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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Four ports are located along the Arkansas River in Fort Smith, Little Rock, North Little Rock and Pine Bluff. That represents 42 percent of the total U.S. population.

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

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There are approximately 200,000 individuals employed in the tech sector in the Atlanta MSA—the sixth largest metro area in the nation for technology employment. Plus, metro Atlanta is a digital supply chain leader as home to the world’s busiest and most efficient airport and a destination with an easily accessible port.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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Two of the leading employers, UPMC and West Penn Allegheny Health System, together account for more than 50,000 jobs. Greater Fort Lauderdale’s IT/telecom companies employ more than 50,000 people, according to recent surveys. 1,608 m) long and was deemed unsuitable for the increasing amount of air traffic coming into the airport.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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no personal income tax), business-driven tort reform, a variety of incentives and an overall low cost of doing business. By December 2011, Texas employers had replaced all of the jobs shed during the recession compared with the nation’s 44 percent recovery. Texas also has a well-earned reputation as the best state in the U.S.

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STATE FOCUS: Lassoing Jobs In Texas

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The Lubbock Rail Port is a 526-acre tract of land that provides access to Interstate 27, the Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport and Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway. In the third quarter of 2013, total employment in the Lubbock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) was 145,608, a growth of 1.75 Credit: Lubbock EDA.).

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