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San Antonio, Texas

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The 2000 Census showed that San Antonio had a population of 1,144,646 people ^<1>. This represents 5.46% of the total population of Texas, making it the state's 3rd most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	1,351,305	+18.05%	+1.93% since 2007
2007	1,325,660	+15.81%	+2.51% since 2006
2006	1,293,203	+12.98%	+2.61% since 2005
2005	1,260,333	+10.11%	+1.62% since 2004
2004	1,240,223	+8.35%	+1.76% since 2003
2003	1,218,828	+6.48%	+1.6% since 2002
2002	1,199,663	+4.81%	+1.88% since 2001
2001	1,177,478	+2.87%	+2.87% since 2000
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2000	1,144,646	The Last Census

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance ^<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
1	Houston	E	189 mi [304.2 km]	2,242,193	14.77% increase
2	Dallas	NE	252 mi [405.6 km]	1,279,910	7.68% increase
-3-	San Antonio			1,351,305	18.05% increase
4	Austin	NE	73 mi [117.5 km]	757,688	15.4% increase
5	El Paso	W	497 mi [799 km]	613,190	8.79% increase
6	Fort Worth	N	239 mi [384.6 km]	703,073	31.49% increase
7	Arlington	N	238 mi [383 km]	374,417	12.45% increase

San Antonio had 433,122 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that San Antonio has a total area of 412.1 square miles [1,067 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 407.6 square miles [1,055 km²]4.51 square miles [11.69 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, San Antonio had a 2000 population density of 2,808 people per square mile [1,084 people/km²], making it the state's 64th most densely populated area.

Bexar County

The city of San Antonio is located in Bexar County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 1,397,831 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 1,144,646 people, San Antonio contained 81.9% of the Bexar County total.

In addition, where the community of San Antonio has a population density of 2,808 people per square mile [1,084 people/km²], Bexar County averages 1,121 people per square mile [432.9 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Bexar County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in San Antonio and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on San Antonio. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	6	1,373,400	17.73% increase
10 mi [16 km]	12	1,405,278	17.56% increase
15 mi [24 km]	19	1,468,514	18.66% increase
20 mi [32 km]	26	1,523,662	20.3% increase
25 mi [40 km]	35	1,554,697	20.56% increase
30 mi [48 km]	39	1,621,393	21.28% increase

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for San Antonio. Not only does the QuickFact have details about San Antonio, it also contains a comparison between San Antonio and the state of Texas.

Click here for the San Antonio QuickFact (QF-4865000).

A Census Quickfact is available for Bexar County (QF-48029).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Bexar County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Atascosa	QF-48013	S	43,877	12.87% increase
Bandera	QF-48019	NW	20,303	13.98% increase
Comal	QF-48091	NE	109,635	39.23% increase
Guadalupe	QF-48187	E	117,172	30.38% increase
Kendall	QF-48259	NW	32,886	37.2% increase
Medina	QF-48325	W	44,275	12.2% increase
Wilson	QF-48493	SE	40,398	23.52% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to San Antonio:

	State Code:	48 (Texas)
	County Code:	029 (Bexar County)
	Place Code:	65000 (San Antonio)

	State & County Code:	48029 (Texas/Bexar County)

	State & Place Code:	4865000 (Texas/San Antonio)

San Antonio is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #7 (the West South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for San Antonio.

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For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between San Antonio and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of San Antonio. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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