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1
 | 
Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area
 | 
Average opportunities
 | 
1.03
 | 
| 
2
 | 
St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area
 | 
Average opportunities
 | 
0.88
 | 
| 
3
 | 
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area
 | 
Average opportunities
 | 
0.78
 | 
| 
4
 | 
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area
 | 
Average opportunities
 | 
0.77
 | 
| 
5
 | 
Illinois
 | 
Average opportunities
 | 
0.73
 | 
| 
6
 | 
Northwest Illinois Balance of State
 | 
Below average opportunities
 | 
0.67
 | 
| 
7
 | 
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area
 | 
Below average opportunities
 | 
0.64
 | 
| 
8
 | 
East Central Illinois Balance of State
 | 
Below average opportunities
 | 
0.63
 | 
| 
9
 | 
Rockford, IL Metro Area
 | 
Below average opportunities
 | 
0.61
 | 
| 
10
 | 
Springfield, IL Metro Area
 | 
Below average opportunities
 | 
0.61
 | 
| 
11
 | 
Bloomington, IL Metro Area
 | 
Below average opportunities
 | 
0.6
 | 
| 
12
 | 
Peoria, IL Metro Area
 | 
Below average opportunities
 | 
0.58
 | 
| 
13
 | 
West Central Illinois Balance of State
 | 
Below average opportunities
 | 
0.57
 | 
| 
14
 | 
Kankakee, IL Metro Area
 | 
Below average opportunities
 | 
0.51
 | 
| 
15
 | 
Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area
 | 
Below average opportunities
 | 
0.5
 | 
| 
16
 | 
South Illinois Balance of State
 | 
Below average opportunities
 | 
0.49
 | 
| 
17
 | 
Decatur, IL Metro Area
 | 
Below average opportunities
 | 
0.49
 |