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). Colloquially referred to as , the metropolitan area is situated in the American Southwest, in
South-Central Texas, and on the southwestern corner of the
Texas Triangle. The official 2011 U.S. Census estimate showed the metropolitan area's population at 2,194,927—up from a reported 1,711,103 in
2000—making it the 25th largest metropolitan area in the United States.
Austin–Round Rock lies about 80 miles northeast of Greater San Antonio.