Austin la thu phu cua tieu bang Texas va la quan ly cua Quan Travis. Toa lac o mien Trung Texas, no la thanh pho lon thu tu cua Texas va thanh pho lon thu 16 cua My. Vao thong ke dan so [2019], Austin co dan so la 978.908 nguoi. Thanh pho la trung tam van hoa va kinh te cua khu vuc đo thi Austin–Round Rock voi dan so 2,2 trieu nguoi.
Theo Đieu tra Dan so Hoa Ky nam 2000, so nguoi My goc Viet o Austin la 5.942 nguoi, chiem 0,9% dan so toan thanh pho.


Lich su Vai tram nam truoc khi nhung nguoi di cu tu chau Au đen, khu vuc xung quanh thanh pho Austin hien nay đuoc cu ngu boi mot tap hop nhung nguoi My ban đia Tonkawa, Comanche va Lipan Apache, đanh ca va san ban doc theo cac con suoi nho, bao gom ca suoi Barton ngay nay.
Nhung đinh cu đau tien đuoc ghi lai o khu vuc Austin ngay nay xay ra vao nam 1835. Nguoi di cu My goc Anh bat đau đen khu vuc nay, khi Texas van con la mot phan cua Mexico. Ho thanh lap lang Waterloo vao nam 1837, doc theo hai bo song Colorado. Theo dan gian, Stephen F. Austin, "cha đe cua Texas", đa thuong luong mot hiep uoc hoa binh voi nhung nguoi ban đia tai đia điem ma ngay hom nay la Treaty Oak sau khi mot so nguoi di cu bi giet trong mot tran can quet. Theo dan gian, Austin cung thuong luong mot hiep uoc ve bien gioi voi nguoi ban đia đe thiet lap bien gioi cua thanh pho.
Waterloo đuoc chon đe tro thanh thu phu cua Cong hoa Texas vua thanh lap vao nam 1839 va đuoc mua boi nuoc cong hoa cho muc đich đo. Mirabeau B. Lamar đat lai ten thanh pho đe vinh danh Stephen F. Austin. Ten goc cua thanh pho đuoc nho đen boi nhung thuong gia đia phuong nhu la Quan kem Waterloo va Waterloo Records.


Đia ly Austin nam tren song Colorado, voi ba ho nhan tao hoan toan nam trong noi vi thanh pho: ho thanh pho, ho Austin va ho Walter E. Long. Them vao đo, chan cua ho Travis, bao gom ca đap Mansfield, toa lac o trong pham vi thanh pho. Ho thanh pho, ho Austin va ho Travis đeu nam tren song Colorado. Thanh pho nay cung nam tren vet nut đia chat Balcones, ma, trong hau het Austin, chay gan nhu la cung tuyen đuong voi Đuong cao toc MoPac. Phan phia đong cua thanh pho bang phang, trong khi phan phia tay va cac khu vuc ngoai thanh phia tay bao gom cac ngon đoi thoai thoai voi quang canh kha đep tren vung bia cua Texas Hill Country. Boi vi nhung ngon đoi ve phia tay chu yeu la đa voi voi mot lop đat mong bao phu, thanh pho thuong xuyen bi lut đot ngot do nuoc mua xoi xa sau nhung tran bao. Đe đieu khien luong nuoc nay va tao ra thuy đien, Lower Colorado River Authority đa đieu hanh mot loat cac đap lam thanh Texas Highland Lakes. Nhung ho nay cung cung cap noi đe cheo thuyen, boi loi va cac dang giai tri khac ben trong mot so cong vien toa lac tren cac bo ho.
Mot điem noi bat khac o Austin la nui Bonnell. La điem cao nhat o Austin voi đo cao 780 feet ben tren mat bien, đo la mot nui đa voi tu nhien nhin xuong ho Austin tren song Colorado, vao khoang 200 feet phia duoi đinh nui.


Chinh quyen Kinh te Hang ngan sinh vien tot nghiep hang nam tu cac chuong trinh ky thuat va khoa hoc may tinh tai Đai hoc Texas tai Austin cung cap mot nguon nhan cong tre tai gioi nang đong giup cho su phat trien ve mat ky thuat cua Austin. Khu đo thi Austin cung co gia nha cua re hon so voi Thung lung Silicon. Ket qua cua mot su tap trung kha cao cua cac cong ty ky thuat cong nghe cao trong vung đa lam Austin bi anh huong manh boi cuoc bung no kinh te boi cac cong ty dot-com trong cuoi thap nien 1990 va su đo vo sau đo, mac du su hoi phuc đang xay ra nhanh chong.
Nhung noi cung cap viec lam lon nhat o Austin bao gom Nha nuoc Tieu bang Texas, Đai hoc Texas tai Austin, mang luoi bao hiem y te SETON, Dell, IBM va Freescale Semiconductor (tach ra tu Motorola vao nam 2004). Cac cong ty cong nghe cao khac o Austin bao gom Apple Computer, Vignette, AMD, Applied Materials, Intel, Motive Inc, Cirrus Logic, Samsung, National Instruments, United Devices, Signet Design Solutions (thiet ke vi mach) va Sun Microsystems. Su canh tranh cua cac cong ty ky thuat đa dan đen ten thuong goi cua vung nay, "nhung đoi Silicon," (Austin nguyen la "Silicon Gulch", nhung San Jose, California đa co đac điem đo) va đa thuc đay su phat trien nhanh chong lam thanh pho phat trien len phia bac va phia nam. Cac cong ty đang chu y khac, nhu la Hoover's, Inc., mot cong ty nghien cuu va xuat ban von la chi nhanh cua Dun & Bradstreet, cung co tru so chinh tai thanh pho nay.


Van hoa Tham khao Lien ket ngoai City of Austin


= Truyen thong va giai tri =

Austin American-Statesman
Austin Business Journal
Austin Chronicle (weekly)
Austinist (collaborative city blog)
AustinSings.com - Central Texas Karaoke
UT's The Daily Texan
107.1 KGSR (Focused on Austin's unique musical mix)
KMFA Classical 89.5FM (listener-supported, non-commercial, all-classical radio)
KOOP 91.7FM Community Radio for Austin
KUT 90.5FM (Eclectic music and NPR News)
KVR News 9, UT's Broadcast News Show Luu tru ngay 28 thang 9 nam 2007 tai Wayback Machine
KVRX UT Student Radio
News 8 Austin (24-hour local cable news channel) Luu tru ngay 6 thang 7 nam 2008 tai Wayback Machine
Austin Independent Media Center Luu tru ngay 4 thang 8 nam 2007 tai Wayback Machine
Burnt Orange Report Luu tru ngay 18 thang 12 nam 2007 tai Wayback Machine (blog)
The Texas Travesty (bi-monthly)
KLRU (PBS member TV station)
Texas Monthly magazine
List of radio stations in Austin


= Tu nhien va moi truong =
Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory
Bat Conservation International page on the Congress Avenue Bats Luu tru ngay 12 thang 11 nam 2008 tai Wayback Machine
Austin chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas Luu tru ngay 4 thang 8 nam 2006 tai Wayback Machine

The Austin Map Project
Current Austin weather


= Nguon tai lieu =
University of Texas at Austin
Austin TX at About.com Luu tru ngay 21 thang 7 nam 2006 tai Wayback Machine - Living in, Moving to, Visiting the City of Austin. Truy cap 16 thang 5 nam 2006
Austin Independent Business Alliance Luu tru ngay 25 thang 2 nam 2007 tai Wayback Machine- Network of locally-owned, independent businesses in Austin.
Austin History Center Luu tru ngay 8 thang 8 nam 2007 tai Wayback Machine. Truy cap 16 thang 5 nam 2006
AustinPostcards.com - Postcards, photographs and ephemera of historic significance to Austin. Truy cap 16 thang 5 nam 2006
Memoirs of old Austin Luu tru ngay 13 thang 8 nam 2007 tai Wayback Machine - From MemoryWiki. Truy cap 16 thang 5 nam 2006
Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau. Truy cap 16 thang 5 nam 2006
Austin Area Parks Luu tru ngay 12 thang 3 nam 2008 tai Wayback Machine. Truy cap 16 thang 5 nam 2006
Capital Metro - Public transportation in Austin. Truy cap 16 thang 5 nam 2006
Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce. Truy cap 16 thang 5 nam 2006
KLRU: Brief History of Austin Luu tru ngay 18 thang 6 nam 2004 tai Wayback Machine. Truy cap 16 thang 5 nam 2006
Austin House Statistics Luu tru ngay 21 thang 5 nam 2006 tai Wayback Machine. Truy cap 16 thang 5 nam 2006
Austin - Best Place to Live Luu tru ngay 4 thang 9 nam 2007 tai Wayback Machine - How Austin Ranks Among US Cities. Truy cap 16 thang 5 nam 2006
Urban Austin Luu tru ngay 7 thang 1 nam 2014 tai Wayback Machine - Information about architecture and urban design in Austin