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1
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Odessa, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
|
2.81
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|
2
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North Texas Region of Texas Balance of State
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Above average opportunities
|
1.74
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|
3
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West Texas Region of Texas Balance of State
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Above average opportunities
|
1.60
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|
4
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Midland, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
|
1.56
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|
5
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Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
|
1.42
|
|
6
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Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area
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Average opportunities
|
1.25
|
|
7
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Waco, TX Metro Area
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Average opportunities
|
1.23
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|
8
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Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area
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Average opportunities
|
1.23
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|
9
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Amarillo, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.19
|
|
10
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Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.17
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|
11
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Longview, TX Metro Area
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Average opportunities
|
1.17
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|
12
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Tyler, TX Metro Area
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Average opportunities
|
1.03
|
|
13
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Texas
|
Average opportunities
|
1
|
|
14
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1
|
|
15
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Coastal Plains Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Average opportunities
|
0.96
|
|
16
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Hill Country Region of Texas Balance of State
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Average opportunities
|
0.96
|
|
17
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Big Thicket Region of Texas Balance of State
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Average opportunities
|
0.95
|
|
18
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Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.93
|
|
19
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Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.92
|
|
20
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Border Region of Texas Balance of State
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Average opportunities
|
0.90
|
|
21
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San Angelo, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.88
|
|
22
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College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.80
|
|
23
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El Paso, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.79
|
|
24
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Laredo, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.78
|
|
25
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Austin-Round Rock, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.76
|
|
26
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San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.72
|
|
27
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Abilene, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.67
|
|
28
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Victoria, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.60
|
|
29
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Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area
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Below average opportunities
|
0.57
|
|
30
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Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area
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Below average opportunities
|
0.50
|
|
31
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McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.49
|
|
32
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Lubbock, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.44
|