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Austin Facts

Do you want to swim year-round in a beautiful, natural pool fed by underground springs? Discover restaurants with personalities as interesting as the food? Or sail on a crystal-clear lake just a short drive from our headquarters? Maybe you're energized with an evening spent listening to jazz, blues, country or rock. When you live in Austin, you can hear them all during a single evening stroll along historic 6th Street. How about an evening at the ballet, opera or theater? Or maybe you prefer to attend a University of Texas college football game, a Round Rock Express minor-league baseball game or an Ice Bats hockey match. All of these possibilities–and a whole lot more–are among the choices available when you work in Austin.

  • Founded in 1839
  • Population: 1,249,763 people in the metropolitan Austin area. 656,562 in Austin city limits
  • The second fastest growing city in the United States, according to the American City Business Journal, April 1995
  • The 16th largest city in the country
  • Area: 2,705 square miles in metro areas. 232 square miles within the city limits
  • Time Zone: Central Time
  • Sales Tax: 8.25 percent
  • Area Code: 512
  • Location: 236 miles from the Mexican border and located within 200 miles of San Antonio, Houston and Dallas
  • Ranked as "Best Place for Business" by Forbes in 2000.
  • Has 11,800 acres of greenbelt for recreation around the community
  • Fourth most visited city in Texas, with more than 16 million annual visitors
  • Highest Point: Mt. Bonnell at 785 feet
  • Style of Dress: spring, summer and fall are suitable for shorts, cotton, short sleeves and light dresses. In winter, a sweater or light jacket might be needed. A few rare days a year, during the coldest months, a coat might be necessary.
  • Known as the "Live Music Capital of the World," with more than 100 live music venues
  • Home to North America's largest urban bat population, with up to 1.5 million Mexican freetail bats

Facts provided by Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau.