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. Austin–Round Rock lies about 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. 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 on the city of San Antonio, the second largest city in Texas, second largest city in the Southern United States, 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. Places with more than 1,000,000 people San Antonio (Principal city and central city) (1,532,233) Places with 50,000 to 100,000 people New Braunfels (Principal city) (84,612) Places with 25,000 to 50,000 people Cibolo (30,563) Converse (27,742) Schertz (41,057) Seguin (Principal city)(29,700) Timberwood Park (35,217) Places with 10,000 to 25,000 people Boerne Canyon Lake Leon Valley Live Oak Pleasanton Selma Universal City Uvalde Places with 5,000 to 10,000 people Alamo Heights Bulverde Fair Oaks Ranch Floresville Helotes Hondo Kirby Lackland AFB Lakehills 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 Lake Dunlap Lytle Marion McQueeney Natalia Nixon (partial) Northcliff (former) Olmos Park Poteet Poth Randolph AFB Redwood Sandy Oaks Scenic Oaks Shavano Park Somerset St. Hedwig Stockdale Von Ormy San Saba Places with fewer than 1,000 people Bandera Campbellton Christine Geronimo Grey Forest Kingsbury New Berlin Santa Clara Spring Branch Staples Zuehl Unincorporated places Adkins Amphion Atascosa Bandera Falls Bergheim Carpenter D'Hanis Dunlay Fischer Kicaster Leesville (Guadalupe County segments) Leming Leon Springs Losoya Macdona Medina Mico Pearson Pandora Pipe Creek Rio Medina Saspamco Sayers Sutherland