San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio population, 2020 to 2024

San Antonio added 87,316 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.1%. In the latest year it moved by +23,945. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 164th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so San Antonio is 99.5 times that size.

San Antonio covers 498.95 square miles of land and 5.77 of water, for 3,060 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so San Antonio is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties San Antonio spans

San Antonio crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,526,656 residents as follows; Bexar County holds 100.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in San Antonio

60 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap San Antonio by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78023, 78073, 78109, 78112, 78201, 78202, 78203, 78204, 78205, 78207, 78208, 78209, 78210, 78211, 78212, 78213, 78214, 78215, 78216, 78217, 78218, 78219, 78220, 78221, 78222, 78223, 78224, 78225, 78226, 78227, 78228, 78229, 78230, 78231, 78232, 78233, 78234, 78235, 78237, 78238, 78239, 78240, 78242, 78244, 78245, 78247, 78248, 78249, 78250, 78251, 78252, 78254, 78255, 78256, 78257, 78258, 78259, 78260, 78264, 78266. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where San Antonio is

The Census internal point of San Antonio is at 29.462800, -98.524600. Austin, the capital, is 73.2 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Houston, TX (2,390,125 people), 189.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Braunfels, TX, 29.5 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 222 m (728 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in San Antonio

At 29.46° N, San Antonio gets about 14 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the San Antonio daylight page.

Places near San Antonio

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Balcones Heights, 2.4 miles away, with 2,707 people.