claim: texas is the "fastest growing state" with the "most fortune 500 companies."
author: rick perry
evidence_1: jul 10, 2018 ... the texas economy is the fastest-growing in the nation. ... and texas is by far the  “stickiest” state: more than 8 in 10 of those born in texas stay in texas. ... start- ups are growing here right alongside fortune 500 companies ...
evidence_2: jan 31, 2011 ... 27 speech to the texas association of business, gov. ... running, and is home to  more fortune 1000 firms than any other state. ... shortly after winning the gop  primary, perry said texas has the "most fortune 500 companies. ... politifact  texas, perry says texas is the fastest growing state with the most ...
evidence_3: cities with 5 or more fortune 500 headquarters according to the 2009 fortune  1000 list -- fortune magazine's annual ranking of america's largest corporations.
evidence_4: aug 15, 2018 ... these 10 states have the most fast-growing companies in america ... new  jersey is the home to fortune 500 companies such as merck, johnson &  johnson, and ... everything's bigger in texas, and growth is no exception.
evidence_5: jun 15, 2015 ... put another way: which states have more of the largest corporations in ... home  to the second-most fortune 500 companies in the u.s., texas ...