other major highways
The City of San Antonio is home to many public institutions. The San Antonio area's largest university is the University of Texas at San Antonio. Other public institutions include the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas A&M University–San Antonio, and the five colleges of the Alamo Community College District.
The city has many private institutions as well, such as Our Lady of the Lake University and St. Mary's University on the inner west side. Trinity University and the University of the Incarnate Word are in Midtown. The Culinary Institute of America maintains its third campus in downtown.
Texas Lutheran University in Seguin and Howard Payne University at New Braunfels, now offering classes at a local high school but will soon have a true campus in the Veramendi Development, are the only higher education institutions in the area outside of San Antonio city limits.
The San Antonio area has many public elementary and secondary schools sorted into the following independent school districts:
CountyIndependent School Districts
AtascosaCharlotte, Jourdanton, Karnes City, Lytle, Pleasanton, Poteet, Somerset
BanderaBandera, Medina, Northside, Utopia
Bexar County/City of San AntonioAlamo Heights, Boerne, Comal, East Central, Edgewood, Fort Sam Houston, Harlandale, Judson, Lackland, Medina Valley, North East, Northside, Randolph Field, San Antonio, Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City, South San Antonio, Southside, Southwest, Somerset
ComalNew Braunfels, Comal, Boerne
GuadalupeSeguin, Navarro, Comal, New Braunfels, Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City, Marion, San Marcos Consolidated, Nixon-Smiley Consolidated, Prairie Lea, Luling, La Vernia
KendallBoerne, Comfort, Blanco, Comal
MedinaDevine, Hondo, Medina Valley, Natalia, Lytle
WilsonFloresville, La Vernia, Stockdale, Nixon-Smiley Consolidated, Poth, East Central