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plosionplosionWe love Austin. (Who doesn’t?) Even as accolades — and people — pour in, the city is determined to stay weird, wired and wonderful.
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BEST CHEF: SOUTHWEST AARON FRANKLIN
FRANKLIN BARBECUE
LIVE MUSIC VENUES
AREA RECORDING ARTISTS CITY TO LIVE & MAKE FILMS IN
HOT SAUCE, BARBECUE, BATS, KITES, LEVITATION,
ICE CREAM & PACHANGA
WINNER
AVAILABLE BREAKFAST TACO COMBINATIONS*
in the 2015 James Beard Awards (the foodie version of the Oscars)
Moviemaker Magazine’s
2015
for just about everything
Attendees
Attendees
*or something like that
2,000
SXSW
2502,000
700376,000
30 20FIRST
FOOD TRUCKS & TRAILERS
WINERIES CRAFT BREWERIES
CO-OP PUB
the world’s
FESTIVALS1986
2014
++
#
MAJOR EMPLOYERS(measured in taxable sales)
443 MILLION 1 1
27180,000
TOP CITY FOR
TECH BUSINESSES
SMALL BUSINESS
PUBLIC & PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES
COLLEGE STUDENTS
MICHAEL DELL launches a computer company from his University of Texas dorm room.
of total workforce in creative industry
Arts and culture industry impact
Austin’s 2,600 TECH COMPANIES (Dell, Apple, Google, Facebook and more) employ 50K+ PEOPLE.
(Wall Street Journal, February 2015)
(InvestmentNews, September 2013)
in 2014in January 2015
(4,000+ of them on the hilltop)
$# #
Austin Independent School District
University of Texas at AustinState of Texas
St. David’s Healthcare PartnershipSeton Healthcare Network
IBM Corp.Federal GovernmentDell
City of Austin
3.727,700
%
11.5%
3.1%
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
JOB GROWTH
JOBS ADDEDBest city to
open your
1984
2015
TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE
AVERAGE YEAR-ROUND TEMPERATURE
FITTEST CITIES IN AMERICA
... CINNAMONKEY ELEPHANTASTIC ICE CREAM FROM SWEET RITUAL, ANYONE?
Water temperature at Barton Springs
DAYS OF SUNSHINE
HOME TO NORTH AMERICA’S LARGEST
POPULATION
ONE OF
ONE OF THE
300
68 F
68 F
PARKS DOGTOWN USA
200
NO-KILL CITY
Named
Largest
dog-friendly restaurants
America’s Best Bike Cities
urban bat
(and air conditioning)
(and urban hippie)
(Hey, some things never change.)
(Bicycling, September 2014)
(PETA, June 2013)
(Sharecare, January 2014)
(Dog Fancy, 2014)
in America
1985
2015
TOP 10
70 FWE DOGS
+
America’s Most Vegan-Friendly City
15753,900 6.3
75,763$
%
$
11 30
3move to the Austin-Round Rock area each day
1940
214,603
1,990,593
4,330,155
# OF
PEOP
LE
Median household income
in the United States
by 2030
projected
LARGEST CITY IN AMERICA
GREATER AUSTIN POPULATION
TOURISM
PEOPLE
FASTEST GROWING METRO AREA
PROJECTED POPULATION GROWTH
th
rd
jobs billion in economic impact
19701950 1990 20201980 20101960 2000 2030 20502040
PRODUCED BYSt. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas
CREATIVE TEAMFrannie Schneider, Editor
Rick Ramos, Creative DirectorJoanna King, Senior Graphic Designer
Nicki Clark, Graphic DesignerMorgan Printy, Photographer
Stacia Hernstrom, Writer Maegan Steele, Letterer
SOURCESAustin 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