The capital of Texas and home to 1,028,225 people who are called Austinites.

Some Facts

• Settled
  • 1835
• Incorporated
  • December 27, 1839
• Named for
  • Stephen F. Austin
• Government
  • Council-mayor
    • Mayor is Steve Adler
  • City Manager
    • Spencer Cronk
• Area
  • City
    •  326.51 sq mi
  • Land
    • 319.94 sq mi
  • Water
    • 6.57 sq mi
  • Metro 4
    • ,285.70 sq mi
• Population
  • 1,028,225
  • Rank
    • 11th in the US and 4th in Texas
• Time zone
  • CST
    • UTC -6
  • CDT
    • UTC-5
• Website
  • Austintexas.gov
• The University of Texas at Austin
  • The largest  in the U.S. with 50,000 students
• Major Professional sports
  • Austin FC.
    • MLS
• Primary Airport
  • Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)

Fortune 500

There are a number of companies that have headquarters here

• 3 M
• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
• Amazon
• Apple
• Facebook (Meta)
• Google
• IBM
• Intel
• NXP Semiconductors
• Oracle
• Tesla
• Texas instruments
• Whole Foods Market

Dell’s worldwide headquarters is in the suburb of Round Rock