1
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Odessa, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
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3.83
|
2
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West Texas Region of Texas Balance of State
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Above average opportunities
|
2.88
|
3
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Lubbock, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
|
2.76
|
4
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Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
|
2.38
|
5
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Midland, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
|
2.33
|
6
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Victoria, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
|
2.27
|
7
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Hill Country Region of Texas Balance of State
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Above average opportunities
|
2.17
|
8
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Waco, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
|
2.14
|
9
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Abilene, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
|
2.07
|
10
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Amarillo, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
2.07
|
11
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Big Thicket Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Above average opportunities
|
2.06
|
12
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San Angelo, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
|
2.06
|
13
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San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
2.03
|
14
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Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.98
|
15
|
Laredo, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.97
|
16
|
Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.95
|
17
|
Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.89
|
18
|
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.81
|
19
|
Longview, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.78
|
20
|
Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.76
|
21
|
College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.61
|
22
|
El Paso, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.59
|
23
|
Texas
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.55
|
24
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Tyler, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.54
|
25
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.50
|
26
|
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.44
|
27
|
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.42
|
28
|
North Texas Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Above average opportunities
|
1.31
|
29
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Border Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Average opportunities
|
1.10
|
30
|
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.08
|
31
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Coastal Plains Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Average opportunities
|
1.06
|
32
|
Austin-Round Rock, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.04
|