The local television market universe estimates for the various designated market areas, as defined and used by The Nielsen Company throughout the 2001-2002 television season—effective Monday, September 17, 2001. There are a total number of 105,444,330 Nielsen Station Index TV homes for the 2001-02 season.
| Rank | Market | TV Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 7,301,060 | 6.924% |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 5,303,490 | 5.030% |
| 3 | Chicago | 3,360,770 | 3.187% |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 2,801,010 | 2.656% |
| 5 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | 2,426,010 | 2.301% |
| 6 | Boston-Manchester | 2,315,700 | 2.196% |
| 7 | Dallas-Fort Worth | 2,201,170 | 2.088% |
| 8 | Washington-Hagerstown | 2,128,430 | 2.019% |
| 9 | Atlanta | 1,990,650 | 1.888% |
| 10 | Detroit | 1,878,670 | 1.782% |
| 11 | Houston | 1,831,680 | 1.737% |
| 12 | Seattle-Tacoma | 1,647,230 | 1.562% |
| 13 | Minneapolis-Saint Paul | 1,573,640 | 1.492% |
| 14 | Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota | 1,568,180 | 1.487% |
| 15 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale | 1,549,680 | 1.470% |
| 16 | Phoenix-Prescott | 1,536,950 | 1.458% |
| 17 | Cleveland-Akron-Canton | 1,513,130 | 1.435% |
| 18 | Denver | 1,381,620 | 1.310% |
| 19 | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto | 1,226,670 | 1.163% |
| 20 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne | 1,182,420 | 1.121% |
| 21 | Pittsburgh | 1,148,340 | 1.089% |
| 22 | Saint Louis | 1,143,690 | 1.085% |
| 23 | Portland, OR | 1,069,260 | 1.014% |
| 24 | Baltimore | 1,023,530 | 0.971% |
| 25 | Indianapolis | 1,013,290 | 0.961% |
| 26 | San Diego | 975,690 | 0.925% |
| 27 | Charlotte | 954,210 | 0.905% |
| 28 | Hartford-New Haven | 953,130 | 0.904% |
| 29 | Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville | 939,000 | 0.891% |
| 30 | Nashville | 879,030 | 0.834% |
| 31 | Kansas City | 849,730 | 0.806% |
| 32 | Cincinnati | 836,190 | 0.793% |
| 33 | Milwaukee | 832,330 | 0.789% |
| 34 | Columbus, OH | 809,940 | 0.768% |
| 35 | Salt Lake City | 782,960 | 0.743% |
| 36 | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson | 771,680 | 0.732% |
| 37 | San Antonio | 710,030 | 0.673% |
| 38 | Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek | 702,210 | 0.666% |
| 39 | Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa | 683,830 | 0.649% |
| 40 | West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce | 681,100 | 0.646% |
| 41 | Memphis | 655,210 | 0.621% |
| 42 | Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News | 654,150 | 0.620% |
| 43 | New Orleans | 653,020 | 0.619% |
| 44 | Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem | 634,130 | 0.601% |
| 45 | Oklahoma City | 623,760 | 0.592% |
| 46 | Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York | 617,830 | 0.586% |
| 47 | Buffalo | 616,610 | 0.585% |
| 48 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | 607,170 | 0.576% |
| 49 | Providence-New Bedford | 600,730 | 0.570% |
| 50 | Louisville | 598,940 | 0.568% |
| 51 | Las Vegas | 579,680 | 0.550% |
| 52 | Wilkes Barre-Scranton | 567,810 | 0.539% |
| 53 | Jacksonville | 563,510 | 0.534% |
| 54 | Austin | 555,840 | 0.527% |
| 55 | Fresno-Visalia | 524,970 | 0.498% |
| 56 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | 520,320 | 0.494% |
| 57 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | 514,770 | 0.488% |
| 58 | Richmond-Petersburg | 504,990 | 0.479% |
| 59 | Tulsa | 502,500 | 0.477% |
| 60 | Dayton | 494,960 | 0.469% |
| 61 | Charleston-Huntington | 478,910 | 0.454% |
| 62 | Knoxville | 478,190 | 0.454% |
| 63 | Mobile-Pensacola-Fort Walton Beach | 470,720 | 0.446% |
| 64 | Flint-Saginaw-Bay City | 453,740 | 0.430% |
| 65 | Wichita-Hutchinson Plus | 452,770 | 0.429% |
| 66 | Lexington | 435,780 | 0.413% |
| 67 | Roanoke-Lynchburg | 422,760 | 0.401% |
| 68 | Toledo | 418,340 | 0.397% |
| 69 | Green Bay-Appleton | 406,340 | 0.385% |
| 70 | Des Moines-Ames | 404,910 | 0.384% |
| 71 | Rochester, NY | 400,090 | 0.379% |
| 72 | Honolulu | 398,460 | 0.378% |
| 73 | Tucson-Sierra Vista | 391,840 | 0.372% |
| 74 | Springfield, MO | 391,450 | 0.371% |
| 75 | Omaha | 386,160 | 0.366% |
| 76 | Fort Myers-Naples | 384,950 | 0.365% |
| 77 | Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg | 382,930 | 0.363% |
| 78 | Spokane | 380,480 | 0.361% |
| 79 | Shreveport | 372,490 | 0.353% |
| 80 | Portland-Auburn | 372,470 | 0.353% |
| 81 | Syracuse | 363,340 | 0.345% |
| 82 | Champaign-Springfield-Decatur | 362,090 | 0.343% |
| 83 | Huntsville-Decatur-Florence | 357,110 | 0.339% |
| 84 | Columbia, SC | 344,660 | 0.327% |
| 85 | Madison | 339,290 | 0.322% |
| 86 | Chattanooga | 337,140 | 0.320% |
| 87 | South Bend-Elkhart | 328,710 | 0.312% |
| 88 | Jackson, MS | 318,580 | 0.302% |
| 89 | Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque | 317,980 | 0.302% |
| 90 | Burlington-Plattsburgh | 307,670 | 0.292% |
| 91 | Colorado Springs-Pueblo | 305,730 | 0.290% |
| 92 | Davenport-Rock Island-Moline | 304,350 | 0.289% |
| 93 | Tri-Cities | 303,500 | 0.288% |
| 94 | Waco-Temple-Bryan | 298,810 | 0.283% |
| 95 | Baton Rouge | 290,380 | 0.275% |
| 96 | Johnstown-Altoona-State College | 285,050 | 0.270% |
| 97 | Evansville | 279,190 | 0.265% |
| 98 | Youngstown | 275,410 | 0.261% |
| 99 | Savannah | 273,680 | 0.260% |
| 100 | Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen | 273,370 | 0.259% |
| 101 | El Paso-Las Cruces | 273,120 | 0.259% |
| 102 | Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney | 269,270 | 0.255% |
| 103 | Tyler-Longview-Lufkin-Nacogdoches | 263,690 | 0.250% |
| 104 | Fort Wayne | 262,000 | 0.249% |
| 105 | Springfield-Holyoke | 254,020 | 0.241% |
| 106 | Greenville-New Bern-Washington | 250,780 | 0.238% |
| 107 | Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | 250,270 | 0.237% |
| 108 | Charleston, SC | 247,780 | 0.235% |
| 109 | Myrtle Beach-Florence | 243,780 | 0.231% |
| 110 | Reno | 239,840 | 0.228% |
| 111 | Lansing | 238,340 | 0.226% |
| 112 | Sioux Falls-Mitchell | 237,790 | 0.226% |
| 113 | Tallahassee-Thomasville | 236,670 | 0.225% |
| 114 | Augusta-Aiken | 233,980 | 0.222% |
| 114 | Montgomery-Selma | 233,980 | 0.222% |
| 116 | Peoria-Bloomington | 233,510 | 0.222% |
| 117 | Traverse City-Cadillac | 233,400 | 0.221% |
| 118 | Monterey-Salinas | 229,450 | 0.218% |
| 119 | Fargo-Valley City | 225,830 | 0.214% |
| 120 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo | 225,260 | 0.214% |
| 121 | Boise | 219,560 | 0.208% |
| 122 | Macon | 218,000 | 0.207% |
| 123 | Eugene | 216,450 | 0.205% |
| 124 | Lafayette, LA | 212,510 | 0.202% |
| 125 | Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick | 208,540 | 0.198% |
| 126 | Columbus-Opelika | 197,730 | 0.188% |
| 127 | La Crosse-Eau Claire | 197,590 | 0.187% |
| 128 | Amarillo | 191,940 | 0.182% |
| 129 | Corpus Christi | 188,260 | 0.179% |
| 130 | Bakersfield | 187,180 | 0.178% |
| 131 | Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston | 183,630 | 0.174% |
| 132 | Rockford | 176,060 | 0.167% |
| 133 | Chico-Redding | 175,620 | 0.167% |
| 134 | Monroe-El Dorado | 175,080 | 0.166% |
| 135 | Duluth-Superior | 174,000 | 0.165% |
| 136 | Beaumont-Port Arthur | 169,110 | 0.160% |
| 137 | Wausau-Rhinelander | 168,510 | 0.160% |
| 138 | Topeka | 165,570 | 0.157% |
| 139 | Columbia-Jefferson City | 159,040 | 0.151% |
| 140 | Medford-Klamath Falls | 158,870 | 0.151% |
| 141 | Wichita Falls-Lawton | 158,050 | 0.150% |
| 142 | Joplin-Pittsburg | 155,730 | 0.148% |
| 143 | Erie | 155,720 | 0.148% |
| 144 | Sioux City | 154,300 | 0.146% |
| 145 | Terre Haute | 151,560 | 0.144% |
| 146 | Wilmington | 148,180 | 0.141% |
| 147 | Albany, GA | 145,940 | 0.138% |
| 148 | Lubbock | 144,750 | 0.137% |
| 149 | Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill | 141,040 | 0.134% |
| 150 | Wheeling-Steubenville | 140,660 | 0.133% |
| 151 | Rochester-Mason City-Austin | 138,530 | 0.131% |
| 152 | Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson-Williston | 136,060 | 0.129% |
| 153 | Salisbury | 135,470 | 0.129% |
| 154 | Odessa-Midland | 132,960 | 0.126% |
| 155 | Anchorage | 131,920 | 0.125% |
| 156 | Binghamton | 131,360 | 0.125% |
| 157 | Biloxi-Gulfport | 130,580 | 0.124% |
| 158 | Bangor | 128,930 | 0.122% |
| 159 | Panama City | 120,950 | 0.115% |
| 160 | Sherman-Ada | 119,410 | 0.113% |
| 161 | Palm Springs | 119,060 | 0.113% |
| 162 | Abilene-Sweetwater | 113,280 | 0.107% |
| 163 | Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk | 109,880 | 0.104% |
| 164 | Gainesville | 107,980 | 0.102% |
| 165 | Clarksburg-Weston | 105,110 | 0.100% |
| 166 | Idaho Falls-Pocatello-Jackson | 104,880 | 0.100% |
| 167 | Hattiesburg-Laurel | 101,350 | 0.096% |
| 168 | Utica | 100,930 | 0.096% |
| 169 | Missoula | 98,220 | 0.093% |
| 170 | Billings | 97,710 | 0.093% |
| 171 | Yuma-El Centro | 95,750 | 0.091% |
| 172 | Dothan | 94,530 | 0.090% |
| 173 | Elmira-Corning | 92,420 | 0.088% |
| 174 | Lake Charles | 91,480 | 0.087% |
| 175 | Rapid City | 88,500 | 0.084% |
| 176 | Watertown | 84,900 | 0.081% |
| 177 | Marquette | 84,370 | 0.080% |
| 178 | Harrisonburg | 84,120 | 0.080% |
| 179 | Alexandria | 81,920 | 0.078% |
| 180 | Jonesboro | 81,370 | 0.077% |
| 181 | Bowling Green | 80,690 | 0.077% |
| 182 | Greenwood-Greenville | 77,280 | 0.073% |
| 183 | Jackson, TN | 72,900 | 0.069% |
| 184 | Grand Junction-Montrose | 72,590 | 0.069% |
| 185 | Meridian | 70,000 | 0.066% |
| 186 | Parkersburg | 62,840 | 0.060% |
| 187 | Great Falls | 62,150 | 0.059% |
| 188 | Twin Falls | 59,800 | 0.057% |
| 189 | Saint Joseph | 57,260 | 0.054% |
| 190 | Lafayette, IN | 57,190 | 0.054% |
| 191 | Lima | 56,740 | 0.054% |
| 192 | Charlottesville | 56,700 | 0.054% |
| 193 | Butte-Bozeman | 56,210 | 0.053% |
| 194 | Laredo | 56,080 | 0.053% |
| 195 | Eureka | 54,650 | 0.052% |
| 196 | Mankato | 53,050 | 0.050% |
| 197 | Cheyenne-Scottsbluff | 51,840 | 0.049% |
| 198 | Ottumwa-Kirksville | 51,450 | 0.049% |
| 199 | San Angelo | 50,640 | 0.048% |
| 200 | Casper-Riverton | 49,710 | 0.047% |
| 201 | Bend | 46,660 | 0.044% |
| 202 | Zanesville | 32,150 | 0.031% |
| 203 | Fairbanks | 30,230 | 0.029% |
| 204 | Victoria | 29,960 | 0.028% |
| 205 | Presque Isle | 27,470 | 0.026% |
| 206 | Juneau | 23,990 | 0.023% |
| 207 | Helena | 23,730 | 0.023% |
| 208 | Alpena | 17,290 | 0.016% |
| 209 | North Platte | 15,260 | 0.015% |
| 210 | Glendive | 3,900 | 0.004% |