Nielsen Media Research Local Universe Estimates* (US)

*Estimates used throughout the 2005-2006 television season which starts on September 24, 2005

 

RANK	Designated Market Area (DMA)	TV Homes	% of US
1	New York	7,375,530	6.692
2	Los Angeles	5,536,430	5.023
3	Chicago	3,430,790	3.113
4	Philadelphia	2,925,560	2.654
5	Boston (Manchester)	2,375,310	2.155
6	San Francisco-Oak-San Jose	2,355,740	2.137
7	Dallas-Ft. Worth	2,336,140	2.120
8	Washington, DC (Hagrstwn)	2,252,550	2.044
9	Atlanta	2,097,220	1.903
10	Houston	1,938,670	1.759
11	Detroit	1,936,350	1.757
12	Tampa-St. Pete (Sarasota)	1,710,400	1.552
13	Seattle-Tacoma	1,701,950	1.544
14	Phoenix (Prescott)	1,660,430	1.507
15	Minneapolis-St. Paul	1,652,940	1.500
16	Cleveland-Akron (Canton)	1,541,780	1.399
17	Miami-Ft. Lauderdale	1,522,960	1.382
18	Denver	1,415,180	1.284
19	Sacramnto-Stkton-Modesto	1,345,820	1.221
20	Orlando-Daytona Bch-Melbrn	1,345,700	1.221
21	St. Louis	1,222,380	1.109
22	Pittsburgh	1,169,800	1.061
23	Portland, OR	1,099,890	0.998
24	Baltimore	1,089,220	0.988
25	Indianapolis	1,053,750	0.956
26	San Diego	1,026,160	0.931
27	Charlotte	1,020,130	0.926
28	Hartford & New Haven	1,013,350	0.919
29	Raleigh-Durham (Fayetvlle)	985,200	0.894
30	Nashville	927,500	0.842
31	Kansas City	903,540	0.820
32	Columbus, OH	890,770	0.808
33	Milwaukee	880,390	0.799
34	Cincinnati	880,190	0.799
35	Greenvll-Spart-Ashevll-And	815,460	0.740
36	Salt Lake City	810,830	0.736
37	San Antonio	760,410	0.690
38	West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce	751,930	0.682
39	Grand Rapids-Kalmzoo-B.Crk	731,630	0.664
40	Birmingham (Ann, Tusc)	716,520	0.650
41	Harrisburg-Lncstr-Leb-York	707,010	0.641
42	Norfolk-Portsmth-Newpt Nws	704,810	0.640
43	New Orleans	672,150	0.610
44	Memphis	657,670	0.597
45	Oklahoma City	655,400	0.595
46	Albuquerque-Santa Fe	653,680	0.593
47	Greensboro-H.Point-W.Salem	652,020	0.592
48	Las Vegas	651,110	0.591
49	Buffalo	644,430	0.585
50	Louisville	643,290	0.584
51	Providence-New Bedford	639,590	0.580
52	Jacksonville	624,220	0.566
53	Austin	589,360	0.535
54	Wilkes Barre-Scranton	588,540	0.534
55	Albany-Schenectady-Troy	552,250	0.501
56	Fresno-Visalia	546,210	0.496
57	Little Rock-Pine Bluff	531,470	0.482
58	Knoxville	516,180	0.468
59	Dayton	513,610	0.466
60	Richmond-Petersburg	510,770	0.463
61	Tulsa	510,480	0.463
62	Mobile-Pensacola (Ft Walt)	501,130	0.455
63	Lexington	478,560	0.434
64	Charleston-Huntington	477,890	0.434
65	Flint-Saginaw-Bay City	475,500	0.431
66	Ft. Myers-Naples	461,920	0.419
67	Wichita-Hutchinson Plus	446,820	0.405
68	Roanoke-Lynchburg	440,390	0.400
69	Green Bay-Appleton	432,810	0.393
70	Toledo	426,520	0.387
71	Tucson (Sierra Vista)	422,480	0.383
72	Honolulu	414,960	0.377
73	Des Moines-Ames	413,590	0.375
74	Portland-Auburn	407,050	0.369
75	Omaha	399,830	0.363
76	Syracuse	398,240	0.361
77	Springfield, MO	395,820	0.359
78	Spokane	389,630	0.354
79	Rochester, NY	385,460	0.350
80	Paducah-Cape Girard-Harsbg	383,330	0.348
81	Shreveport	382,080	0.347
82	Champaign&Sprngfld-Decatur	378,100	0.343
83	Columbia, SC	373,260	0.339
84	Huntsville-Decatur (Flor)	370,820	0.336
85	Madison	365,550	0.332
86	Chattanooga	354,230	0.321
87	South Bend-Elkhart	333,190	0.302
88	Cedar Rapids-Wtrlo-IWC&Dub	331,480	0.301
89	Jackson, MS	328,350	0.298
90	Burlington-Plattsburgh	325,720	0.296
91	Tri-Cities, TN-VA	323,690	0.294
92	Harlingen-Wslco-Brnsvl-McA	318,800	0.289
93	Colorado Springs-Pueblo	315,010	0.286
94	Waco-Temple-Bryan	310,960	0.282
95	Davenport-R.Island-Moline	308,380	0.280
96	Baton Rouge	305,810	0.277
97	Savannah	296,100	0.269
98	Johnstown-Altoona	294,810	0.267
99	El Paso (Las Cruces)	290,540	0.264
100	Evansville	288,800	0.262
101	Charleston, SC	283,730	0.257
102	Youngstown	276,720	0.251
103	Lincoln & Hastings-Krny	274,150	0.249
104	Ft. Smith-Fay-Sprngdl-Rgrs	273,000	0.248
105	Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn	271,130	0.246
106	Ft. Wayne	270,500	0.245
107	Myrtle Beach-Florence	265,770	0.241
108	Springfield-Holyoke	264,840	0.240
109	Tallahassee-Thomasville	261,250	0.237
110	Lansing	256,790	0.233
111	Tyler-Longview(Lfkn&Ncgd)	255,770	0.232
112	Reno	255,090	0.231
113	Traverse City-Cadillac	247,600	0.225
114	Sioux Falls(Mitchell)	246,020	0.223
115	Augusta	245,590	0.223
116	Montgomery-Selma	245,090	0.222
117	Peoria-Bloomington	241,800	0.219
118	Fargo-Valley City	234,190	0.212
119	Boise	230,100	0.209
120	Macon	229,870	0.209
121	Eugene	229,280	0.208
122	SantaBarbra-SanMar-SanLuOb	224,290	0.204
123	La Crosse-Eau Claire	224,090	0.203
124	Lafayette, LA	220,030	0.200
125	Monterey-Salinas	218,080	0.198
126	Yakima-Pasco-Rchlnd-Knnwck	211,610	0.192
127	Columbus, GA	205,300	0.186
128	Bakersfield	201,850	0.183
129	Corpus Christi	192,380	0.175
130	Chico-Redding	191,190	0.173
131	Amarillo	190,250	0.173
132	Columbus-Tupelo-West Point	186,510	0.169
133	Rockford	183,090	0.166
134	Wausau-Rhinelander	182,620	0.166
135	Monroe-El Dorado	174,370	0.158
136	Topeka	170,650	0.155
137	Duluth-Superior	168,650	0.153
138	Columbia-Jefferson City	167,860	0.152
139	Wilmington	167,810	0.152
140	Beaumont-Port Arthur	167,430	0.152
141	Medford-Klamath Falls	163,090	0.148
142	Erie	158,660	0.144
143	Sioux City	156,950	0.142
144	Wichita Falls & Lawton	154,960	0.141
145	Joplin-Pittsburg	153,720	0.139
146	Lubbock	152,150	0.138
147	Albany, GA	152,140	0.138
148	Salisbury	147,890	0.134
149	Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill	145,850	0.132
150	Terre Haute	145,630	0.132
151	Bangor	142,790	0.130
152	Rochestr-Mason City-Austin	142,770	0.130
153	Palm Springs	142,730	0.130
154	Wheeling-Steubenville	142,020	0.129
155	Anchorage	141,290	0.128
156	Binghamton	138,560	0.126
157	Panama City	136,450	0.124
158	Biloxi-Gulfport	135,540	0.123
159	Odessa-Midland	135,100	0.123
160	Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson	133,910	0.122
161	Sherman-Ada	124,060	0.113
162	Gainesville	117,190	0.106
163	Idaho Falls-Pocatello	114,560	0.104
164	Abilene-Sweetwater	112,510	0.102
165	Clarksburg-Weston	108,730	0.099
166	Utica	106,130	0.096
167	Hattiesburg-Laurel	105,000	0.095
168	Missoula	104,700	0.095
169	Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk	103,890	0.094
170	Yuma-El Centro	103,170	0.094
171	Billings	102,620	0.093
172	Dothan	98,370	0.089
173	Elmira (Corning)	97,210	0.088
174	Jackson, TN	95,010	0.086
175	Lake Charles	94,090	0.085
176	Alexandria, LA	93,120	0.085
177	Rapid City	91,070	0.083
178	Watertown	90,930	0.083
179	Jonesboro	89,530	0.081
180	Marquette	89,160	0.081
181	Harrisonburg	85,870	0.078
182	Greenwood-Greenville	76,800	0.070
183	Bowling Green	75,420	0.068
184	Meridian	71,210	0.065
185	Lima	70,940	0.064
186	Charlottesville	69,750	0.063
187	Grand Junction-Montrose	65,190	0.059
188	Laredo	64,410	0.058
189	Great Falls	64,130	0.058
190	Parkersburg	63,990	0.058
191	Lafayette, IN	63,330	0.057
192	Twin Falls	60,400	0.055
193	Butte-Bozeman	59,300	0.054
194	Eureka	58,340	0.053
195	Cheyenne-Scottsbluff	54,320	0.049
196	Bend, OR	54,250	0.049
197	San Angelo	53,330	0.048
198	Casper-Riverton	52,070	0.047
199	Ottumwa-Kirksville	51,290	0.047
200	Mankato	50,930	0.046
201	St. Joseph	45,840	0.042
202	Zanesville	33,080	0.030
203	Fairbanks	32,310	0.029
204	Presque Isle	31,140	0.028
205	Victoria	30,250	0.027
206	Helena	25,810	0.023
207	Juneau	24,130	0.022
208	Alpena	17,790	0.016
209	North Platte	15,320	0.014
210	Glendive	5,020	0.005
Total		110,213,910	100.000