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Greater San Antonio is a 8-county metropolitan area

Metropolitan area

The term metropolitan area refers to a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing. A metropolitan area usually encompasses multiple jurisdictions and municipalities: neighborhoods, townships,...

defined by the Office of Management and Budget. It is located in the South Central

South Central

South Central may refer to:* South Los Angeles , an area in Los Angeles, California* South Central Alaska, a region containing Anchorage metropolitan area* South Central Railway Zone , a part of Indian Railways...

region of Texas. The MSA of Greater San Antonio is colloquially referred to as the "San Antonio-New Braunfels" metropolitan area as of the 2010 census.

The official 2010 U.S. Census results showed the metropolitan area's population at 2.14 million—up from a reported 1.71 million in 2000

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

—making it the 25th largest metropolitan area in the United States.

The San Antonio–New Braunfels MSA is the third-largest metro area in the state of Texas, after and . The San Antonio-New Braunfels MSA grew by more than 25% between 2000 and 2010.

Counties

Census Area	2010 Census United States Census, 2010 The Twenty-third United States Census, known as Census 2010 or the 2010 Census, is the current national census of the United States. National Census Day was April 1, 2010 and is the reference date used in enumerating individuals...	2000 Census United States Census, 2000 The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...	1990 Census United States Census, 1990 The Twenty-first United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 248,709,873, an increase of 9.8 percent over the 226,545,805 persons enumerated during the 1980 Census....
San Antonio–New Braunfels Metropolitan Area	2,142,508	1,711,703	1,407,745
Atascosa, Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...	44,911	38,628	30,533
Bandera Bandera County, Texas Bandera County, formed in 1856 from Bexar and Uvalde counties, is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2000, the population is 17,645. Its county seat is Bandera. Bandera is named for the Spanish word for flag... , Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...	20,485	17,645	10,562
Bexar Bexar County, Texas As of the census of 2000, there were 1,392,931 people, 488,942 households, and 345,681 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,117 people per square mile . There were 521,359 housing units at an average density of 418 per square mile... , Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...	1,714,773	1,392,931	1,185,394
Comal Comal County, Texas Comal County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, its population was 108,472. Its seat is New Braunfels.Comal County is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History Timeline:... , Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...	108,472	78,021	51,832
Guadalupe Guadalupe County, Texas Guadalupe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 89,023. It is named for the Guadalupe River. The seat of the county is Seguin. It was founded in 1846.... , Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...	131,533	89,023	64,873
Kendall Kendall County, Texas Kendall County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2008 census, its population was 32,886. Its seat is Boerne.... , Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...	33,410	23,743	14,589
Medina, Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...	46,006	39,204	27,312
Wilson Wilson County, Texas Wilson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 32,408. Its county seat is Floresville. The county is named after James Charles Wilson.... , Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...	42,918	32,408	22,650

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

Places with 10,000 to 25,000 people

Boerne
Boerne, Texas
Boerne is a city in the Hill Country of Texas in the United States. It is the county seat of Kendall County. Boerne was named in honor of Ludwig Börne, a Jewish German author and publicist, and its population was 10, 471 in the 2010 census. The city is noted for the landmark U.S. Supreme Court...
Canyon Lake
Canyon Lake, Texas
Canyon Lake is a census-designated place in Comal County, Texas, United States. The population was 16,870 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area....
Cibolo
Cibolo, Texas
Cibolo is a city in Guadalupe County in the U.S. state of Texas.-Schools:The City of Cibolo is served by the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District .Maxine and Lutrell Watts ElementaryO.G. Wiederstein Elementary...
Converse
Converse, Texas
Converse is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Converse is located at ....
Leon Valley
Leon Valley, Texas
Leon Valley is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States. It is an enclave of San Antonio and is part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 9,239 at the 2000 census; the July 1, 2009 Census estimate, however, showed the population had grown to 11,020...

Live Oak
Live Oak, Texas
Live Oak is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States. The population was 9,156 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Live Oak is located at ....
Timberwood Park
Timberwood Park, Texas
Timberwood Park is a census-designated place in Bexar County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,889 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
Universal City
Universal City, Texas
Universal City is a city in Bexar and Guadalupe Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It borders San Antonio to the northeast, and is adjacent to Randolph Air Force Base. The population was 14,849 at the 2000 census. Through Universal City is Pat Booker Road, the commercial thoroughfare of the city...

Places with 5,000 to 10,000 people

Alamo Heights
Alamo Heights, Texas
Alamo Heights is an incorporated town that is completely surrounded by the City of San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County. At the time of the 2000 U.S. Census, this town's population was just 7,319, and 7,477 by 2009. However, its location as an enclave in San Antonio causes it to be a part of the...
Bulverde
Bulverde, Texas
Bulverde is a city in Comal County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,761 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Bulverde is located at , about 23 miles north of downtown San Antonio....
Fair Oaks Ranch
Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas
Fair Oaks Ranch is a city in Bexar, Comal, and Kendall Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 4,695 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
Floresville
Floresville, Texas
Floresville is a city in Wilson County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,868 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Wilson County. The city is also part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area....
Helotes
Helotes, Texas
Helotes is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States. It is part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,285 at the 2000 census; the July 1, 2009 Census estimate, however, showed the population had grown to 7,960.-History:According to...
Hondo
Hondo, Texas
Hondo is a city in and the county seat of Medina County, Texas, United States. According to the 2000 Census, the population was 7,897...
Kirby
Kirby, Texas
Kirby is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States. It is an enclave of San Antonio and is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Founded as an agricultural settlement along the Southern Pacific railroad, the city was transformed into a suburban community upon its incorporation...
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Lakehills
Lakehills, Texas
Lakehills is a census-designated place in Bandera County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,668 at the 2000 census, making it the most populous place in Bandera county. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
Pleasanton
Pleasanton, Texas
Pleasanton is a city in Atascosa County, Texas, United States. The population was 8,266 at the 2000 census. Pleasanton's official motto is "The City of Live Oaks and Friendly Folks." It is part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area....

Selma
Selma, Texas
Selma is a city in Bexar, Comal, and Guadalupe Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area...
Terrell Hills
Terrell Hills, Texas
Terrell Hills is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States, located five miles northeast of downtown San Antonio. It is part of a group of three cities — Terrell Hills, Alamo Heights, and Olmos Park — located between downtown San Antonio and Fort Sam Houston...
Windcrest
Windcrest, Texas
Windcrest is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,105 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Windcrest is located at ....

Places with 1,000 to 5,000 people

Balcones Heights
Balcones Heights, Texas
Balcones Heights is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,941 at the 2010 census. Balcones Heights is considered by locals to be a part of San Antonio, despite the fact that the community was incorporated in 1948 to avoid annexation into the city. Truly, Balcones...
Castle Hills
Castle Hills, Texas
Castle Hills is a city located in Bexar County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 4,202. It is an enclave of San Antonio and is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
Castroville
Castroville, Texas
Castroville is a city in Medina County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,664 at the 2000 census. Prior to 1893, Castroville was the first county seat of Medina County....
Charlotte
Charlotte, Texas
Charlotte is a city in Atascosa County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,637 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is named for Charlotte Simmons, the daughter of Dr...
China Grove
China Grove, Texas
China Grove is a town in Bexar County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,247 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:China Grove is located at ....
Comfort
Comfort, Texas
Comfort is a census-designated place in Kendall County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,363 at the 2010 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
Cross Mountain
Cross Mountain, Texas
Cross Mountain is a census-designated place in Bexar County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,524 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
Devine
Devine, Texas
Devine is a city in Medina County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,140 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Devine is located at ....
Elmendorf
Elmendorf, Texas
Elmendorf is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States. It is part of the San Antonio—New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 664 at the 2000 census. Elmendorf is located seventeen miles southeast of San Antonio at the juncture of Farm Road 327 and the Southern Pacific...
Garden Ridge
Garden Ridge, Texas
Garden Ridge is a city in Comal County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,882 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Garden Ridge is located at , 19 miles northeast of San Antonio....

Hill Country Village
Hill Country Village, Texas
Hill Country Village is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,028 at the 2000 census. It is an enclave of San Antonio and is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
Hollywood Park
Hollywood Park, Texas
Hollywood Park is a town in Bexar County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,983 at the 2000 census. It is an enclave of San Antonio and is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
Jourdanton
Jourdanton, Texas
Jourdanton is a city in and the county seat of Atascosa County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,732 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
LaCoste
LaCoste, Texas
LaCoste is a city in Medina County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,255 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:LaCoste is located at ....
La Vernia
La Vernia, Texas
La Vernia is a city in Wilson County, Texas, United States. The population was 931 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
Lytle
Lytle, Texas
Lytle is a city in Atascosa, Bexar, and Medina counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 2,383 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Lytle is located at...
Marion
Marion, Texas
Marion is a city in Guadalupe County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,099 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:The city is named in for Marion Dove, whose grandfather, Joshua W...
McQueeney
McQueeney, Texas
McQueeney is a census-designated place in Guadalupe County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,527 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
Medina
Medina, Texas
Medina is a census-designated place in Bandera County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,960 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area...
Natalia
Natalia, Texas
Natalia is a city in Medina County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,663 at the 2000 census. It was founded in 1912 and was named after Natalie Pearson Nicholson, daughter of Frederick Stark Pearson, engineer, designer and builder of the Medina Dam....

Nixon
Nixon, Texas
Nixon is a city in Gonzales and Wilson Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 2,186 at the 2000 census.The Wilson County portion of Nixon is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

(partial)
Northcliff
Northcliff, Texas
Northcliff is a former census-designated place in Guadalupe County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,819 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

(former)
Olmos Park
Olmos Park, Texas
Olmos Park is a city located within San Antonio in Bexar County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,343 at the 2000 census. The city is the second wealthiest location in the San Antonio metropolitan area after Hill Country Village.- Government :...
Poteet
Poteet, Texas
Poteet is a city in Atascosa County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,305 as of the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was named for its first postmaster, Francis Marion Poteet....
Poth
Poth, Texas
Poth is a town in Wilson County, Texas, United States, located Southeast of the city of San Antonio. The population was 1,850 at the 2000 census...
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Redwood
Redwood, Texas
Redwood is a census-designated place in Guadalupe County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,586 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Redwood is located at ....
Scenic Oaks
Scenic Oaks, Texas
Scenic Oaks is a census-designated place in Bexar County, Texas, United States. It is considered part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,279 at the 2000 census...
Shavano Park
Shavano Park, Texas
Shavano Park is a city located in Bexar County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census the population was 1,754. It is an enclave of San Antonio and is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
Somerset
Somerset, Texas
Somerset is a city of Bexar County in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located less than 20 miles south of San Antonio and is part of the metropolitan area. The population was 1,550 at the 2000 census.-History:...

St. Hedwig
St. Hedwig, Texas
St. Hedwig is a town in Bexar County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,875 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...
Stockdale
Stockdale, Texas
Stockdale is a city in Wilson County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,398 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Stockdale is located at ....
Von Ormy
Von Ormy, Texas
Von Ormy is a city located in southwest Bexar County, Texas, United States. It has been known as Von Ormy since the late 1880s. Prior to 1880, the community was known as Mann's Crossing, Garza's Crossing, Medina Crossing, and Paso de las Garzas. The former settlements of Kirk, Texas and Bexar,...

Places with fewer than 1,000 people

Bandera
Bandera, Texas
Bandera is the county seat of Bandera County, Texas, United States,in the Texas Hill Country, which is part of the Edwards Plateau. The population was 957 at the 2000 census, and according to a 2009 estimate, the population had jumped up to 1,216 people...
Christine
Christine, Texas
Christine is a town in Atascosa County, Texas, United States. The population was 436 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Etymology:In October 1910, the town of "New Artesia" was to be incorporated...
Geronimo
Geronimo, Texas
Geronimo is a census-designated place in Guadalupe County, Texas, United States. The population was 619 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:José Antonio Navarro lived here 1840-1853...
Grey Forest
Grey Forest, Texas
Grey Forest is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States. The population was 418 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Grey Forest is located on Scenic Loop Road at ....
Kingsbury
Kingsbury, Texas
Kingsbury is a census-designated place in Guadalupe County, Texas, United States. The population was 652 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
New Berlin
New Berlin, Texas
New Berlin is a city in Guadalupe County, Texas, United States. The population was 467 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:New Berlin is located at ....
Santa Clara
Santa Clara, Texas
Santa Clara is a city in Guadalupe County, Texas, United States. The population was 889 at the 2000 census. Santa Clara's population is estimated at 991 people in 2007...
Staples
Staples, Texas
Staples is a city in northeastern Guadalupe County, Texas, United States. In an election held on May 10, 2008, its residents voted to incorporate the community as a city. A total of 125 votes were cast with 87 in favor of incorporation and 38 against...
Zuehl
Zuehl, Texas
Zuehl is a census-designated place in southwestern Guadalupe County, Texas, United States. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Located on Cibolo Creek, it lies 14 miles southwest of Seguin. The population was 346 at the 2000 census. Once known as Perryman's Crossing, it was...

Unincorporated places

Adkins
Adkins, Texas
Adkins is an unincorporated area in eastern Bexar County, Texas, United States. It lies on FM 1518, about 1 mile north of the Texas Pride Restaurant.-History:...
Amphion
Amphion, Texas
Amphion is an unincorporated community fourteen kilometres northwest of Pleasanton in west central Atascosa County. The origin of the name is not known....
Atascosa
Atascosa, Texas
Atascosa is an unincorporated community located in Southwest Bexar County, Texas, United States. Atascosa is 14 miles Southwest of downtown San Antonio. It is located between Von Ormy and Lytle off of I-35. It is often confused with nearby Atascosa County...
Bandera Falls
Bandera Falls, Texas
Bandera Falls is an unincorporated community in Bandera County, Texas, United States. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.It is a residential subdivision located several miles south of Bandera and about 3.5 miles southwest of Pipe Creek...
Carpenter
Carpenter, Texas
Carpenter is a small unincorporated community in western Wilson County, Texas, United States. It lies between the towns of La Vernia and St. Hedwig on Farm to Market Road 1346. The community is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
D'Hanis
D'Hanis, Texas
D'Hanis is a small unincorporated community in central Medina County, Texas, United States. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.D'Hanis is located at the intersections of U.S...
Dunlay
Dunlay, Texas
Dunlay is an unincorporated community in Medina County, Texas, United States. It lies about six miles west of Castroville and eight miles east of Hondo on U.S. Highway 90. The town was named after Jerry Dunlay, a local train conductor. Dunlay, which was originally called Enterprise, was...
Fischer
Fischer, Texas
Fischer is an unincorporated community in Comal County, Texas, United States. The community is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.Although it is unincorporated, Fischer has a post office, with the ZIP code of 78623.-External links:...
Kicaster
Kicaster, Texas
Kicaster is an unincorporated community in northwestern Wilson County, Texas, United States. It lies along Farm to Market Road 3432 twelve miles northwest of Floresville. The community was founded near the Kicaster Creek soon after the Civil War. A one room school was in operation by 1896 with an...
Leming
Leming, Texas
Leming is an unincorporated community in Atascosa County, Texas, United States. Although it is unincorporated, Leming has a post office, with the ZIP code of 78050.-External links:...

Leon Springs
Leon Springs, Texas
Leon Springs is an unincorporated community in Bexar County, Texas, now partially within the limits of San Antonio.The region was settled in the mid-nineteenth century by German immigrants, most notably Johannes von Meusebach, George von Plehve, and Max Aue. Aue founded an inn which became the...
Macdona
Macdona, Texas
Macdona is an unincorporated community in Bexar County, Texas, United States. Macdona lies along the Union Pacific rail line near Loop 1604 in southwest Bexar County. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
Mico
Mico, Texas
Mico, founded in 1911, is an unincorporated community in northeastern Medina County, Texas, United States, approximately west of San Antonio. The community is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area...
Pearson
Pearson, Texas
Pearson, named for Dr. Frederick Stark Pearson, is an unincorporated community in Medina County, Texas, United States. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Pearson was established in 1912 by the Medina Valley Irrigation Company as a stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad...
Pandora
Pandora, Texas
Pandora is an unincorporated community in Wilson County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 125 in 2000. Pandora is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area....
Pipe Creek
Pipe Creek, Texas
Pipe Creek is an unincorporated community in Bandera County, Texas, United States. It had a population of approximately 66 in 1990. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area....
Rio Medina
Rio Medina, Texas
Rio Medina, is an unincorporated town in Medina County, Texas, United States. It is located approximately five miles north of Castroville and is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2006-07 Texas Almanac, it had a population of 60 people in 2000...
Saspamco
Sayers
Sayers, Texas
Sayers is a small unincorporated town located at the intersection of U.S. Route 87 and FM 1628 in eastern Bexar County, Texas, United States. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
Spring Branch

Sutherland Springs
Sutherland Springs, Texas
Sutherland Springs is an unincorporated community located on the old Spanish land grant of Manuel Tarin in northern Wilson County, Texas, United States. It is on U.S. Highway 87 at the intersection with Farm Road 539, about twenty-one miles east of San Antonio...
Tarpley
Tarpley, Texas
Tarpley is an unincorporated community in Bandera County, Texas, United States. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.The Bandera Independent School District serves area students.-External links:...
Vanderpool
Vanderpool, Texas
Vanderpool is a small unincorporated community in Bandera County in the U.S. state of Texas, in the Texas Hill Country, which is part of the Edwards Plateau. It lies west of Bandera. Hunting, ranching and tourism are chief contributors to the regional economy. Vanderpool had a population of 22 in...
Yancey
Yancey, Texas
Yancey is an unincorporated town in Medina County, Texas, United States. It is approximately 12 miles south of Hondo and is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2006-07 Texas Almanac, it had a population of 209 people in 2000. According to an online community...

Economy

The Greater San Antonio area is home to some of America's largest companies as well as a diverse range of industries.

There are six Fortune 1000

Fortune 1000

Fortune 1000 is a reference to a list maintained by the American business magazine Fortune. The list is of the 1000 largest American companies, ranked on revenues alone...

companies. Valero Energy Corp, Tesoro Petroleum Corp

Tesoro

Tesoro Corporation is a Fortune 100 and a Fortune Global 500 company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, with 2008 annual revenues of $28.3 billion, and approximately 5,600 employees....

, Clear Channel Communications

Clear Channel Communications

Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...

, USAA

USAA

United Services Automobile Association is a Fortune 500 financial services company offering banking, investing, and insurance to people and families that serve, or served, in the United States military. In 2011, there were 8.4 million members. The company reported a net worth of $19.3 billion in...

, and NuStar Energy are located in San Antonio. Rush Enterprises is located in New Braunfels.

Sports

Major Professional Sports Teams

Club
Sport
Founded
League
Venue

San Antonio Spurs

San Antonio Spurs

The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They are part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ....

Basketball
1967
NBA

National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...

AT&T Center

AT&T Center is an indoor arena, located in San Antonio, Texas, USA. It seats 18,581, for basketball , 13,800, for ice hockey and 19,000, for concerts or religious gatherings and contains 2,018 club seats, 50 luxury suites and 32 bathrooms .It was completed in 2002, as the SBC...

San Antonio Silver Stars

The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...

Basketball
1997
WNBA

Women's National Basketball Association

The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

AT&T Center

Other Professional Teams

Club
Sport
Founded
League
Venue

San Antonio Rampage

San Antonio Rampage

The San Antonio Rampage are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League based in San Antonio, Texas. They are the top affiliate of the Florida Panthers of the NHL. Their home arena is the AT&T Center.-History:...

Hockey

Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...

1994
AHL

American Hockey League

The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...

AT&T Center

San Antonio Missions

The San Antonio Missions are a minor league baseball team based in San Antonio, Texas. The team, which plays in the Texas League, is the Double-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres major-league club. The Missions play in Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium, located in San Antonio...

Baseball
1888
TL

Texas League

The Texas League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the South Central United States. It is classified a Double-A league. The league was founded in 1888 and ran through 1892...

Wolff Stadium
San Antonio Talons
Football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

2000
AFL

Arena Football League

The Arena Football League is the highest level of professional indoor American football in the United States. It is currently the second longest running professional football league in the United States, after the National Football League. It was founded in 1987 by Jim Foster...

Alamodome

The Alamodome is a domed 65,000 seat, multi-purpose facility that is primarily used as a football/basketball stadium and convention center in San Antonio, Texas, U.S...

San Antonio Scorpions FC
Tennis
2010
NASL

North American Soccer League

North American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:...

STAR Soccer Complex

STAR Soccer Complex is a proposed soccer venue in San Antonio, Texas, United States. A new stadium is expected to be built at the Soccer Complex and become the home venue of the San Antonio Scorpions FC team....

Texas Fuel

The Texas Fuel, formerly the South Texas Showboats, are a basketball team in the American Basketball Association. Based in San Antonio, the Fuel play their home games at the Alamo Convocation Center....

Basketball
2008
ABA

American Basketball Association

The American Basketball Association was a professional basketball league founded in 1967. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger in 1976.-League history:...

Alamo Convocation Center

Transportation

Interstate Highways

Interstate 10- West to El Paso
El Paso
El Paso, a city in the U.S. state of Texas, on the border with Mexico.El Paso may also refer to:-Geography:Colombia:* El Paso, CesarSpain:*El Paso, Santa Cruz de TenerifeUnited States:...

, east to Houston
Interstate 35- North to Dallas, south to Laredo
Laredo, Texas
Laredo is the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States, located on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. According to the 2010 census, the city population was 236,091 making it the 3rd largest on the United States-Mexican border,...
Interstate 37- South to Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. The MSA population in 2008 was 416,376. The population was 305,215 at the 2010 census making it the...
Interstate 410- Loop around San Antonio, also passes through the cities of Castle Hills, Balcones Heights, and Leon Valley

Other major highways

U.S. Highway 87- South to Victoria
Victoria, Texas
Victoria is a city in and the seat of Victoria County, Texas, United States. The population was 60,603 at the 2000 census. The three counties of the Victoria Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 111,163 at the 2000 census,...

, north to San Angelo
U.S. Highway 90- West to Uvalde
Uvalde
Uvalde may refer to:*Uvalde County - a county in south Texas*Uvalde, Texas - a city and the Uvalde County seat*Uvalde Estates - a census-designated place in Uvalde County...
U.S. Highway 181- South to Beeville
U.S. Highway 281- North to Wichita Falls, south to McAllen

Demographics

As of the census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

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, 6.2% African American, 0.8% Native American, 1.4% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 16.6% from other races

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

, 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

Per capita income

Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

for the MSA was $18,713.

Counties

Places with 10,000 to 25,000 people

Places with 5,000 to 10,000 people

Places with 1,000 to 5,000 people

Places with fewer than 1,000 people

Unincorporated places

Economy

Sports

Transportation

Demographics

See also