[294] The United States Postal Service operates several post offices in Austin. [177] The Victory Grill was a renowned venue on the Chitlin' Circuit. [305] Another statewide publication based in Austin is The Texas Tribune, an on-line publication focused on Texas politics. Sixth Street features annual festivals such as the Pecan Street Festival and Halloween night. [165] Some other Austin-based chain restaurants include Amy's Ice Creams, Bush's Chicken, Chuy's, DoubleDave's Pizzaworks, and Schlotzky's. 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Data provided represents only calls for police service where a formal, written report was made and does not include other calls for police service that did not result in a written report. The Austin and Round Rock police departments and the Travis County Sheriff's Office, among other Central Texas law enforcement agencies, submitted 12 months of stats. Source 1: NOAA (relative humidity and sun 19611990), This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 07:45. The iconic Pennybacker Bridge, also known as the "360 Bridge," crosses Lake Austin to connect the northern and southern portions of Loop 360. In 1839, the Texas Congress formed a commission to seek a site for a new capital of the Republic of Texas to replace Houston. The Church of the Friendly Ghost is a volunteer-run arts organization supporting creative expression and counter-culture community. [147] It is often employed by longtime residents expressing displeasure at the rapidly changing culture,[148] or when referencing nostalgia of Austin culture. An additional 15 towers were slated to stand between 300' and 399' tall. [107] In 2000, the population density was 2,610 inhabitants per square mile (1,010/km2). The plan was subsequently upheld by a three-judge federal panel in late 2003, and on June 28, 2006, the matter was largely settled when the Supreme Court, in a 72 decision, upheld the entire congressional redistricting plan with the exception of a Hispanic-majority district in southwest Texas. [301], Austin is home to the University of Texas at Austin, the flagship institution of the University of Texas System with over 40,000 undergraduate students and 11,000 graduate students.[302]. On the morning of February 17 demand increased to 330 MGD, the resulting drop of water pressure caused the Austin area to enter into a boil-water advisory which would last until water pressure was restored on February 23. Therefore, the data should not be used for comparisons with Uniform Crime Report statistics. [22] Since the late 19th century, Austin has also been known as the "City of the Violet Crown", because of the colorful glow of light across the hills just after sunset.[23]. Sunshine is common during all seasons, with 2,650 hours, or 60.3% of the possible total, of bright sunshine per year. Lists For 2007", "Austin is Reddit's No. However, failure to come to an agreement with the track's current owner, Union Pacific Railroad, ended the project in 2016. [228] Zilker Park is also home to numerous attractions, including the Zilker Botanical Garden, the Umlauf Sculpture Garden, Zilker Hillside Theater, the Austin Nature & Science Center, and the Zilker Zephyr, a 12in (305mm) gauge miniature railway carries passengers on a tour around the park. For other uses, see, 73301, 73344, 78681, 7870178705, 7870878739, 7874178742, 7874478768, 78772-78774, 78778-78779, 78783, 78799, This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties. Of those, 1,169 were sheltered and 1,086 were unsheltered. Amtrak's Austin station is located in west downtown and is served by the Texas Eagle which runs daily between Chicago and San Antonio, continuing on to Los Angeles several times a week. [296], After the most recent redistricting, Austin is currently divided between the 10th, 37th and 35th Congressional districts. Austin is served by several ride-sharing companies including Uber and Lyft. The results of these graphs are created after analyzing each of the cities in Texas and in the United States as a whole. In the 2012 elections, City Council elections were moved from May to November and City council members were given staggered term limits [252] In 2022 Proposition D moved the term of the Austin Mayor to coincide with Presidential election years, so Kirk Watson would only serve two years unlike his predecessor Steve Adler[253]. Sixth Street is a musical hub for the city. The same year, Tillotson Collegiate and Normal Institute (now part of HustonTillotson University) opened its doors. [48] However, as other new railroads were built through the region in the 1870s, Austin began to lose its primacy in trade to the surrounding communities. Humidity rises with winds from the east or southeast, when the air drifts inland from the Gulf of Mexico, but decreases significantly with winds from the west or southwest, bringing air flowing from Chihuahuan Desert areas of West Texas or northern Mexico. In 2005, then-Mayor Will Wynn set out a goal of having 25,000 people living downtown by 2015. [342] Until 2020 the service was known as Austin BCycle. [326] The system consists of a single line serving downtown Austin, the neighborhoods of East Austin, North Central Austin, and Northwest Austin plus the suburb of Leander. To strengthen the region's parks system, which spans more than 29,000 acres (11,736ha), The Austin Parks Foundation (APF) was established in 1992 to develop and improve parks in and around Austin. [284][285][286] The suspect, who was previously charged with child sexual assault, was arrested in Manor after a 20-hour manhunt. This motto has not only been used in promoting Austin's eccentricity and diversity, but is also meant to bolster support of local independent businesses. Share ideas online about improving Austin, Arrests Made in February 18 Homicide on Tonka Lane. There were 276,842 dwelling units at an average density of 1,101 per square mile (425/km2). [335] The city was previously served by Fasten until they ceased all operations in the city in March 2018. "Total Indexed" crime is not a cross total of the individual type crimes listed on the report. On average, 10 days in January reach or exceed 70F (21C) and 1 day reaches 80F (27C); during the 1991-2020 period, all Januarys had at least 1 day with a high of 70F (21C) or more, and most (60%) had at least 1 day with a high of 80F (27C) or more. Our crime rates are based on FBI data. The Rainey Street Historic District is a neighborhood in Downtown Austin formerly consisting of bungalow style homes built in the early 20th century. [81] Similarly, snowfall is rare in Austin. [30] In 1730, three Catholic missions from East Texas were combined and reestablished as one mission on the south side of the Colorado River, in what is now Zilker Park, in Austin. They are, however, considered indexed crimes and are included in the Total Indexed Crimes column. Crime rate is calculated by dividing the number of reported crimes by the total population; the result is multiplied by 100,000. Currently under construction is a change to East US 290 from US 183 to the town of Manor. Until 1999, Robert Mueller Municipal Airport was Austin's main airport until ABIA took that role and the old airport was shut down. [341], The City of Austin and Capital Metro jointly own a bike-sharing service, Capital MetroBike, which is available in and around downtown. Austin, Travis County and Williamson County have been the site of human habitation since at least 9200 BC. This climate is typified by long, very hot summers, short, mild winters, and warm to hot spring and fall seasons in-between. [78][79] An uncommon characteristic of Austin's climate is its highly variable humidity, which fluctuates frequently depending on the shifting patterns of air flow and wind direction. In the mid-1980s, construction was completed on Loop 360, a scenic highway that curves through the hill country from near the 71/Mopac interchange in the south to near the 183/Mopac interchange in the north. Due to changes in the computerized programs used to capture statistical data, caution should be used when comparing data to prior years. The community is affiliated with the Islamic Society of North America. The Federal government had forced San Antonio and Dallas to abandon at-large systems before 1987; however, the court could not show a racist pattern in Austin and upheld the city's at-large system during a 1984 lawsuit. [127] In November 2019, the State of Texas opened a temporary homeless encampment on a former vehicle storage yard owned by the Texas Department of Transportation. 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[227], Along the shores of Lady Bird Lake is the 350 acre (142 ha) Zilker Park, which contains large open lawns, sports fields, cross country courses, historical markers, concession stands, and picnic areas. [138], "Keep Austin Weird" has been a local motto for years, featured on bumper stickers and T-shirts. Population: 1,028,225. Austin is located within the middle of a unique, narrow transitional zone between the dry deserts of the American Southwest and the lush, green, more humid regions of the American Southeast. For every 100 females, there were 105.8 males. While daily property crimes in Austin are 1.49 times more than than Texas and 1.71 times more than the national average. Whole Foods Market, an international grocery store chain specializing in fresh and packaged food products, was founded and is headquartered in Austin.[137]. [120] The majority of Austinites identified themselves as Christians, about 25.2% of whom claimed affiliation with the Catholic Church. BAE Systems, IBM, and NXP Semiconductors still have campuses and manufacturing operations in Austin as of 2022. During the 20052006 academic term, Longhorns football team was named the NCAA Division I FBS National Football Champion, and Longhorns baseball team won the College World Series. Austin has a long history of vocal citizen resistance to development projects perceived to degrade the environment, or to threaten the natural and cultural landscapes. [337], Carsharing service Zipcar operates in Austin and, until 2019, the city was also served by Car2Go which kept its North American headquarters in the city even after pulling out. Summing up the numbers, Austin Louis leads in larceny-theft and ranks second for vehicle theft Several other cities ranked in the top 10 for property crime rates, including Bakersfield, California, Cleveland, Ohio, Durham, North Carolina, Kansas City, Missouri, Lubbock, Texas, New Orleans, Louisiana, Oakland, California, and St. Paul, Minnesota. [191], The Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge houses the world's largest urban population of Mexican free-tailed bats. And the states crime rate has fallen dramatically. [298], The distinguishing political movement of Austin politics has been that of the environmental movement, which spawned the parallel neighborhood movement, then the more recent conservationist movement (as typified by the Hill Country Conservancy),[299] and eventually the current ongoing debate about "sense of place" and preserving the Austin quality of life. This results in 2.7 police officers per 1,000 residents which is 10.1% less than the Texas average and 16.8% less than the National average. Deed restrictions also played an important role in residential segregation. At night, parts of Austin are lit by "artificial moonlight" from moonlight towers built to illuminate the central part of the city. Black communities such as Wheatville, Pleasant Hill, and Clarksville were established, with Clarksville being the oldest surviving freedomtown the original post-Civil War settlements founded by former African-American slaves west of the Mississippi River. 19.4% hold a graduate or professional degree, compared to the national figure of 12.4%. In 1940, the destroyed granite dam on the Colorado River was finally replaced by a hollow concrete dam[55] that formed Lake McDonald (now called Lake Austin) and which has withstood all floods since. [126] In early October 2019, Texas Governor Greg Abbott sent a letter to Mayor Steve Adler threatening to deploy state resources to combat the camping ban repeal. Texas Instruments setup in Austin two years later, Motorola (now NXP Semiconductors) started semiconductor chip manufacturing in 1974. [190], Austin also has many odd statues and landmarks, such as the Stevie Ray Vaughan Memorial, the Willie Nelson statue, the Mangia dinosaur, the Loca Maria lady at Taco Xpress, the Hyde Park Gym's giant flexed arm, and Daniel Johnston's Hi, How are You? The Austin Public Library is operated by the City of Austin and consists of the Central Library on Csar Chvez Street, the Austin History Center, 20 branches and the Recycled Reads bookstore and upcycling facility. Crime Rate 2020 Crime rate is the number of crimes committed per 100,000 people. Sam Houston fought bitterly against Lamar's decision to establish the capital in such a remote wilderness. [87] The deadliest storm to ever strike city limits was the twin tornadoes storm of May 4, 1922, while the deadliest tornado outbreak to ever strike the metro area was the Central Texas tornado outbreak of May 27, 1997. Despite the overwhelming initial opposition to the toll road concept when it was first announced, all three toll roads have exceeded revenue projections.[319]. [120] Several Hindu temples exist in the Austin Metropolitan area with the most notable one being Radha Madhav Dham. In order to draw future film projects to the area, the Austin Film Society has converted several airplane hangars from the former Mueller Airport into filmmaking center Austin Studios. Films produced in Austin include The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Songwriter (1984), Man of the House, Secondhand Lions, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Nadine, Waking Life, Spy Kids, The Faculty, Dazed and Confused, The Guards Themselves, Wild Texas Wind, Office Space, The Life of David Gale, Miss Congeniality, Doubting Thomas, Slacker, Idiocracy, Death Proof, The New Guy, Hope Floats, The Alamo, Blank Check, The Wendall Baker Story, School of Rock, A Slipping-Down Life, A Scanner Darkly, Saturday Morning Massacre, and most recently, the Coen brothers' True Grit, Grindhouse, Machete, How to Eat Fried Worms, Bandslam and Lazer Team. 32.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. Austin is 146 miles (230km) northwest of Houston,[58] 182 miles (290km) south of Dallas[59] and 74 miles (120km) northeast of San Antonio. Capital Metro opened a 32-mile (51km) commuter rail system, Capital MetroRail, in 2010. Despite support from the City Council, voters rejected light rail proposals in 2000[327] and 2014. [52], In the late 1920s and 1930s, Austin implemented the 1928 Austin city plan through a series of civic development and beautification projects that created much of the city's infrastructure and many of its parks. The lakes also provide venues for boating, swimming, and other forms of recreation within several parks on the lake shores. [35] In 1870, blacks made up 36.5% of Austin's population. Network television stations (affiliations in parentheses) include KTBC (Fox O&O), KVUE (ABC), KXAN (NBC), KEYE-TV (CBS), KLRU (PBS), KNVA (The CW), KBVO (MyNetworkTV), and KAKW (Univision O&O). [35] In addition, the areas east of Austin took over cattle and cotton production from Austin, especially in towns like Hutto and Taylor that sit over the blackland prairie, with its deep, rich soils for producing cotton and hay. [38] Shortly afterward, the name was changed to Austin in honor of Stephen F. Austin, the "Father of Texas" and the republic's first secretary of state. According to FBI data, property crime in Austin increased in 2018 by 8.5% and in 2019 by 8.7%. [95] Austin Water, the city's water utility, has the capacity to process up to 300million gallons of water per day; however, the elevated level of turbidity reduced output to only 105million gallons per day. Statistics can lead to false impressions. Austin is also emerging as a hub for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies; the city is home to about 85 of them. For example, in 2021 there were 117 murders in San Antonio and the population was 1,453,275. [130] Austin is considered to be a major center for high tech. [174] In 2004 the city was first in MovieMaker Magazine's annual top ten cities to live and make movies.[175]. Incorporated on December 27, 1839,[7] it is the 11th-most-populous city in the United States,[8] the fourth-most-populous city in Texas, the second-most-populous state capital city, and the most populous state capital that is not also the most populous city in its state. [270] According to 2016 APD crime statistics, the 78723 census tract had the most violent crime, with 6 murders, 25 rapes, and 81 robberies. Data consists of specific Part I crimes (murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, theft, auto theft and arson) and Part II crimes (all other offenses) that would be of major concern to residents. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 3.14. [109], According to a survey completed in 2014 by Gallup, it is estimated that 5.3% of residents in the Austin metropolitan area identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. Some of the clays have pronounced shrink-swell properties and are difficult to work under most moisture conditions. Sixteen of those were set to rise above 400ft (120m) tall, including four above 600', and eight above 500'. As a result, Austin, TX is ranked below average when compared to the rest of the US cities. In five elections between 1973 and 1994 Austin voters rejected single-member districts.[247]. Waller and a team of surveyors developed Austin's first city plan, commonly known as the Waller Plan, dividing the site into a 14-block grid plan bisected by a broad northsouth thoroughfare, Congress Avenue, running up from the river to Capital Square, where the new Texas State Capitol was to be constructed. Austin has two types of relationships with other cities, sister and friendship. The city's official slogan promotes Austin as "The Live Music Capital of the World", a reference to the city's many musicians and live music venues, as well as the long-running PBS TV concert series Austin City Limits. Only 15 of the 31 original innovative towers remain standing in Austin, but none remain in any of the other cities where they were installed. It was higher than in 84.4% U.S. cities. According to the 2020 United States census,[116] the racial composition of Austin was 72.6% White (48.3% non-Hispanic whites), 33.9% Hispanic or Latino, 7.8% African American, 7.6% Asian, 0.7% American Indian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 3.4% two or more races. "[92] The drought, coupled with exceedingly high temperatures throughout the summer of 2011, caused many wildfires throughout Texas, including notably the Bastrop County Complex Fire in neighboring Bastrop, Texas. A temporary one-story capitol was erected on the corner of Colorado and 8th Streets. [309] KOOP (FM) is a volunteer-run radio station with more than 60 locally produced programs. The city also has live performance theater venues such as the Zachary Scott Theatre Center, Vortex Repertory Company, Salvage Vanguard Theater, Rude Mechanicals' the Off Center, Austin Playhouse, Scottish Rite Children's Theater, Hyde Park Theatre, the Blue Theater, The Hideout Theatre, and Esther's Follies. ". Austin / 100k People Texas / 100k People National / 100k People; Total Crimes Per 100K: 40,993: Violent Crime: 4,671: 467.0: 446.5: 387.8: Murder: 44: 4.4: 6.6: There were 265,648 households, out of which 26.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.1% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.7% were non-families. [37] In 1839, the site was chosen, and was briefly incorporated under the name "Waterloo". The Texas Department of Transportation operates the Austin District Office in Austin. The suspect, 23-year-old Mark Anthony Conditt of Pflugerville, Texas, blew himself up inside his vehicle after he was pulled over by police on March 21, also injuring a police officer. The Emma Long Metropolitan Park is a municipal park along the shores of Lake Austin, originally constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps. [208] Combining these three disciplines is a growing crop of triathlons, including the Capital of Texas Triathlon held every Memorial Day on and around Lady Bird Lake, Auditorium Shores, and Downtown Austin. Officially, Austin has a humid subtropical climate under the Kppen climate classification. [35], After a severe lull in economic growth from the Great Depression, Austin resumed its steady development. [169] Notable Austin-area breweries include Jester King Brewery, Live Oak Brewing Company, and Real Ale Brewing Company. [93], In February 2021, Winter Storm Uri dropped prolific amounts of snow across Texas and Oklahoma, including Austin. The Enchanted Forest, a multi-acre outdoor music, art, and performance art space in South Austin hosts events such as fire-dancing and circus-like-acts. The O. Henry House Museum hosts the annual O. Henry Pun-Off, a pun contest where the successful contestants exhibit wit akin to that of the author William Sydney Porter. ", "How many people move to Austin a day? [218] Precourt negotiated an agreement with the City of Austin to build a $200million privately funded stadium on public land at 10414 McKalla Place,[219] following initial interest in Butler Shores Metropolitan Park and Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River Park. "[162] Kolaches are a common pastry in Austin bakeries due to the large Czech and German immigrant population in Texas. A 19-year-old suspect was formally charged and arrested in Killeen nearly two weeks after the shooting.[289][290][291]. Austin Lyric Opera performs multiple operas each year (including the 2007 opening of Philip Glass's Waiting for the Barbarians, written by University of Texas at Austin alumnus J. M. [279] (see 2010 Austin suicide attack), A series of bombings occurred in Austin in March 2018. There is only a little crime in this area. Residents of Austin are known as Austinites. Other high-tech companies with operations in Austin include 3M, Apple, Amazon, AMD, Apartment Ratings, Applied Materials, Arm Holdings, Bigcommerce, BioWare, Blizzard Entertainment, Buffalo Technology, Cirrus Logic, Cisco Systems, Dropbox, eBay, Electronic Arts, Flextronics, Facebook, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Hoover's, HomeAway, HostGator, Intel Corporation, National Instruments, Nintendo, Nvidia, Oracle, PayPal, Polycom, Qualcomm, Rackspace, RetailMeNot, Rooster Teeth, Samsung Group, Silicon Labs, Spansion, Tesla, United Devices, VMware, Xerox, and Zoho Corporation. IBM followed in 1967, opening a facility to produce its Selectric typewriters. [93] The Lower Colorado River Authority opened four floodgates of the Mansfield Dam after Lake Travis was recorded at 146% full at 704.3 feet (214.7m). These crimes include simple assaults, forgery, weapon violations, drugs, criminal mischief, public intoxication, disorderly conduct, various city ordinances, and many others. All elected officials in the city of Austin are officially nonpartisan; party affiliation is for informational purposes only. The central business district of Austin is home to the tallest condo towers in the state, with The Independent (58 stories and 690ft (210m) tall) and The Austonian (topping out at 56 floors and 685ft (209m) tall). [100], Beginning January 30, 2023 the City of Austin experienced a winter freeze which left 170,000 Austin Energy customers without electricity or heat for several days. 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