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
- Council-mayor
- Area
- City
- 326.51 sq mi
- Land
- 319.94 sq mi
- Water
- 6.57 sq mi
- Metro 4
- ,285.70 sq mi
- City
- Population
- 1,028,225
- Rank
- 11th in the US and 4th in Texas
- Time zone
- CST
- UTC -6
- CDT
- UTC-5
- CST
- 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
- Austin FC.
- 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)
- IBM
- Intel
- NXP Semiconductors
- Oracle
- Tesla
- Texas instruments
- Whole Foods Market
Dell’s worldwide headquarters is in the suburb of Round Rock