Actually I would challenge the idea Houston doesn't have enough of the professionals required.

Houston was eliminated as not having enough white collar workers. Yet they left in Austin which is far smaller because at least 12.5 % base of their base has the right skills.

It makes sense to compare desired jobs versus the general population but not without context. Seriously with six million+ people here, do you really need 12.5% or 750,000 of them to be what Amazon would consider hiring when they only need 50,000 people?

I find the idea absurd: Amazon could fill their entire job quota out of the current worker pool.