1
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Laredo, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
|
2.3
|
2
|
Waco, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.81
|
3
|
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.42
|
4
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Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.26
|
5
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Longview, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.2
|
6
|
Texas
|
Average opportunities
|
1.18
|
7
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Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.18
|
8
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Odessa, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.18
|
9
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El Paso, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.17
|
10
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North Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Average opportunities
|
1.17
|
11
|
Eagle Pass, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.15
|
12
|
Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.05
|
13
|
Amarillo, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.01
|
14
|
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1
|
15
|
San Angelo, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1
|
16
|
Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.96
|
17
|
Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.96
|
18
|
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.93
|
19
|
Victoria, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.93
|
20
|
Lubbock, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.91
|
21
|
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.91
|
22
|
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.9
|
23
|
Coastal Plains Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Average opportunities
|
0.88
|
24
|
Hill Country Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Average opportunities
|
0.85
|
25
|
Northwestern Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Average opportunities
|
0.85
|
26
|
Tyler, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.81
|
27
|
Midland, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.81
|
28
|
Eastern Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Average opportunities
|
0.8
|
29
|
Border Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Average opportunities
|
0.76
|
30
|
College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.75
|
31
|
Abilene, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.75
|
32
|
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.74
|
33
|
Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.62
|