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Originally Posted by Hill Country

There is some interesting information regarding Austin's land area and population on the City of Austin's Demographics and Annexation Websites.

Austin annexed a fair amount of populated areas after the 2010 census count - mostly in December 2010. The city estimates the 04/01/2011 population at just over 812,000. That's 22,000 more than the official census count. In addtion to that, there are more than 208,000 people living in Austin's ETJ (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction). If Austin went on an annexation binge and didn't allow the ETJ subdivisions to incorporate, the city's population would be 1,020,000 right now without any more growth.

http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/demographics/

http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/annexation/compannex.htm

eh.... that makes no difference to me. I'm all about seeing Austin grow within its core district. If it grows around its metro all the better.... but city proper never really tells the real picture in terms of how big the city truly is. If Austin went ahead and annexed all that area it surely wouldn't feel like a city of a million.