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Round Rock, Texas

"Round Rock" redirects here. For other uses, see Round Rock (disambiguation).

Round Rock, Texas
City
Dell Diamond baseball stadium in Round Rock
Dell Diamond baseball stadium in Round Rock
Motto: 
"Sports Capital of Texas"
Round Rock is located in Texas
Round Rock
Round Rock
Location in Texas
Round Rock is located in the United States
Round Rock
Round Rock
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 30°30′31″N 97°40′44″W / 30.50861°N 97.67889°W / 30.50861; -97.67889
Country United States
State Texas
CountiesWilliamson, Travis
Government
 • TypeCouncil-Manager
 • City CouncilMayor Craig Morgan
Michele Ly, Place 1
Mayor Pro-tem Rene Flores, Place 2
Matt Baker, Place 3
Frank Ortega, Place 4
Kristin Stevens, Place 5
Hilda Montgomery, Place 6
 • City ManagerLaurie Hadley
Area
[1]
 • Total38.00 sq mi (98.41 km2)
 • Land37.64 sq mi (97.48 km2)
 • Water0.36 sq mi (0.93 km2)
Elevation
[2]
735 ft (224 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total119,468
 • Estimate 
(2021)[3]
123,876
 • Density3,174/sq mi (1,225.6/km2)
DemonymRound Rockers
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes
78664, 78665, 78680–78683
Area code512 & 737
FIPS code48-63500
GNIS feature ID2411005[2]
Websitewww.roundrocktexas.gov

Round Rock is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, in Williamson County (with a small part in Travis County),[4] which is a part of the Greater Austin metropolitan area. Its population is 119,468 according to the 2020 census.[5]

The city straddles the Balcones Escarpment,[6] a fault line in which the areas roughly east of Interstate 35 are flat and characterized by having black, fertile soils of the Blackland Prairie, and the west side of the Escarpment, which consists mostly of hilly, karst-like terrain with little topsoil and higher elevations and which is part of the Texas Hill Country. Located about 20 miles (32 km) north of downtown Austin, Round Rock shares a common border with Austin at Texas State Highway 45.

In August 2008, Money named Round Rock as the seventh-best American small city in which to live.[7] Round Rock was the only Texas city to make the Top 10. In a CNN article dated July 1, 2009, Round Rock was listed as the second-fastest-growing city in the country, with a population growth of 8.2% in the preceding year.[8]

According to the 2008 ratings from the Texas Education Agency, the Round Rock Independent School District ranks among the best in the state. Of 42 schools within it, 12 were rated exemplary and 11 were recognized.

Round Rock is perhaps best known as the international headquarters of Dell, which employs about 16,000 people at its Round Rock facilities.[9] The presence of Dell along with other major employers,[10] an economic development program, major retailers such as IKEA, a Premium Outlet Mall, and the mixed-use La Frontera center, have changed Round Rock from a sleepy bedroom community[11] into its own self-contained "super suburb".[12]

  1. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Round Rock, Texas
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Bureau of Labor Statistics for Austin-Round Rock, Texas, Metropolitan Area".
  5. ^ "Census - Geography Profile: Round Rock city, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  6. ^ Balcones Escarpment from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved May 11, 2010. Texas State Historical Association
  7. ^ "Best places to live 2008 – Top 100 City details: Round Rock, Texas". Money Magazine. Money.cnn.com. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
  8. ^ Christie, Les (July 1, 2009). "The fastest growing cities in the United States". Money CNN. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
  9. ^ Hall, Christine (April 28, 2010). "Cyberstates: Texas second-largest tech employment". Austin Business Journal. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  10. ^ "Round Rock Chamber of Commerce: Major Employers". Roundrockchamber.org. Archived from the original on March 8, 2010. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
  11. ^ Thompson, Karen R.; Jane H. Digesualado (1985). Historical Round Rock Texas. Austin, Texas: Nortex Press (Eakin Publications). p. 78.
  12. ^ Scarbrough, Linda (2005). Road, River and Good Ol' Boy Politics: A Texas County's Path from Farm to Supersuburb. Austin, Texas: Texas State Historical Association. p. 259. ISBN 978-0-87611-202-1.