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1
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Abilene, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
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1.85
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2
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El Paso, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
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1.66
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3
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San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
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1.65
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4
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Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
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1.58
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|
5
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San Angelo, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
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1.50
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|
6
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
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1.44
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|
7
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Waco, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
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1.42
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|
8
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McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
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1.40
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|
9
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College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
|
1.33
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|
10
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Texas
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Above average opportunities
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1.32
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|
11
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Austin-Round Rock, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
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1.31
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|
12
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Laredo, TX Metro Area
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Average opportunities
|
1.17
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13
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Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area
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Average opportunities
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1.14
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|
14
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Lubbock, TX Metro Area
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Average opportunities
|
1.07
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|
15
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Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area
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Average opportunities
|
1.05
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|
16
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Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area
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Average opportunities
|
0.98
|
|
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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Amarillo, TX Metro Area
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Average opportunities
|
0.91
|
|
19
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Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area
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Average opportunities
|
0.87
|
|
20
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Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area
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Average opportunities
|
0.87
|
|
21
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Tyler, TX Metro Area
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Average opportunities
|
0.82
|
|
22
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Victoria, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.79
|
|
23
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Longview, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.76
|
|
24
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Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area
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Average opportunities
|
0.75
|
|
25
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Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.75
|
|
26
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Odessa, TX Metro Area
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Below average opportunities
|
0.68
|
|
27
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North Texas Region of Texas Balance of State
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Below average opportunities
|
0.63
|
|
28
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Hill Country Region of Texas Balance of State
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Below average opportunities
|
0.61
|
|
29
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Border Region of Texas Balance of State
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Below average opportunities
|
0.59
|
|
30
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Coastal Plains Region of Texas Balance of State
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Below average opportunities
|
0.55
|
|
31
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Midland, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.53
|
|
32
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West Texas Region of Texas Balance of State
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Below average opportunities
|
0.48
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