The local television market universe estimates for the various designated market areas, as defined and used by The Nielsen Company throughout the 2003-2004 television season—effective Monday, September 22, 2003. There are a total number of 108,410,160 Nielsen Station Index TV homes for the 2003-04 season.
| Rank | Market | TV Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 7,376,330 | 6.804% |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 5,402,260 | 4.983% |
| 3 | Chicago | 3,399,460 | 3.136% |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 2,874,330 | 2.651% |
| 5 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | 2,440,920 | 2.252% |
| 6 | Boston-Manchester | 2,391,830 | 2.206% |
| 7 | Dallas-Fort Worth | 2,255,970 | 2.081% |
| 8 | Washington-Hagerstown | 2,224,070 | 2.052% |
| 9 | Atlanta | 2,035,060 | 1.877% |
| 10 | Detroit | 1,923,230 | 1.774% |
| 11 | Houston | 1,848,770 | 1.705% |
| 12 | Seattle-Tacoma | 1,685,480 | 1.555% |
| 13 | Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota | 1,644,270 | 1.517% |
| 14 | Minneapolis-Saint Paul | 1,635,650 | 1.509% |
| 15 | Phoenix-Prescott | 1,561,760 | 1.441% |
| 16 | Cleveland-Akron-Canton | 1,542,970 | 1.423% |
| 17 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale | 1,510,740 | 1.394% |
| 18 | Denver | 1,399,100 | 1.291% |
| 19 | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto | 1,278,430 | 1.179% |
| 20 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne | 1,263,900 | 1.166% |
| 21 | Saint Louis | 1,202,170 | 1.109% |
| 22 | Pittsburgh | 1,175,410 | 1.084% |
| 23 | Baltimore | 1,083,030 | 0.999% |
| 24 | Portland, OR | 1,073,210 | 0.990% |
| 25 | Indianapolis | 1,038,370 | 0.958% |
| 26 | San Diego | 1,029,210 | 0.949% |
| 27 | Hartford-New Haven | 1,001,320 | 0.924% |
| 28 | Charlotte | 986,830 | 0.910% |
| 29 | Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville | 947,750 | 0.874% |
| 30 | Nashville | 904,380 | 0.834% |
| 31 | Kansas City | 875,090 | 0.807% |
| 32 | Cincinnati | 872,330 | 0.805% |
| 33 | Milwaukee | 871,490 | 0.804% |
| 34 | Columbus, OH | 854,040 | 0.788% |
| 35 | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson | 806,930 | 0.744% |
| 36 | Salt Lake City | 786,030 | 0.725% |
| 37 | San Antonio | 736,240 | 0.679% |
| 38 | Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek | 724,290 | 0.668% |
| 39 | West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce | 709,290 | 0.654% |
| 40 | Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa | 697,570 | 0.644% |
| 41 | Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News | 693,660 | 0.640% |
| 42 | New Orleans | 665,190 | 0.614% |
| 43 | Memphis | 662,280 | 0.611% |
| 44 | Buffalo | 647,920 | 0.598% |
| 45 | Oklahoma City | 647,390 | 0.597% |
| 46 | Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem | 645,430 | 0.595% |
| 47 | Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York | 637,240 | 0.588% |
| 48 | Providence-New Bedford | 635,610 | 0.586% |
| 49 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | 633,500 | 0.584% |
| 50 | Louisville | 624,470 | 0.576% |
| 51 | Las Vegas | 601,700 | 0.555% |
| 52 | Jacksonville | 598,070 | 0.552% |
| 53 | Wilkes Barre-Scranton | 590,100 | 0.544% |
| 54 | Austin | 577,740 | 0.533% |
| 55 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | 542,670 | 0.501% |
| 56 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | 524,090 | 0.483% |
| 57 | Fresno-Visalia | 521,160 | 0.481% |
| 58 | Richmond-Petersburg | 512,310 | 0.473% |
| 59 | Dayton | 511,770 | 0.472% |
| 60 | Tulsa | 505,000 | 0.466% |
| 61 | Knoxville | 499,040 | 0.460% |
| 62 | Mobile-Pensacola-Fort Walton Beach | 497,570 | 0.459% |
| 63 | Charleston-Huntington | 495,190 | 0.457% |
| 64 | Flint-Saginaw-Bay City | 473,910 | 0.437% |
| 65 | Lexington | 466,980 | 0.431% |
| 66 | Roanoke-Lynchburg | 450,090 | 0.415% |
| 67 | Wichita-Hutchinson Plus | 447,710 | 0.413% |
| 68 | Green Bay-Appleton | 426,820 | 0.394% |
| 69 | Toledo | 425,770 | 0.393% |
| 70 | Fort Myers-Naples | 421,130 | 0.389% |
| 71 | Tucson-Sierra Vista | 413,460 | 0.381% |
| 72 | Honolulu | 412,190 | 0.380% |
| 73 | Des Moines-Ames | 404,580 | 0.373% |
| 74 | Portland-Auburn | 398,500 | 0.368% |
| 75 | Rochester, NY | 395,350 | 0.365% |
| 76 | Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg | 391,080 | 0.361% |
| 77 | Omaha | 389,270 | 0.359% |
| 78 | Springfield, MO | 389,150 | 0.359% |
| 79 | Syracuse | 384,290 | 0.355% |
| 80 | Spokane | 381,820 | 0.352% |
| 81 | Shreveport | 379,880 | 0.350% |
| 82 | Champaign-Springfield-Decatur | 378,560 | 0.349% |
| 83 | Huntsville-Decatur-Florence | 364,340 | 0.336% |
| 84 | Columbia, SC | 363,750 | 0.336% |
| 85 | Madison | 355,010 | 0.328% |
| 86 | Chattanooga | 349,260 | 0.322% |
| 87 | South Bend-Elkhart | 330,200 | 0.305% |
| 88 | Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque | 328,060 | 0.303% |
| 89 | Burlington-Plattsburgh | 323,070 | 0.298% |
| 90 | Jackson, MS | 322,480 | 0.298% |
| 91 | Tri-Cities | 322,130 | 0.297% |
| 92 | Waco-Temple-Bryan | 310,280 | 0.286% |
| 93 | Colorado Springs-Pueblo | 309,960 | 0.286% |
| 94 | Davenport-Rock Island-Moline | 308,460 | 0.285% |
| 95 | Baton Rouge | 299,980 | 0.277% |
| 96 | Johnstown-Altoona-State College | 297,460 | 0.274% |
| 97 | Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen | 297,390 | 0.274% |
| 98 | Savannah | 288,830 | 0.266% |
| 99 | Evansville | 284,000 | 0.262% |
| 100 | El Paso-Las Cruces | 283,870 | 0.262% |
| 101 | Youngstown | 279,260 | 0.258% |
| 102 | Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney | 274,480 | 0.253% |
| 103 | Greenville-New Bern-Washington | 270,560 | 0.250% |
| 104 | Charleston, SC | 269,880 | 0.249% |
| 105 | Fort Wayne | 268,610 | 0.248% |
| 106 | Springfield-Holyoke | 260,880 | 0.241% |
| 107 | Tyler-Longview-Lufkin-Nacogdoches | 260,080 | 0.240% |
| 108 | Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | 259,680 | 0.240% |
| 109 | Myrtle Beach-Florence | 258,430 | 0.238% |
| 110 | Lansing | 252,040 | 0.233% |
| 111 | Tallahassee-Thomasville | 250,300 | 0.231% |
| 112 | Traverse City-Cadillac | 248,930 | 0.230% |
| 113 | Sioux Falls-Mitchell | 247,210 | 0.228% |
| 114 | Augusta-Aiken | 244,490 | 0.226% |
| 115 | Montgomery-Selma | 243,000 | 0.224% |
| 116 | Reno | 242,080 | 0.223% |
| 117 | Peoria-Bloomington | 241,200 | 0.223% |
| 118 | Fargo-Valley City | 232,850 | 0.215% |
| 119 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo | 230,400 | 0.213% |
| 120 | Eugene | 226,870 | 0.209% |
| 121 | Monterey-Salinas | 226,380 | 0.209% |
| 122 | Macon | 225,190 | 0.208% |
| 123 | Boise | 222,490 | 0.205% |
| 124 | Lafayette, LA | 215,830 | 0.199% |
| 125 | Columbus-Opelika | 207,820 | 0.192% |
| 126 | La Crosse-Eau Claire | 207,370 | 0.191% |
| 127 | Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick | 200,950 | 0.185% |
| 128 | Corpus Christi | 194,040 | 0.179% |
| 129 | Amarillo | 191,330 | 0.177% |
| 130 | Bakersfield | 189,650 | 0.175% |
| 131 | Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston | 187,780 | 0.173% |
| 132 | Chico-Redding | 185,920 | 0.172% |
| 133 | Rockford | 178,930 | 0.165% |
| 134 | Wausau-Rhinelander | 178,910 | 0.165% |
| 135 | Monroe-El Dorado | 174,000 | 0.161% |
| 136 | Duluth-Superior | 172,360 | 0.159% |
| 137 | Topeka | 171,660 | 0.158% |
| 138 | Beaumont-Port Arthur | 171,310 | 0.158% |
| 139 | Columbia-Jefferson City | 166,500 | 0.154% |
| 140 | Medford-Klamath Falls | 160,910 | 0.148% |
| 141 | Erie | 159,140 | 0.147% |
| 142 | Wilmington | 159,060 | 0.147% |
| 143 | Wichita Falls-Lawton | 158,290 | 0.146% |
| 144 | Sioux City | 157,970 | 0.146% |
| 145 | Albany, GA | 156,610 | 0.145% |
| 146 | Joplin-Pittsburg | 153,130 | 0.141% |
| 147 | Lubbock | 152,090 | 0.140% |
| 148 | Terre Haute | 146,260 | 0.135% |
| 149 | Salisbury | 145,280 | 0.134% |
| 150 | Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill | 144,210 | 0.133% |
| 151 | Wheeling-Steubenville | 142,450 | 0.131% |
| 152 | Rochester-Mason City-Austin | 141,300 | 0.130% |
| 153 | Bangor | 139,550 | 0.129% |
| 154 | Binghamton | 139,190 | 0.128% |
| 155 | Anchorage | 135,950 | 0.125% |
| 156 | Biloxi-Gulfport | 133,530 | 0.123% |
| 157 | Odessa-Midland | 133,170 | 0.123% |
| 158 | Panama City | 132,860 | 0.123% |
| 159 | Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson-Williston | 132,070 | 0.122% |
| 160 | Palm Springs | 125,270 | 0.116% |
| 161 | Sherman-Ada | 122,000 | 0.113% |
| 162 | Gainesville | 117,310 | 0.108% |
| 163 | Abilene-Sweetwater | 115,410 | 0.107% |
| 164 | Idaho Falls-Pocatello-Jackson | 109,820 | 0.101% |
| 165 | Clarksburg-Weston | 106,430 | 0.098% |
| 166 | Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk | 106,110 | 0.098% |
| 167 | Utica | 105,300 | 0.097% |
| 168 | Hattiesburg-Laurel | 101,810 | 0.094% |
| 169 | Missoula | 100,180 | 0.092% |
| 170 | Billings | 99,470 | 0.092% |
| 171 | Dothan | 99,350 | 0.092% |
| 172 | Yuma-El Centro | 99,290 | 0.092% |
| 173 | Elmira-Corning | 97,690 | 0.090% |
| 174 | Rapid City | 93,610 | 0.086% |
| 175 | Lake Charles | 93,030 | 0.086% |
| 176 | Alexandria | 92,440 | 0.085% |
| 177 | Watertown | 91,280 | 0.084% |
| 178 | Marquette | 89,600 | 0.083% |
| 179 | Jonesboro | 87,690 | 0.081% |
| 180 | Harrisonburg | 85,850 | 0.079% |
| 181 | Bowling Green | 80,200 | 0.074% |
| 182 | Greenwood-Greenville | 79,080 | 0.073% |
| 183 | Jackson, TN | 75,280 | 0.069% |
| 184 | Meridian | 71,090 | 0.066% |
| 185 | Lima | 70,850 | 0.065% |
| 186 | Charlottesville | 69,670 | 0.064% |
| 187 | Parkersburg | 64,560 | 0.060% |
| 188 | Great Falls | 64,000 | 0.059% |
| 189 | Lafayette, IN | 63,130 | 0.058% |
| 190 | Grand Junction-Montrose | 62,380 | 0.058% |
| 191 | Laredo | 60,210 | 0.056% |
| 192 | Twin Falls | 58,840 | 0.054% |
| 193 | Eureka | 57,520 | 0.053% |
| 194 | Butte-Bozeman | 57,310 | 0.053% |
| 195 | San Angelo | 53,980 | 0.050% |
| 196 | Cheyenne-Scottsbluff | 52,950 | 0.049% |
| 197 | Ottumwa-Kirksville | 51,470 | 0.048% |
| 198 | Mankato | 51,460 | 0.048% |
| 199 | Bend | 50,980 | 0.047% |
| 200 | Casper-Riverton | 50,720 | 0.047% |
| 201 | Saint Joseph | 50,400 | 0.047% |
| 202 | Zanesville | 32,570 | 0.030% |
| 203 | Fairbanks | 31,840 | 0.029% |
| 204 | Victoria | 30,830 | 0.028% |
| 205 | Presque Isle | 29,930 | 0.028% |
| 206 | Juneau | 25,840 | 0.024% |
| 207 | Helena | 24,910 | 0.023% |
| 208 | Alpena | 18,220 | 0.017% |
| 209 | North Platte | 15,670 | 0.015% |
| 210 | Glendive | 4,980 | 0.005% |