About The Region

Known to many as home to the Texas State Capitol, Texas Longhorn sports and the Austin City Limits concert program, Greater Austin boasts a roster of world-class companies and educational institutions, a bountiful array of parks, waterways and woodlands, and a well-known campaign to “Keep Austin Weird.” 

A five-county metropolitan region of 1.4 million people, Greater Austin leverages its top-ranked public and private schools and the dynamic presence of the University of Texas at Austin, Texas State University-San Marcos, the Round Rock Higher Education Center, Austin Community College and other higher education assets to boast a workforce of unparallel quality.

And, while Greater Austin is recognized for such top employers as Dell Computer, Samsung Austin Semiconductor, Whole Foods Market, IBM, Freescale Semiconductor, Seton Healtcare Network, Advanced Micro Devices and many others, the regional economy is also highly diversified and comprised of many small and medium-sized businesses.  Dynamic public entities such as the State of Texas, University of Texas at Austin and regional public school systems round out the employment picture in the five-county region.