Greater San Antonio

San Antonio–New Braunfels is an eight-county metropolitan area in the United States defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The metropolitan area is colloquially referred to as "Greater San Antonio" and is situated in South-Central Texas. 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—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 Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington and Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown. It is also the third-fastest growing large metropolitan area in the state, after Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos and Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, respectively.

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

Places with more than 1,000,000 people

 * San Antonio (Principal city)

Places with 50,000 to 100,000 people

 * New Braunfels (Principal city)

Places with 25,000 to 50,000 people

 * Schertz
 * Seguin

Places with 10,000 to 25,000 people

 * Boerne
 * Canyon Lake
 * Cibolo
 * Converse
 * Leon Valley
 * Live Oak
 * Timberwood Park
 * Universal City

Places with 5,000 to 10,000 people

 * Alamo Heights
 * Bulverde
 * Fair Oaks Ranch
 * Floresville
 * Helotes
 * Hondo
 * Kirby
 * Lackland AFB
 * Lakehills
 * Pleasanton
 * Selma
 * Terrell Hills
 * Windcrest

Places with 1,000 to 5,000 people

 * Balcones Heights
 * Castle Hills
 * Castroville
 * Charlotte
 * China Grove
 * Comfort
 * Cross Mountain
 * Devine
 * Elmendorf
 * Garden Ridge
 * Hill Country Village
 * Hollywood Park
 * Jourdanton
 * LaCoste
 * La Vernia
 * Lytle
 * Marion
 * McQueeney
 * Medina
 * Natalia
 * Nixon (partial)
 * Northcliff (former)
 * Olmos Park
 * Poteet
 * Poth
 * Randolph AFB
 * Redwood
 * Scenic Oaks
 * Shavano Park
 * Somerset
 * St. Hedwig
 * Stockdale
 * Von Ormy

Places with fewer than 1,000 people

 * Bandera
 * Christine
 * Geronimo
 * Grey Forest
 * Kingsbury
 * New Berlin
 * Santa Clara
 * Staples
 * Zuehl

Unincorporated places

 * Adkins
 * Amphion
 * Atascosa
 * Bandera Falls
 * Carpenter
 * D'Hanis
 * Dunlay
 * Fischer
 * Kicaster
 * Leming
 * Leon Springs
 * Macdona
 * Mico
 * Pearson
 * Pandora
 * Pipe Creek
 * Rio Medina
 * Saspamco
 * Sayers
 * Spring Branch
 * Sutherland Springs
 * Tarpley
 * Vanderpool
 * Yancey

Economy
The San Antonio–New Braunfels metropolitan area is home to six Fortune 1000 companies. Valero Energy Corp, Tesoro Petroleum Corp, Clear Channel Communications, USAA, and NuStar Energy are located in San Antonio. Rush Enterprises is located in New Braunfels.

Transportation
Interstate Highways Other major highways
 * [[Image:I-10.svg|20px]] Interstate 10- West to El Paso, east to Houston
 * [[Image:I-35.svg|20px]] Interstate 35- North to Dallas, south to Laredo
 * [[Image:I-37.svg|20px]] Interstate 37- South to Corpus Christi
 * [[Image:I-410.svg|20px]] Interstate 410- Loop around San Antonio, also passes through the cities of Castle Hills, Balcones Heights, and Leon Valley
 * [[Image:US 87.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 87- South to Victoria, north to San Angelo
 * [[Image:US 90.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 90- West to Uvalde
 * [[Image:US 181.svg|23px]] U.S. Highway 181- South to Beeville
 * [[Image:US 281.svg|23px]] U.S. Highway 281- North to Wichita Falls, south to McAllen

Demographics
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, 6.2% 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.