1
|
Austin-Round Rock, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
2.10
|
2
|
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.52
|
3
|
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.51
|
4
|
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.49
|
5
|
College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.45
|
6
|
Texas
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.38
|
7
|
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.33
|
8
|
Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.30
|
9
|
Waco, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.03
|
10
|
Midland, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.96
|
11
|
Longview, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.82
|
12
|
Amarillo, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.79
|
13
|
Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.77
|
14
|
San Angelo, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.75
|
15
|
El Paso, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.72
|
16
|
Lubbock, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.72
|
17
|
Coastal Plains Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Average opportunities
|
0.71
|
18
|
Hill Country Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.70
|
19
|
Odessa, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.70
|
20
|
Tyler, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.70
|
21
|
Abilene, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.66
|
22
|
Victoria, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.66
|
23
|
Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.61
|
24
|
West Texas Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.58
|
25
|
Big Thicket Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.54
|
26
|
North Texas Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.53
|
27
|
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.52
|
28
|
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.47
|
29
|
Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.46
|
30
|
Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.45
|
31
|
Laredo, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.43
|
32
|
Border Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.42
|