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          Employment Concentration of Roustabouts, Oil and Gas in Texas

          Rank Region 2025 Employment Concentration level Location Quotient
          1 Midland, TX Metro Area Above average opportunities 111.55
          2 Odessa, TX Metro Area Above average opportunities 88.19
          3 Northwestern Region of Texas Balance of State Above average opportunities 40.36
          4 Border Region of Texas Balance of State Above average opportunities 31.67
          5 Coastal Plains Region of Texas Balance of State Above average opportunities 24.86
          6 Longview, TX Metro Area Above average opportunities 21.99
          7 Victoria, TX Metro Area Above average opportunities 19.86
          8 San Angelo, TX Metro Area Above average opportunities 15.89
          9 Eastern Region of Texas Balance of State Above average opportunities 12.03
          10 Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area Above average opportunities 9.88
          11 Lubbock, TX Metro Area Above average opportunities 9.26
          12 Hill Country Region of Texas Balance of State Above average opportunities 7.81
          13 Tyler, TX Metro Area Above average opportunities 7.6
          14 Abilene, TX Metro Area Above average opportunities 7.13
          15 Laredo, TX Metro Area Above average opportunities 6.87
          16 North Region of Texas Balance of State Above average opportunities 6.44
          17 Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area Above average opportunities 6.16
          18 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area Above average opportunities 6.15
          19 Texas Above average opportunities 6
          20 College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area Above average opportunities 5.07
          21 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area Above average opportunities 4.64
          22 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area Above average opportunities 1.89
          23 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area Above average opportunities 1.53
          24 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area Above average opportunities 1.48
          25 El Paso, TX Metro Area No data available No data available
          26 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area No data available No data available
          27 Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area No data available No data available
          28 Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area No data available No data available
          29 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area No data available No data available
          30 Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area No data available No data available
          31 Amarillo, TX Metro Area No data available No data available
          32 Waco, TX Metro Area No data available No data available
          33 Eagle Pass, TX Metro Area No data available No data available