The local television market universe estimates for the various designated market areas, as defined and used by The Nielsen Company throughout the 2000-2001 television season—effective Saturday, September 16, 2000. There are a total number of 102,184,810 Nielsen Station Index TV homes for the 2000-01 season.
| Rank | Market | TV Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 6,935,610 | 6.787% |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 5,354,150 | 5.240% |
| 3 | Chicago | 3,244,850 | 3.176% |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 2,703,480 | 2.646% |
| 5 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | 2,431,720 | 2.380% |
| 6 | Boston-Manchester | 2,242,240 | 2.194% |
| 7 | Dallas-Fort Worth | 2,069,010 | 2.025% |
| 8 | Washington-Hagerstown | 2,047,340 | 2.004% |
| 9 | Detroit | 1,873,620 | 1.834% |
| 10 | Atlanta | 1,857,220 | 1.818% |
| 11 | Houston | 1,747,350 | 1.710% |
| 12 | Seattle-Tacoma | 1,605,900 | 1.572% |
| 13 | Minneapolis-Saint Paul | 1,510,130 | 1.478% |
| 14 | Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota | 1,507,790 | 1.476% |
| 15 | Cleveland-Akron-Canton | 1,488,270 | 1.456% |
| 16 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale | 1,468,630 | 1.437% |
| 17 | Phoenix-Prescott | 1,441,660 | 1.411% |
| 18 | Denver | 1,312,300 | 1.284% |
| 19 | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto | 1,187,000 | 1.162% |
| 20 | Pittsburgh | 1,128,810 | 1.105% |
| 21 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne | 1,126,000 | 1.102% |
| 22 | Saint Louis | 1,121,410 | 1.097% |
| 23 | Portland, OR | 1,017,760 | 0.996% |
| 24 | Baltimore | 1,010,160 | 0.989% |
| 25 | San Diego | 996,220 | 0.975% |
| 26 | Indianapolis | 974,390 | 0.954% |
| 27 | Hartford-New Haven | 923,740 | 0.904% |
| 28 | Charlotte | 903,950 | 0.885% |
| 29 | Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville | 873,440 | 0.855% |
| 30 | Kansas City | 835,580 | 0.818% |
| 31 | Nashville | 830,800 | 0.813% |
| 32 | Cincinnati | 828,650 | 0.811% |
| 33 | Milwaukee | 827,570 | 0.810% |
| 34 | Columbus, OH | 772,160 | 0.756% |
| 35 | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson | 734,600 | 0.719% |
| 36 | Salt Lake City | 732,380 | 0.717% |
| 37 | San Antonio | 693,810 | 0.679% |
| 38 | Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek | 683,120 | 0.669% |
| 39 | Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa | 673,940 | 0.660% |
| 40 | Memphis | 641,630 | 0.628% |
| 41 | Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News | 638,190 | 0.625% |
| 42 | New Orleans | 636,340 | 0.623% |
| 43 | West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce | 632,600 | 0.619% |
| 44 | Buffalo | 618,660 | 0.605% |
| 45 | Oklahoma City | 604,240 | 0.591% |
| 46 | Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York | 604,210 | 0.591% |
| 47 | Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem | 600,000 | 0.587% |
| 48 | Louisville | 587,450 | 0.575% |
| 49 | Providence-New Bedford | 572,880 | 0.561% |
| 50 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | 570,460 | 0.558% |
| 51 | Las Vegas | 559,330 | 0.547% |
| 52 | Wilkes Barre-Scranton | 550,340 | 0.539% |
| 53 | Jacksonville | 548,750 | 0.537% |
| 54 | Fresno-Visalia | 519,200 | 0.508% |
| 55 | Dayton | 515,160 | 0.504% |
| 56 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | 508,470 | 0.498% |
| 57 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | 491,830 | 0.481% |
| 58 | Austin | 491,820 | 0.481% |
| 59 | Tulsa | 490,160 | 0.480% |
| 60 | Richmond-Petersburg | 489,320 | 0.479% |
| 61 | Charleston-Huntington | 481,200 | 0.471% |
| 62 | Mobile-Pensacola-Fort Walton Beach | 468,680 | 0.459% |
| 63 | Knoxville | 461,950 | 0.452% |
| 64 | Flint-Saginaw-Bay City | 448,990 | 0.439% |
| 65 | Wichita-Hutchinson Plus | 444,710 | 0.435% |
| 66 | Lexington | 424,010 | 0.415% |
| 67 | Toledo | 413,910 | 0.405% |
| 68 | Roanoke-Lynchburg | 407,480 | 0.399% |
| 69 | Green Bay-Appleton | 398,510 | 0.390% |
| 70 | Des Moines-Ames | 393,980 | 0.386% |
| 71 | Tucson-Sierra Vista | 391,930 | 0.384% |
| 72 | Honolulu | 382,720 | 0.375% |
| 73 | Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg | 376,780 | 0.369% |
| 74 | Rochester, NY | 376,740 | 0.369% |
| 75 | Omaha | 375,070 | 0.367% |
| 76 | Shreveport | 371,020 | 0.363% |
| 77 | Spokane | 370,060 | 0.362% |
| 78 | Springfield, MO | 369,070 | 0.361% |
| 79 | Portland-Auburn | 362,660 | 0.355% |
| 80 | Syracuse | 361,650 | 0.354% |
| 81 | Fort Myers-Naples | 352,240 | 0.345% |
| 82 | Huntsville-Decatur-Florence | 351,860 | 0.344% |
| 83 | Champaign-Springfield-Decatur | 345,420 | 0.338% |
| 84 | Madison | 329,190 | 0.322% |
| 85 | Columbia, SC | 324,060 | 0.317% |
| 86 | Chattanooga | 323,170 | 0.316% |
| 87 | South Bend-Elkhart | 318,770 | 0.312% |
| 88 | Jackson, MS | 307,850 | 0.301% |
| 89 | Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque | 307,310 | 0.301% |
| 90 | Davenport-Rock Island-Moline | 303,370 | 0.297% |
| 91 | Burlington-Plattsburgh | 300,650 | 0.294% |
| 92 | Colorado Springs-Pueblo | 298,600 | 0.292% |
| 93 | Tri-Cities | 295,260 | 0.289% |
| 94 | Waco-Temple-Bryan | 286,720 | 0.281% |
| 95 | Johnstown-Altoona-State College | 283,140 | 0.277% |
| 96 | Baton Rouge | 280,130 | 0.274% |
| 97 | Evansville | 276,070 | 0.270% |
| 98 | El Paso-Las Cruces | 275,850 | 0.270% |
| 99 | Youngstown | 272,500 | 0.267% |
| 100 | Savannah | 260,340 | 0.255% |
| 101 | Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney | 258,280 | 0.253% |
| 102 | Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen | 256,810 | 0.251% |
| 103 | Charleston, SC | 252,560 | 0.247% |
| 104 | Fort Wayne | 252,500 | 0.247% |
| 105 | Springfield-Holyoke | 244,790 | 0.240% |
| 106 | Greenville-New Bern-Washington | 242,290 | 0.237% |
| 107 | Lansing | 240,570 | 0.235% |
| 108 | Tyler-Longview-Lufkin-Nacogdoches | 237,650 | 0.233% |
| 109 | Reno | 232,960 | 0.228% |
| 110 | Tallahassee-Thomasville | 232,270 | 0.227% |
| 111 | Sioux Falls-Mitchell | 231,550 | 0.227% |
| 112 | Peoria-Bloomington | 231,350 | 0.226% |
| 113 | Augusta-Aiken | 230,420 | 0.226% |
| 114 | Myrtle Beach-Florence | 230,260 | 0.225% |
| 115 | Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | 227,670 | 0.223% |
| 116 | Montgomery-Selma | 227,410 | 0.223% |
| 117 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo | 227,240 | 0.222% |
| 118 | Monterey-Salinas | 223,650 | 0.219% |
| 119 | Traverse City-Cadillac | 222,960 | 0.218% |
| 120 | Fargo-Valley City | 220,770 | 0.216% |
| 121 | Macon | 211,800 | 0.207% |
| 122 | Eugene | 210,910 | 0.206% |
| 123 | Boise | 206,820 | 0.202% |
| 124 | Lafayette, LA | 206,120 | 0.202% |
| 125 | Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick | 203,450 | 0.199% |
| 126 | La Crosse-Eau Claire | 191,720 | 0.188% |
| 127 | Amarillo | 189,880 | 0.186% |
| 128 | Columbus-Opelika | 187,400 | 0.183% |
| 129 | Corpus Christi | 185,570 | 0.182% |
| 130 | Bakersfield | 185,120 | 0.181% |
| 131 | Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston | 177,480 | 0.174% |
| 132 | Duluth-Superior | 177,080 | 0.173% |
| 133 | Chico-Redding | 176,090 | 0.172% |
| 134 | Monroe-El Dorado | 174,000 | 0.170% |
| 135 | Rockford | 169,550 | 0.166% |
| 136 | Wausau-Rhinelander | 167,790 | 0.164% |
| 137 | Beaumont-Port Arthur | 165,030 | 0.162% |
| 138 | Topeka | 162,940 | 0.160% |
| 139 | Terre Haute | 157,290 | 0.154% |
| 140 | Wheeling-Steubenville | 156,150 | 0.153% |
| 141 | Medford-Klamath Falls | 154,800 | 0.152% |
| 142 | Erie | 153,110 | 0.150% |
| 143 | Columbia-Jefferson City | 152,280 | 0.149% |
| 144 | Sioux City | 149,940 | 0.147% |
| 145 | Joplin-Pittsburg | 148,180 | 0.145% |
| 146 | Wichita Falls-Lawton | 147,590 | 0.144% |
| 147 | Lubbock | 141,990 | 0.139% |
| 148 | Wilmington | 139,230 | 0.136% |
| 149 | Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill | 139,070 | 0.136% |
| 150 | Albany, GA | 139,060 | 0.136% |
| 151 | Odessa-Midland | 138,300 | 0.135% |
| 152 | Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson-Williston | 136,000 | 0.133% |
| 153 | Rochester-Mason City-Austin | 134,450 | 0.132% |
| 154 | Anchorage | 130,800 | 0.128% |
| 155 | Bangor | 129,600 | 0.127% |
| 156 | Binghamton | 129,430 | 0.127% |
| 157 | Biloxi-Gulfport | 127,210 | 0.125% |
| 158 | Panama City | 124,010 | 0.121% |
| 159 | Palm Springs | 118,330 | 0.116% |
| 160 | Abilene-Sweetwater | 114,350 | 0.112% |
| 161 | Sherman-Ada | 114,330 | 0.112% |
| 162 | Salisbury | 111,800 | 0.109% |
| 163 | Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk | 111,140 | 0.109% |
| 164 | Idaho Falls-Pocatello-Jackson | 106,310 | 0.104% |
| 165 | Clarksburg-Weston | 106,080 | 0.104% |
| 166 | Gainesville | 105,610 | 0.103% |
| 167 | Hattiesburg-Laurel | 100,850 | 0.099% |
| 168 | Utica | 99,070 | 0.097% |
| 169 | Billings | 96,010 | 0.094% |
| 170 | Missoula | 93,170 | 0.091% |
| 171 | Elmira-Corning | 93,090 | 0.091% |
| 172 | Dothan | 92,070 | 0.090% |
| 173 | Lake Charles | 88,630 | 0.087% |
| 174 | Yuma-El Centro | 88,530 | 0.087% |
| 175 | Rapid City | 84,880 | 0.083% |
| 176 | Watertown | 84,200 | 0.082% |
| 177 | Marquette | 82,990 | 0.081% |
| 178 | Alexandria | 81,540 | 0.080% |
| 179 | Harrisonburg | 78,920 | 0.077% |
| 180 | Jonesboro | 77,570 | 0.076% |
| 181 | Bowling Green | 76,180 | 0.075% |
| 182 | Greenwood-Greenville | 75,600 | 0.074% |
| 183 | Meridian | 68,390 | 0.067% |
| 184 | Jackson, TN | 65,180 | 0.064% |
| 185 | Parkersburg | 61,850 | 0.061% |
| 186 | Grand Junction-Montrose | 60,740 | 0.059% |
| 187 | Great Falls | 60,720 | 0.059% |
| 188 | Twin Falls | 57,560 | 0.056% |
| 189 | Laredo | 57,270 | 0.056% |
| 190 | Butte-Bozeman | 55,370 | 0.054% |
| 191 | Eureka | 55,320 | 0.054% |
| 192 | Saint Joseph | 54,200 | 0.053% |
| 193 | Charlottesville | 54,000 | 0.053% |
| 194 | Lafayette, IN | 53,620 | 0.053% |
| 195 | Mankato | 52,950 | 0.052% |
| 196 | San Angelo | 51,370 | 0.050% |
| 197 | Casper-Riverton | 50,640 | 0.050% |
| 198 | Cheyenne-Scottsbluff | 50,410 | 0.049% |
| 199 | Ottumwa-Kirksville | 48,600 | 0.048% |
| 200 | Bend | 43,230 | 0.042% |
| 201 | Lima | 38,430 | 0.038% |
| 202 | Zanesville | 32,340 | 0.032% |
| 203 | Fairbanks | 30,530 | 0.030% |
| 204 | Victoria | 29,070 | 0.028% |
| 205 | Presque Isle | 27,380 | 0.027% |
| 206 | Juneau | 23,540 | 0.023% |
| 207 | Helena | 21,570 | 0.021% |
| 208 | Alpena | 16,810 | 0.017% |
| 209 | North Platte | 14,970 | 0.015% |
| 210 | Glendive | 4,880 | 0.005% |