Greater Austin
metropolitan area in Texas, United States
The Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos metropolitan statistical area, otherwise known as the Capital Region or Greater Austin, is a five-county metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Texas, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget. The metropolitan area is situated in Central Texas on the western edge of the American South and on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, and borders Greater San Antonio to the south. It forms part of the larger San Antonio-Austin Metroplex.
As of the 2020 U.S. census, the Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos MSA is the 25th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, with a total population of 2,352,426. The metropolitan area contains the city of Austin—the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 10th-largest city in the United States with a population of 974,447 people. Austin's largest suburbs are Round Rock, Cedar Park, Georgetown, San Marcos, Leander, and Pflugerville.
History
Prehistory
Archeologists divide the Texas prehistoric archeological record into five general periods: pre-Clovis (ca. 18,000 plus –13,400 year ago), Paleoindian (13,400–10,000 years ago), Archaic (10,000 years ago to ca. 2000 years ago), Woodland (ca. 2500–1150 years ago; select regions), and the Late Prehistoric (ca.
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