Round Rock is a city located in Travis and Williamson Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. A part of the Austin–Round Rock metropolitan area, its population was 61,136 at the 2000 census. The 2005 census estimate placed the population at 86,316.[1]

In August 2008, Money Magazine named Round Rock as the 7th best American small city to live in.[2] Money based this ranking on an estimated annual income of $85,809 per household, and job growth of 45.15% from 2000-2007 (well above the 18.6% National average). Round Rock was the only Texas city to make the Top 10.

According to the 2008 ratings from the Texas Education Agency[3], the Round Rock Independent School District ranks among the best in the state. Of 42 schools within RRISD, 12 were rated exemplary and 11 are recognized. The majority of academic strengths are within the elementary schools, as Canyon Vista MS[4] was the only non-primary school to receive an exemplary rating, and Westwood HS[5] was the only non-primary school to receive the recognized rating. No RRISD schools received an academically unacceptable rating.

Round Rock has been represented in the Texas House of Representatives since 2009 by Democratic member Diana Maldonado, a former Round Rock ISD school board member.

Former Round Rock City Council member Tedford Williamson (born 1957) is the scion of a Louisiana-based political family whose service dates back to the early 1930s.