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**San Antonio–New Braunfels**
Common name: Greater San Antonio
Largest city	San Antonio
Other cities	- New Braunfels
Population	Ranked 28^th in the U.S.
- Total	2,031,445 (2008 est.)
- Density	N/A/sq. mi. N/A/km²
Area	N/A sq. mi. N/A km²
State(s)	Texas
Elevation
- Highest point	N/A feet (N/A m)
- Lowest point	N/A feet (N/A m)

San Antonio–New Braunfels is an eight-county metropolitan area in the South Texas region of Texas, centering in the city of San Antonio. As of July 1, 2008 census estimate, the metropolitan area's population exceeded 2 million, up from a reported 1.7 million in 2000.^[1]

The San Antonio–New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area 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 fourth-fastest growing metropolitan area in the state, after Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, and Austin.

1 Counties
2 Communities
3 Economy
4 Transportation
5 Demographics
6 See also
7 References

Counties

Census Area	July 1, 2008	Census 2000	1990 Census
San Antonio–New Braunfels Metropolitan Area	2,031,445	1,711,703	1,592,383
Atascosa, Texas	43,877	38,628	30,533
Bandera, Texas	20,303	17,645	10,562
Bexar, Texas	1,622,899	1,392,931	1,185,394
Comal, Texas	109,635	78,021	51,832
Guadalupe, Texas	117,172	89,023	64,873
Kendall, Texas	32,886	23,743	14,589
Medina, Texas	44,275	39,204	27,312
Wilson, Texas	40,398	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.

Communities

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

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

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

Interstate 10- West to El Paso, east to Houston
Interstate 35- North to Dallas, south to Laredo
Interstate 37- South to Corpus Christi
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, north to San Angelo
U.S. Highway 90- West to Uvalde
U.S. Highway 181- South to Beeville
U.S. Highway 281- North to Wichita Falls, south to McAllen

Demographics

As of the census^[2] 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 71.40% White, 6.24% African American, 0.77% Native American, 1.40% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 16.64% from other races, and 3.44% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 50.43% 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.