TVTechnology: Top 100 U.S. Television Designated Market Areas

02.02.2009 12:00AM

Top 100 U.S. Television Designated Market Areas

Antenna Designated market area information from Nielsen estimates as of Jan. 1, 2009.
Over-the-air reliance derived from Nielsen cable and alternative delivery system estimates for each DMA.

Rank	Market	# of TV Homes	% OTA Reliance	% of U.S. TV Households
1	New York	7,433,820	4.3	6.5
2	Los Angeles	5,654,260	15.3	4.9
3	Chicago	3,492,850	13.6	3.0
4	Philadelphia	2,950220	5.9	2.6
5	Dallas-Ft. Worth	2,489,970	19.8	2.2
6	San Francisco	2,476,450	8.3	2.2
7	Boston	2,409,080	5.1	2.1
8	Atlanta	2,369,780	5.9	2.0
9	Washington, DC	2,321,610	7.7	2.0
10	Houston	2,106,210	22.2	1.8
11	Detroit	1,926,970	10.5	1.7
12	Phoenix	1,855,930	15.1	1.6
13	Tampa	1,822,160	9.0	1.6
14	Seattle	1,189,970	9.8	1.6
15	Minneapolis	1,730,530	18.6	1.5
16	Miami	1,546,920	7.8	1.4
17	Cleveland	1,524,930	10.6	1.3
18	Denver	1,524,210	12.2	1.3
19	Orlando	1,466,420	5.9	1.3
20	Sacramento	1,399,520	10.4	1.2
21	St. Louis	1,249,820	4.5	1.0
22	Portland, Ore.	1,175,100	17.0	1.0
23	Pittsburgh	1,156,360	8.0	1.0
24	Charlotte	1,122,860	9.9	0.98
25	Indianapolis	1,114,970	14.6	0.97
26	Baltimore	1,102,080	11.5	0.96
27	Raleigh	1,080,690	11.2	0.94
28	San Diego	1,066,680	8.9	0.93
29	Nashville	1,016,920	10.0	0.89
30	Hartford	1,014,990	5.1	0.89
31	Kansas City	937,970	13.7	0.82
32	Columbus, Ohio	925,840	12.8	0.81
33	Salt Lake City	919,390	21.6	0.80
34	Cincinnati	915,570	15.7	0.80
35	Milwaukee	905,350	20.7	0.79
36	Greenville, S.C.	858,050	11.1	0.75
37	San Antonio	818,560	12.3	0.72
38	West Palm Beach	779,430	4.0	0.68
39	Grand Rapids	741,420	13.7	0.65
40	Birmingham	739,750	7.4	0.65
41	Harrisburg	738,880	8.5	0.65
42	Las Vegas	728,410	9.2	0.64
43	Norfolk, Va.	718,020	8.8	0.63
44	Albuquerque	689,120	7.7	0.60
45	Oklahoma City	687,300	14.5	0.60
46	Greensboro	685,110	10.0	0.60
47	Jacksonville	674,860	8.9	0.59
48	Memphis	673,770	12.9	0.59
49	Austin	667,670	14.5	0.58
50	Louisville	667,230	11.9	0.58
51	Buffalo	631,120	9.6	0.55
52	Providence, R.I.	622,580	11.2	0.54
53	New Orleans	602.740	8.4	0.53
54	Wilkes Barre	594,579	7.2	0.52
55	Fresno	574,900	23.2	0.50
56	Little Rock	567,060	11.0	0.50
57	Albany	556,750	7.2	0.49
58	Richmond	550,240	8.8	0.48
59	Knoxville	547,930	8.4	0.48
60	Mobile	537,810	8.3	0.47
61	Tulsa	529,540	17.3	0.46
62	Ft. Myers	509,530	4.4	0.45
63	Lexington	503,260	7.7	0.44
64	Dayton	483,790	16.6	0.42
65	Charleston	479,750	9.3	0.42
66	Flint-Saginaw	465,790	12.5	0.41
67	Roanoke	461,420	11.9	0.40
68	Tucson	456,030	14.9	0.40
69	Wichita	450,930	10.7	0.39
70	Green Bay	444,210	20.6	0.39
71	Des Moines	432,410	19.3	0.38
72	Honolulu	428,940	5.3	0.38
73	Toledo	425,890	17.5	0.37
74	Springfield, Mo.	421,960	20.5	0.37
75	Spokane	416,630	15.5	0.36
76	Omaha	411,520	9.6	0.36
77	Portland, Me.	410,890	12.4	0.36
78	Paducah	393,260	12.4	0.34
79	Columbia, S.C.	393,170	12.1	0.34
80	Rochester	390,590	15.7	0.34
81	Syracuse	388,000	10.8	0.34
82	Huntsville	386,520	7.9	0.34
83	Champaign	386,000	10.1	0.34
84	Shreveport	385,770	10.7	0.34
85	Madison	378,740	19.4	0.33
86	Chattanooga	366,780	9.6	0.32
87	Harlingen	349,910	33.5	0.31
88	Cedar Rapids	346,330	14.2	0.30
89	South Bend	334,720	19.4	0.29
90	Jackson, Miss.	334,650	10.1	0.29
91	Colorado Springs	334,390	16.1	0.29
92	Tri-Cities, Tenn.	332,840	6.9	0.29
93	Burlington, Vt.	331,320	12.5	0.29
94	Waco	329,690	11.3	0.29
95	Baton Rouge	326,390	6.6	0.29
96	Savannah	319,160	6.2	0.28
97	Davenport	309,600	14.6	0.27
98	El Paso	308,080	31.6	0.27
99	Charleston, S.C.	307,610	9.3	0.27
100	Ft. Smith, Ark.	297,920	10.7	0.26

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Posted by: Anonymous

Tue, 04-07-2009 - 6:58PM Report Comment

The numbers for the top 68 markets are covered over by advertising, but if you need them, you can copy and paste them into a spreadsheet.

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