1
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Longview, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
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3.44
|
2
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Hill Country Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Above average opportunities
|
3.04
|
3
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Odessa, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
|
2.94
|
4
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Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
2.73
|
5
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West Texas Region of Texas Balance of State
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Above average opportunities
|
2.64
|
6
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Midland, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
|
2.57
|
7
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Coastal Plains Region of Texas Balance of State
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Above average opportunities
|
2.38
|
8
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Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
2.17
|
9
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North Texas Region of Texas Balance of State
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Above average opportunities
|
2.13
|
10
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Border Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.53
|
11
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Victoria, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.46
|
12
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Big Thicket Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.43
|
13
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San Angelo, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.38
|
14
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Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.30
|
15
|
Texas
|
Average opportunities
|
1.22
|
16
|
Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.17
|
17
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Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.16
|
18
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Austin-Round Rock, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.16
|
19
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San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.06
|
20
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McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.06
|
21
|
Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.03
|
22
|
College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.02
|
23
|
Waco, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.97
|
24
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Amarillo, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.93
|
25
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.92
|
26
|
El Paso, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.91
|
27
|
Abilene, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.90
|
28
|
Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.81
|
29
|
Laredo, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.78
|
30
|
Lubbock, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.71
|
31
|
Tyler, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.68
|
32
|
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.64
|