City of Big Spring
The Municipal Auditorium in Big Spring
Nickname(s): "The Spring City"
Coordinates: 32°14′36″N 101°28′31″W
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Howard
Government
• Type	Council-Manager
• City Council	Mayor Larry McLellan Raul Marquez Jr. Carmen Harbour Justin Myers Steve Waggoner Raul Benevidas Jim DePauw
• City Manager[9]	Todd Darden
Area
• Total	19.2 sq mi (49.7 km2)
• Land	19.1 sq mi (49.5 km2)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation	157 ft (48 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	27,291
• Estimate (2013)[12]	345,012
• Rank	1st in Orange County 10th in California 56th in the United States
• Density	1,320/sq mi (509.8/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC−6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC−6)
ZIP codes[13]	79720-79721
Area codes	432
FIPS code	48-08236[1]
GNIS feature IDs	1330654[2]
Website	myBigSpring.com