The local television market universe estimates for the various designated market areas, as defined and used by The Nielsen Company throughout the 2002-2003 television season—effective Saturday, September 21, 2002. There are a total number of 106,641,910 Nielsen Station Index TV homes for the 2002-03 season.
| Rank | Market | TV Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 7,282,320 | 6.829% |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 5,318,040 | 4.987% |
| 3 | Chicago | 3,351,330 | 3.143% |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 2,830,470 | 2.654% |
| 5 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | 2,436,220 | 2.285% |
| 6 | Boston-Manchester | 2,353,500 | 2.207% |
| 7 | Dallas-Fort Worth | 2,195,540 | 2.059% |
| 8 | Washington-Hagerstown | 2,169,230 | 2.034% |
| 9 | Atlanta | 1,971,180 | 1.848% |
| 10 | Detroit | 1,899,910 | 1.782% |
| 11 | Houston | 1,814,140 | 1.701% |
| 12 | Seattle-Tacoma | 1,659,100 | 1.556% |
| 13 | Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota | 1,620,110 | 1.519% |
| 14 | Minneapolis-Saint Paul | 1,594,740 | 1.495% |
| 15 | Cleveland-Akron-Canton | 1,528,840 | 1.434% |
| 16 | Phoenix-Prescott | 1,524,130 | 1.429% |
| 17 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale | 1,486,860 | 1.394% |
| 18 | Denver | 1,366,250 | 1.281% |
| 19 | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto | 1,227,600 | 1.151% |
| 20 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne | 1,224,470 | 1.148% |
| 21 | Pittsburgh | 1,165,660 | 1.093% |
| 22 | Saint Louis | 1,156,370 | 1.084% |
| 23 | Portland, OR | 1,061,080 | 0.995% |
| 24 | Baltimore | 1,060,450 | 0.994% |
| 25 | Indianapolis | 1,019,870 | 0.956% |
| 26 | San Diego | 1,004,220 | 0.942% |
| 27 | Hartford-New Haven | 980,410 | 0.919% |
| 28 | Charlotte | 962,540 | 0.903% |
| 29 | Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville | 929,460 | 0.872% |
| 30 | Nashville | 880,670 | 0.826% |
| 31 | Milwaukee | 860,350 | 0.807% |
| 32 | Cincinnati | 854,250 | 0.801% |
| 33 | Kansas City | 852,510 | 0.799% |
| 34 | Columbus, OH | 835,780 | 0.784% |
| 35 | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson | 792,110 | 0.743% |
| 36 | Salt Lake City | 769,230 | 0.721% |
| 37 | San Antonio | 718,730 | 0.674% |
| 38 | Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek | 713,800 | 0.669% |
| 39 | West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce | 700,850 | 0.657% |
| 40 | Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa | 690,030 | 0.647% |
| 41 | Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News | 677,610 | 0.635% |
| 42 | New Orleans | 658,830 | 0.618% |
| 43 | Memphis | 653,840 | 0.613% |
| 44 | Buffalo | 639,190 | 0.599% |
| 45 | Oklahoma City | 636,970 | 0.597% |
| 46 | Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem | 634,140 | 0.595% |
| 47 | Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York | 626,660 | 0.588% |
| 48 | Providence-New Bedford | 624,020 | 0.585% |
| 49 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | 620,230 | 0.582% |
| 50 | Louisville | 612,300 | 0.574% |
| 51 | Jacksonville | 587,200 | 0.551% |
| 52 | Las Vegas | 585,440 | 0.549% |
| 53 | Wilkes Barre-Scranton | 580,290 | 0.544% |
| 54 | Austin | 552,060 | 0.518% |
| 55 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | 532,520 | 0.499% |
| 56 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | 523,810 | 0.491% |
| 57 | Fresno-Visalia | 519,330 | 0.487% |
| 58 | Dayton | 506,240 | 0.475% |
| 59 | Richmond-Petersburg | 505,370 | 0.474% |
| 60 | Tulsa | 496,880 | 0.466% |
| 61 | Charleston-Huntington | 495,320 | 0.465% |
| 62 | Mobile-Pensacola-Fort Walton Beach | 490,590 | 0.460% |
| 63 | Knoxville | 489,710 | 0.459% |
| 64 | Flint-Saginaw-Bay City | 466,510 | 0.438% |
| 65 | Lexington | 454,440 | 0.426% |
| 66 | Wichita-Hutchinson Plus | 445,250 | 0.418% |
| 67 | Roanoke-Lynchburg | 445,000 | 0.417% |
| 68 | Toledo | 432,770 | 0.406% |
| 69 | Green Bay-Appleton | 418,580 | 0.393% |
| 70 | Fort Myers-Naples | 413,730 | 0.388% |
| 71 | Honolulu | 401,330 | 0.376% |
| 72 | Des Moines-Ames | 400,830 | 0.376% |
| 73 | Springfield, MO | 400,390 | 0.376% |
| 74 | Tucson-Sierra Vista | 399,800 | 0.375% |
| 75 | Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg | 395,190 | 0.371% |
| 76 | Portland-Auburn | 391,930 | 0.368% |
| 77 | Rochester, NY | 388,600 | 0.364% |
| 78 | Omaha | 386,600 | 0.363% |
| 79 | Spokane | 381,130 | 0.357% |
| 80 | Syracuse | 375,880 | 0.353% |
| 81 | Shreveport | 372,950 | 0.350% |
| 82 | Champaign-Springfield-Decatur | 371,240 | 0.348% |
| 83 | Huntsville-Decatur-Florence | 359,260 | 0.337% |
| 84 | Columbia, SC | 357,810 | 0.336% |
| 85 | Chattanooga | 351,610 | 0.330% |
| 86 | Madison | 348,590 | 0.327% |
| 87 | South Bend-Elkhart | 326,470 | 0.306% |
| 88 | Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque | 323,810 | 0.304% |
| 89 | Jackson, MS | 320,260 | 0.300% |
| 90 | Tri-Cities | 318,390 | 0.299% |
| 91 | Burlington-Plattsburgh | 317,700 | 0.298% |
| 92 | Davenport-Rock Island-Moline | 306,450 | 0.287% |
| 93 | Waco-Temple-Bryan | 303,560 | 0.285% |
| 94 | Colorado Springs-Pueblo | 302,750 | 0.284% |
| 95 | Baton Rouge | 295,790 | 0.277% |
| 96 | Johnstown-Altoona-State College | 294,450 | 0.276% |
| 97 | Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen | 287,230 | 0.269% |
| 98 | Savannah | 284,160 | 0.267% |
| 99 | Evansville | 280,860 | 0.263% |
| 100 | Youngstown | 277,760 | 0.261% |
| 101 | El Paso-Las Cruces | 276,330 | 0.259% |
| 102 | Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney | 266,890 | 0.250% |
| 103 | Greenville-New Bern-Washington | 266,390 | 0.250% |
| 104 | Fort Wayne | 264,140 | 0.248% |
| 105 | Charleston, SC | 262,560 | 0.246% |
| 106 | Springfield-Holyoke | 258,330 | 0.242% |
| 107 | Tallahassee-Thomasville | 255,980 | 0.240% |
| 108 | Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | 255,390 | 0.240% |
| 109 | Tyler-Longview-Lufkin-Nacogdoches | 254,780 | 0.239% |
| 110 | Myrtle Beach-Florence | 253,630 | 0.238% |
| 111 | Lansing | 248,250 | 0.233% |
| 112 | Sioux Falls-Mitchell | 244,310 | 0.229% |
| 113 | Traverse City-Cadillac | 243,870 | 0.229% |
| 114 | Reno | 241,660 | 0.227% |
| 115 | Augusta-Aiken | 240,710 | 0.226% |
| 116 | Montgomery-Selma | 240,290 | 0.225% |
| 117 | Peoria-Bloomington | 236,810 | 0.222% |
| 118 | Fargo-Valley City | 231,530 | 0.217% |
| 119 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo | 230,250 | 0.216% |
| 120 | Monterey-Salinas | 228,290 | 0.214% |
| 121 | Eugene | 223,630 | 0.210% |
| 122 | Macon | 221,300 | 0.208% |
| 123 | La Crosse-Eau Claire | 217,930 | 0.204% |
| 124 | Boise | 216,960 | 0.203% |
| 125 | Lafayette, LA | 213,380 | 0.200% |
| 126 | Columbus-Opelika | 203,510 | 0.191% |
| 127 | Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick | 199,120 | 0.187% |
| 128 | Corpus Christi | 191,280 | 0.179% |
| 129 | Amarillo | 189,880 | 0.178% |
| 130 | Bakersfield | 186,400 | 0.175% |
| 131 | Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston | 186,100 | 0.175% |
| 132 | Chico-Redding | 184,280 | 0.173% |
| 133 | Monroe-El Dorado | 177,700 | 0.167% |
| 134 | Wausau-Rhinelander | 175,790 | 0.165% |
| 135 | Rockford | 175,560 | 0.165% |
| 136 | Duluth-Superior | 172,250 | 0.162% |
| 137 | Beaumont-Port Arthur | 170,560 | 0.160% |
| 138 | Topeka | 168,390 | 0.158% |
| 139 | Columbia-Jefferson City | 164,200 | 0.154% |
| 140 | Sioux City | 157,860 | 0.148% |
| 141 | Medford-Klamath Falls | 157,500 | 0.148% |
| 142 | Wichita Falls-Lawton | 157,410 | 0.148% |
| 143 | Erie | 157,070 | 0.147% |
| 144 | Wilmington | 155,350 | 0.146% |
| 145 | Joplin-Pittsburg | 152,980 | 0.144% |
| 146 | Terre Haute | 151,180 | 0.142% |
| 147 | Lubbock | 149,990 | 0.141% |
| 148 | Albany, GA | 149,180 | 0.140% |
| 149 | Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill | 143,230 | 0.134% |
| 150 | Wheeling-Steubenville | 141,790 | 0.133% |
| 151 | Salisbury | 141,590 | 0.133% |
| 152 | Rochester-Mason City-Austin | 139,060 | 0.130% |
| 153 | Bangor | 137,830 | 0.129% |
| 154 | Binghamton | 136,670 | 0.128% |
| 155 | Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson-Williston | 133,070 | 0.125% |
| 156 | Anchorage | 132,740 | 0.125% |
| 157 | Biloxi-Gulfport | 132,200 | 0.124% |
| 158 | Odessa-Midland | 131,800 | 0.124% |
| 159 | Panama City | 130,660 | 0.123% |
| 160 | Sherman-Ada | 120,770 | 0.113% |
| 161 | Palm Springs | 119,010 | 0.112% |
| 162 | Gainesville | 116,380 | 0.109% |
| 163 | Abilene-Sweetwater | 114,660 | 0.108% |
| 164 | Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk | 110,250 | 0.103% |
| 165 | Idaho Falls-Pocatello-Jackson | 108,400 | 0.102% |
| 166 | Clarksburg-Weston | 105,640 | 0.099% |
| 167 | Utica | 103,450 | 0.097% |
| 168 | Hattiesburg-Laurel | 100,910 | 0.095% |
| 169 | Missoula | 98,380 | 0.092% |
| 170 | Billings | 98,150 | 0.092% |
| 171 | Dothan | 97,520 | 0.091% |
| 172 | Yuma-El Centro | 96,400 | 0.090% |
| 173 | Elmira-Corning | 95,760 | 0.090% |
| 174 | Lake Charles | 92,680 | 0.087% |
| 175 | Rapid City | 91,720 | 0.086% |
| 176 | Watertown | 89,580 | 0.084% |
| 177 | Marquette | 88,040 | 0.083% |
| 178 | Harrisonburg | 86,320 | 0.081% |
| 179 | Alexandria | 85,540 | 0.080% |
| 180 | Bowling Green | 81,790 | 0.077% |
| 181 | Jonesboro | 81,580 | 0.077% |
| 182 | Greenwood-Greenville | 79,750 | 0.075% |
| 183 | Jackson, TN | 79,570 | 0.075% |
| 184 | Grand Junction-Montrose | 72,010 | 0.068% |
| 185 | Meridian | 70,670 | 0.066% |
| 186 | Charlottesville | 67,490 | 0.063% |
| 187 | Great Falls | 64,110 | 0.060% |
| 188 | Parkersburg | 63,580 | 0.060% |
| 189 | Lafayette, IN | 59,160 | 0.056% |
| 190 | Eureka | 59,130 | 0.055% |
| 191 | Twin Falls | 58,470 | 0.055% |
| 192 | Laredo | 57,940 | 0.054% |
| 193 | Saint Joseph | 57,840 | 0.054% |
| 194 | Lima | 57,560 | 0.054% |
| 195 | Butte-Bozeman | 56,400 | 0.053% |
| 196 | San Angelo | 53,660 | 0.050% |
| 197 | Cheyenne-Scottsbluff | 51,870 | 0.049% |
| 198 | Ottumwa-Kirksville | 51,570 | 0.048% |
| 199 | Mankato | 50,970 | 0.048% |
| 200 | Casper-Riverton | 50,010 | 0.047% |
| 201 | Bend | 47,410 | 0.045% |
| 202 | Zanesville | 32,280 | 0.030% |
| 203 | Fairbanks | 31,860 | 0.030% |
| 204 | Victoria | 30,400 | 0.029% |
| 205 | Presque Isle | 29,300 | 0.028% |
| 206 | Juneau | 25,270 | 0.024% |
| 207 | Helena | 24,380 | 0.023% |
| 208 | Alpena | 17,960 | 0.017% |
| 209 | North Platte | 15,670 | 0.015% |
| 210 | Glendive | 4,960 | 0.005% |