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          Employment Concentration of Food Preparation Workers in Texas

          Rank Region 2025 Employment Concentration level Location Quotient
          1 College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area Above average opportunities 2.19
          2 Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area Above average opportunities 1.81
          3 Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area Above average opportunities 1.64
          4 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area Above average opportunities 1.53
          5 Coastal Plains Region of Texas Balance of State Average opportunities 1.28
          6 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area Average opportunities 1.26
          7 Waco, TX Metro Area Average opportunities 1.26
          8 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area Average opportunities 1.22
          9 San Angelo, TX Metro Area Average opportunities 1.2
          10 Hill Country Region of Texas Balance of State Average opportunities 1.2
          11 Lubbock, TX Metro Area Average opportunities 1.19
          12 El Paso, TX Metro Area Average opportunities 1.14
          13 Laredo, TX Metro Area Average opportunities 1.11
          14 Eastern Region of Texas Balance of State Average opportunities 1.11
          15 Tyler, TX Metro Area Average opportunities 1.1
          16 Amarillo, TX Metro Area Average opportunities 1.08
          17 North Region of Texas Balance of State Average opportunities 1.07
          18 Northwestern Region of Texas Balance of State Average opportunities 1.06
          19 Victoria, TX Metro Area Average opportunities 1.06
          20 Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area Average opportunities 1.06
          21 Longview, TX Metro Area Average opportunities 1.03
          22 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area Average opportunities 1.03
          23 Odessa, TX Metro Area Average opportunities 1.01
          24 Texas Average opportunities 1.01
          25 Border Region of Texas Balance of State Average opportunities 0.97
          26 Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area Average opportunities 0.97
          27 Abilene, TX Metro Area Average opportunities 0.95
          28 Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area Average opportunities 0.95
          29 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area Average opportunities 0.94
          30 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area Average opportunities 0.93
          31 Eagle Pass, TX Metro Area Average opportunities 0.86
          32 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area Average opportunities 0.86
          33 Midland, TX Metro Area Average opportunities 0.72