Greater San Antonio

Greater San Antonio
Metropolitan Statistical Area
San Antonio–New Braunfels, Texas
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Map
San Antonio–New Braunfels–Kerrville, TX CSA
Country United States
State Texas
Principal cities
Area
 • Urban
597.1 sq mi (1,546 km2)
 • MSA7,387 sq mi (19,130 km2)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Urban
1,880,707 26th
 • Urban density2,944.6/sq mi (1,136.9/km2)
 • MSA
2,558,143 (24th)
 • MSA density302.42/sq mi (116.77/km2)
GDP
[2]
 • MSA$163.1 billion (2022)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

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.[3][4] 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 million people.[5]

San Antonio–New Braunfels is the third-largest metro area in Texas, after Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington and Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensus2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Total Gross Domestic Product for San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX (MSA)". fred.stlouisfed.org.
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (CBSA-EST2009-01)". 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 23, 2010. Archived from the original (CSV) on March 26, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
  5. ^ Egan, John (September 6, 2022). "Booming Texas region could rival Dallas-Fort Worth as 'next great U.S. metroplex,' mayor says". CultureMap.