1
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Lubbock, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
|
1.39
|
2
|
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.25
|
3
|
Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.25
|
4
|
College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.25
|
5
|
Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.24
|
6
|
Odessa, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.21
|
7
|
El Paso, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.21
|
8
|
Amarillo, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.19
|
9
|
San Angelo, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.15
|
10
|
Austin-Round Rock, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.11
|
11
|
Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.10
|
12
|
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.05
|
13
|
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.03
|
14
|
Tyler, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.02
|
15
|
Abilene, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.01
|
16
|
Texas
|
Average opportunities
|
1.01
|
17
|
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.01
|
18
|
Laredo, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1
|
19
|
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1
|
20
|
Victoria, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.97
|
21
|
Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.96
|
22
|
Hill Country Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Average opportunities
|
0.96
|
23
|
North Texas Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Average opportunities
|
0.95
|
24
|
Midland, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.92
|
25
|
Longview, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.89
|
26
|
Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.89
|
27
|
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.86
|
28
|
Waco, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.85
|
29
|
Big Thicket Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Average opportunities
|
0.85
|
30
|
West Texas Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.64
|
31
|
Border Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.56
|
32
|
Coastal Plains Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.55
|