1
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Border Region of Texas Balance of State
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Above average opportunities
|
2.53
|
2
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Coastal Plains Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Above average opportunities
|
2.31
|
3
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Big Thicket Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Above average opportunities
|
2.15
|
4
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North Texas Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.92
|
5
|
West Texas Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.88
|
6
|
Victoria, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.77
|
7
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Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.72
|
8
|
Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.66
|
9
|
Hill Country Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.62
|
10
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Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.56
|
11
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Longview, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.52
|
12
|
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.47
|
13
|
San Angelo, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.37
|
14
|
Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.35
|
15
|
Waco, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.33
|
16
|
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.25
|
17
|
Abilene, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.24
|
18
|
College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.21
|
19
|
Amarillo, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.20
|
20
|
Laredo, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.18
|
21
|
Lubbock, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.11
|
22
|
El Paso, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.01
|
23
|
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.96
|
24
|
Tyler, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.91
|
25
|
Texas
|
Average opportunities
|
0.91
|
26
|
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.83
|
27
|
Odessa, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.82
|
28
|
Austin-Round Rock, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.77
|
29
|
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.75
|
30
|
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.75
|
31
|
Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.61
|
32
|
Midland, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.55
|