- Total Population
- 885,400
- Among U.S. Cities for Jobs and Growing Businesses
- #1
- Year Founded
- 1835
Overview
About Austin
With vibrant entertainment and culture, inspiring cuisine and stunning outdoor settings, Austin lets you create a soundtrack all your own.
We’re home to more than 250 music venues, free outdoor concert series such as Unplugged at the Grove and the Congress Avenue Bridge Bats. So take a look around, and put Live Music Capital of the World® on your playlist. Austin is the capital of Texas and the seat of Travis County.
Located in Central Texas and the American Southwest, it is the 11th-largest city in the United States of America and the fourth-largest city in state of Texas. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in the nation from 2000 to 2006. Austin is also the second largest state capital in the United States. Austin has a population of 885,400 (2013 estimate). The city is the cultural and economic center of the five-county Austin–Round Rock metropolitan area, which had an estimated population 1,834,303 (2012 U.S. Census).
Helpful links
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General Info
- City of Austin (opens in a new tab)
- Chamber of Commerce (opens in a new tab)
- Downtown Austin Alliance (opens in a new tab)
- Demographics (opens in a new tab)
- Utilities & Environmental Services (opens in a new tab)
- Travis Central Appraisal District (TCAD) (opens in a new tab)
- Travis County Property Tax Search (opens in a new tab)
- Longhorns Sports (opens in a new tab)
Hospitals
- Ascension Seton Northwest (opens in a new tab)
- Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas (opens in a new tab)
- Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (opens in a new tab)
- St. David’s South Center (opens in a new tab)
- St. David’s North Center (opens in a new tab)
- Austin Surgical Hospital (opens in a new tab)
Schools
- Austin Independent School District (AISD) (opens in a new tab)
- Eanes Independent School District (EISD) (opens in a new tab)
- Lake Travis Independent School District (LTISD) (opens in a new tab)
- Private Schools (opens in a new tab)
- The University of Texas (opens in a new tab)
- St. Edward’s University (opens in a new tab)
- Concordia University Texas (opens in a new tab)
- Huston-Tillotson University (opens in a new tab)
- Austin Community College (opens in a new tab)
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