Dallas, Headquarters
Texas
- Texas has the highest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the US.
- Created more total new jobs than any other state in the nation.
- 8.1% unemployment rate verses the National Average of 8.5%.
- 2.2% annual job growth rate in 2010, compared to the National Average of 1.2%.
- Texas has been at or below the national unemployment rate for 4+ years.
- Texas has a central US location.
- Equal distance coast to coast.
- Low cost of doing business with no state income tax.
- Texas GDP in more than Russia at $1.4 billion dollars.
- Texas’ major metro areas – Austin, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston and San Antonio – were named as America’s Recovery Capitals on a list compiled by Forbes. “Looking for a place to take advantage of the recovery?” Forbes asks. “Try Texas.”
DFW
- 4th Largest Metropolitan Area in the U.S with a population of over 6 million people.
- Dallas has the 3rd highest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the US including Exxon Mobile, AT&T, AMR Corporation, TXU and Texas Instruments.
- DFW is the 7th busiest and the 3rd largest airport in the world.
- 12th largest metro economy in the world with a gross regional product of $311 billion annually.
- Forecasted to create 414,900 new jobs and 711,400 new residents during the period 2009-2014.
- Over the next 30 years there will be 1.6 million new houses and 560 new 100,000 sq ft office buildings.
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