1
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Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
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2.57
|
2
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Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area
|
Above average opportunities
|
2.03
|
3
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Midland, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
|
1.88
|
4
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Odessa, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
|
1.63
|
5
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West Texas Region of Texas Balance of State
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Above average opportunities
|
1.51
|
6
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Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
|
1.50
|
7
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Coastal Plains Region of Texas Balance of State
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Above average opportunities
|
1.37
|
8
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Abilene, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
|
1.33
|
9
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Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area
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Above average opportunities
|
1.31
|
10
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Hill Country Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Average opportunities
|
1.29
|
11
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Waco, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.16
|
12
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San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.11
|
13
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Texas
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Average opportunities
|
1.11
|
14
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Amarillo, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.08
|
15
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1.01
|
16
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San Angelo, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
1
|
17
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North Texas Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Average opportunities
|
0.97
|
18
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Austin-Round Rock, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.95
|
19
|
El Paso, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.94
|
20
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Lubbock, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.91
|
21
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Longview, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.87
|
22
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Big Thicket Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Average opportunities
|
0.85
|
23
|
Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.84
|
24
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Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.83
|
25
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Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.80
|
26
|
Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.79
|
27
|
College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area
|
Average opportunities
|
0.71
|
28
|
Tyler, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.68
|
29
|
Victoria, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.66
|
30
|
Laredo, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.62
|
31
|
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.50
|
32
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Border Region of Texas Balance of State
|
Below average opportunities
|
0.41
|