State	No. of Most Admired Cos.
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Alabama	1
Alaska	0
Arizona	2
Arkansas	2
California	39
Colorado	3
Connecticut	7
Delaware	1
District of Columbia	1
Florida	10
Georgia	9
Hawaii	0
Idaho	0
Illinois	19
Indiana	5
Iowa	1
Kansas	1
Kentucky	2
Louisiana	0
Maine	0
Maryland	6
Massachusetts	7
Michigan	10
Minnesota	10
Mississippi	0
Missouri	6
Montana	0
Nebraska	3
Nevada	3
New Hampshire	2
New Jersey	9
New Mexico	0
New York	37
North Carolina	7
North Dakota	0
Ohio	12
Oklahoma	3
Oregon	2
Pennsylvania	6
Rhode Island	1
South Carolina	2
South Dakota	0
Tennessee	5
Texas	34
Utah	0
Vermont	0
Virginia	6
Washington	9
West Virginia	0
Wisconsin	5
Wyoming	0

	Population
Best Places to Live in Texas
Austin	690,300
Carrollton	124,700
Denton	104,200
League City	61,500
North Richland Hills	61,100
Plano	250,100
Richardson	99,200
Round Rock	86,300
Sugar Land	75,800
The Woodlands	67,600
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Company	City	Industry rank
Most Admired
Whole Foods Market	Austin	1
Temple-Inland	Austin	3
TXU	Dallas	4
Southwest Airlines	Dallas	2
Texas Instruments	Dallas	1
Centex	Dallas	1
AMR	Fort Worth	5
Kinder Morgan	Houston	2
Apache	Houston	1
Enterprise Products Partners	Houston	3
BJ Services	Houston	5
Cameron International	Houston	3
US Oncology	Houston	5
Stewart Information Services	Houston	4
FMC Technologies	Houston	2
Smith International	Houston	4
Sysco	Houston	2
Continental Airlines	Houston	1
Enbridge Energy Partners	Houston	4
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners	Houston	1
Plains All American Pipeline	Houston	5
EGL	Houston	4
Fluor	Irving	5
Kimberly-Clark	Irving	4
Exxon Mobil	Irving	1
Commercial Metals	Irving	4
Pilgrim's Pride	Pittsburg	2
Perot Systems	Plano	2
Triad Hospitals	Plano	5
J.C. Penney	Plano	3
Electronic Data Systems	Plano	3
Valero Energy	San Antonio	5
AT&T	San Antonio	2
Anadarko Petroleum	The Woodlands	5
Contenders
Freescale Semiconductor	Austin	6
Brinker International	Dallas	6
7-Eleven	Dallas	9
Tenet Healthcare	Dallas	10
Texas Industries	Dallas	7
Energy Transfer Partners	Dallas	8
Crosstex Energy	Dallas	8
Affiliated Computer Services	Dallas	7
Dean Foods	Dallas	7
D.R. Horton	Fort Worth	10
Burlington Northern Santa Fe	Fort Worth	3
Dynegy	Houston	9
Group 1 Automotive	Houston	5
BMC Software	Houston	9
Quanta Services	Houston	9
Reliant Energy	Houston	7
Baker Hughes	Houston	6
Marathon Oil	Houston	7
ConocoPhillips	Houston	6
Halliburton	Houston	9
Lyondell Chemical	Houston	9
El Paso	Houston	7
TEPPCO Partners	Houston	6
Pride International	Houston	8
National Oilwell Varco	Houston	7
Rush Enterprises	New Braunfels	8
Dell	Round Rock	8
Clear Channel Communications	San Antonio	7
Tesoro	San Antonio	10
Sabre Holdings	Southlake	7

Industry champions

Company	Industry
Nike	Apparel
Whole Foods	Food and Drug Stores
Cisco	Network Communications
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Most admired for people management

Company	Industry rank
FedEx	1
Procter & Gamble	1
Google	2
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Most admired for innovation

Company	Industry rank
Apple	2
Google	2
FedEx	1
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How we pick the Most Admired companies

The Most Admired list is the definitive report card on corporate reputations. Our survey partners at Hay Group started with the FORTUNE 1,000... (more)