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- McAllen, TX was ranked #1 in job growth and #2 in Income Growth in a survey of Best Cities For Jobs in 2008
(Forbes.com 2008 )
- Ranked #1 in the Southwest as the best place for entrepreneurship.
(Entrepreneur Magazine )
- Ranked as the lowest city in the United States in cost of living
(ACCRA 2005 )
- Ranked #7 in the Top Performing Cities in the nation, ranked by job growth, wages and salary growth, short-term job growth and high-tech job growth
(Milken Institue 2007 )
- The McAllen MSA is the 8th fastest growing City in the United States and the fastest growing by percentage in the State of Texas.
(U.S. Census Bureau 2005 )
- Ranked #2 Mid-Market areas in the South. This ranking has been consistently in the top 2 for ten years.
(Southern Business and Development Magazine 2004 )
- Ranked as one of the ten best places in the South for location of an automotive assembly plant.
(Southern Business and Development Magazine 2004 )
- Reynosa is the only city in all of Mexico that has not shown a job loss in the maquiladora industry for the past five years.
(INEGI )
- McAllen, TX is only 75 miles from the beautiful beaches of South Padre Island
- La Plaza Mall, located in McAllen, TX is one of the highest grossing retail malls (per square foot) in the United States.
- South Texas College is the first college in the entire State of Texas to earn the National Institute of Metalworking Skills (NIMS) Accreditation for its Precision Manufacturing Technology Program
(South Texas College )
- UTPA's Regional Biotech Program in Clinical Laboratory Sciences operates the only Mobile Biotechnology Laboratory in the State of Texas? It is only 1 of 3 in the United States
(University of Texas Pan American )
- UTPA offers a Ph.D. in Business Administration with an emphasis in International Business, 1 of 6 such degree programs in the United States
(University of Texas Pan American )
- UTPA has the only Physician Assistant Program in Texas outside a medical school
(University of Texas Pan American )
- More than 100 of the Fortune 500's global manufacturers have operations in McAllen or across the border in Reynosa
(imagesmcallen.com )
- McAllen's slogan is "The Texas Tropics" because of its flora, fauna and climate
(imagesmcallen.com )
- Texas was the 2007 State of the Year
(Business Facilities December 2007 )
- Texas has the Best Business-Friendly Legislative Climate
(Expansion Management, December 2007 )
- Texas is the # 1 exporting U.S. state for five straight years
(WISERTrade, May 2007 )
- Texas received 1st place for the Governor's Cup in 2004 and 2005
(Site Selection Magazine )
- Texas received 2nd place for the Governor's Cup in 2006
(Site Selection Magazine )
- McAllen’s total population is 15th among Texas cities, yet it ranked 13th in overall Retail Sales
(Texas Comptroller )
- McAllen, TX ranked as #1 Fastest Growing Real Estate Market
(CNNMoney.com May 2008 )
- McAllen had 3 schools rank among Best Public Schools in Texas
(Texas Monthly )
- McAllen MSA was ranked 5th in the Nation as hottest city for entrepreneurs, and 2nd among midsize MSA’s
(Inc. Magazine )
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