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We love Austin. (Who doesn’t?) Even as
accolades — and people — pour in, the city is
determined to stay weird, wired and wonderful.
Moviemaker Magazine’s
250 +LIVE MUSIC VENUES
2,000 + AREA RECORDING ARTISTS
43,577
AVAILABLE BREAKFAST
TACO COMBINATIONS*
2,000
FOOD TRUCKS
#1
CITY TO LIVE &
MAKE FILMS IN
30 20
2015
the world’s
& TRAILERS
*or something like that
FESTIVALS
for just about everything
WINNER
BEST CHEF: SOUTHWEST
AARON FRANKLIN
FRANKLIN BARBECUE
in the 2015 James Beard Awards
(the foodie version of the Oscars)
CRAFT
BREWERIES
WINERIES
1986
HOT SAUCE,
BARBECUE, BATS,
KITES, LEVITATION, 2014
ICE CREAM &
PACHANGA
FIRST
CO-OP PUB
SXSW
700
Attendees
376,000
Attendees
27
#1
PUBLIC & PRIVATE
UNIVERSITIES
180,000
3.7%
TOP CITY FOR
$
443 MILLION
Arts and culture industry impact
(measured in taxable sales)
TECH
UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE
BUSINESSES
in January 2015
(Wall Street Journal, February 2015)
of total workforce
in creative industry
(4,000+ of them on the hilltop)
3.1%
JOB GROWTH
27,700
JOBS ADDED
in 2014
MAJOR EMPLOYERS
Austin Independent School District
11.5%
COLLEGE STUDENTS
Dell
Federal Government
Seton Healthcare Network
State of Texas
City of Austin
IBM Corp.
St. David’s Healthcare Partnership
#1
Best city to
open your
SMALL
BUSINESS
(InvestmentNews, September 2013)
1984
University of Texas at Austin
2015
MICHAEL DELL
launches a computer
company from his
University of Texas
dorm room.
Austin’s 2,600
TECH COMPANIES
(Dell, Apple, Google,
Facebook and more)
employ 50K+ PEOPLE.
TOP 10
ONE OF THE
ONE OF
America’s
Best Bike Cities
FITTEST CITIES
IN AMERICA
300
2015
TWO HUNDRED
FIFTY-ONE
(and air conditioning)
PARKS
70 F
HOME TO NORTH
AMERICA’S LARGEST
AVERAGE YEAR-ROUND
TEMPERATURE
urban bat
(and urban hippie)
POPULATION
1985
68 F
(Sharecare, January 2014)
(Bicycling, September 2014)
DAYS OF
SUNSHINE
Water temperature
at Barton Springs
68 F
(Hey, some things never change.)
WE
DOGS
Named DOGTOWN USA
(Dog Fancy, 2014)
Largest NO-KILL CITY
in America
200 + dog-friendly restaurants
America’s Most
Vegan-Friendly City
(PETA, June 2013)
... CINNAMONKEY ELEPHANTASTIC ICE CREAM
FROM SWEET RITUAL, ANYONE?
$75,763
3
Median household income
157
FASTEST
GROWING
METRO AREA
TOURISM
PEOPLE
move to the Austin-Round Rock
area each day
11
53,900 $ 6.3
jobs
th
# OF PEOPLE
rd
in the United States
billion in
economic impact
LARGEST CITY
IN AMERICA
4,330,155
GREATER AUSTIN POPULATION
projected
PROJECTED
POPULATION
GROWTH
1,990,593
214,603
1940
%
30
by 2030
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
2030
2040
2050
PRODUCED BY
St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas
CREATIVE TEAM
Frannie Schneider, Editor
Rick Ramos, Creative Director
Joanna King, Senior Graphic Designer
Nicki Clark, Graphic Designer
Morgan Printy, Photographer
Stacia Hernstrom, Writer
Maegan Steele, Letterer
SOURCES
Austin American-Statesman, Austin Business Journal, Austin Chamber,
Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau, Austin Pets Alive, Bicycling, City of Austin,
Craft Beer Austin, CultureMap Austin, Dell, Dog Fancy, InvestmentNews,
James Beard Foundation, Moviemaker Magazine, The Noun Project, PETA, Sharecare,
Texas Cultural Trust, Urban Institute, USA Today, U.S. Census Bureau, Wall Street Journal