Is San Antonio growing?

How much San Antonio, TX has grown or shrunk since 2015, how that compares with the county, the state and the United States, and how the community's age is changing.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

San Antonio looks different than it did in 2015.

Population change since 2015: +3.2% — 1,413,881 residents in 2015 → 1,458,954 in 2023

San Antonio population, 2015 to 2023

• 2015: 1413881
• 2023: 1458954

Growth since 2015

• San Antonio: 3.2
• Bexar County: 11.6
• TX: 11.7
• U.S.: 5

Median age: 34.6 — U.S. median: 38.7

What it means

San Antonio is growing more slowly than the country — +3.2% here versus +5.0% nationally since 2015.

Residents here are younger than the country overall — the median resident is about 4.1 years younger than the U.S. median.

These are estimates, not a head count. ACS 5-year figures average responses collected over five years, so they show direction and scale rather than a single day's population.