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San Antonio (/ ˌ s æ n æ n ˈ t oʊ n i oʊ / SAN an-TOH-nee-oh; Spanish for "Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio, the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 US census. [12]
San Antonio founded by Martín de Alarcón. [1] [2] Mission San Antonio de Valero founded. 1720 – Mission San Jose founded. [3] 1722 – Presidio San Antonio de Bexar built. 1731 – Juan Leal Goraz becomes first mayor. 1750 – Church of San Fernando completed. [2] 1773 – San Antonio de Bexar named capital of Spanish Texas. [4]
Region Rank City 2020 Census 2010 Census % change County ; 1 San Antonio: 1,434,625 1,327,407 +8.08%: Bexar County: 2 Corpus Christi: 317,863 305,215
Bexar County (/ b ɛər / BAIR or / ˈ b eɪ ər / ⓘ BAY-ər; Spanish: Béxar) [1] [2] is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.It is in South Texas and its county seat is San Antonio. [3]As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,009,324, making it the state's fourth-most populous county.
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, [6] and the seventh largest city in the USA, with roughly 1.5 million residents spread across approximately 500 square miles.
An estimated 637,000 lived in Texas from 15 to 19 and 20 years or more. ... Asian American population is in Austin, Corpus Christi, San ... to San Antonio, ...
The Texas Triangle is a region of Texas that contains the state's five largest cities and is home to the majority of the state's population. The Texas Triangle is formed by the state's four main urban centers, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio, connected by Interstate 45, Interstate 10, and Interstate 35.
I-10/US-87 lead southeast 31 miles (50 km) to downtown San Antonio and northwest 16 miles (26 km) to Comfort, where the highways diverge. According to the United States Census Bureau , Boerne has a total area of 11.6 square miles (30.1 km 2 ), of which 0.3 square miles (0.8 km 2 ), or 2.61%, is covered by water. [ 28 ]