| 1 | Coastal Plains Region of Texas Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 1.91 | 
| 2 | Midland, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.89 | 
| 3 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.87 | 
| 4 | Northwestern Region of Texas Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 1.83 | 
| 5 | Victoria, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.59 | 
| 6 | Longview, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.55 | 
| 7 | Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.49 | 
| 8 | North Region of Texas Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 1.48 | 
| 9 | Hill Country Region of Texas Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 1.32 | 
| 10 | Odessa, TX Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.31 | 
| 11 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.29 | 
| 12 | Waco, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.28 | 
| 13 | Eastern Region of Texas Balance of State | Average opportunities | 1.22 | 
| 14 | Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.06 | 
| 15 | Texas | Average opportunities | 1.03 | 
| 16 | Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.95 | 
| 17 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.93 | 
| 18 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.92 | 
| 19 | San Angelo, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.89 | 
| 20 | Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.88 | 
| 21 | Amarillo, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.86 | 
| 22 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.74 | 
| 23 | Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.72 | 
| 24 | Abilene, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.7 | 
| 25 | Tyler, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.66 | 
| 26 | College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.59 | 
| 27 | Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.59 | 
| 28 | El Paso, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.58 | 
| 29 | Lubbock, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.57 | 
| 30 | Border Region of Texas Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.53 | 
| 31 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.36 | 
| 32 | Laredo, TX Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.22 | 
| 33 | Eagle Pass, TX Metro Area | No data available | No data available |