The local television market universe estimates for the various designated market areas, as defined and used by The Nielsen Company throughout the 2004-2005 television season—effective Monday, September 20, 2004. There are a total number of 109,590,170 Nielsen Station Index TV homes for the 2004-05 season.
| Rank | Market | TV Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 7,355,710 | 6.712% |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 5,431,140 | 4.956% |
| 3 | Chicago | 3,417,330 | 3.118% |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 2,919,410 | 2.664% |
| 5 | Boston-Manchester | 2,391,840 | 2.183% |
| 6 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | 2,359,870 | 2.153% |
| 7 | Dallas-Fort Worth | 2,292,760 | 2.092% |
| 8 | Washington-Hagerstown | 2,241,610 | 2.045% |
| 9 | Atlanta | 2,059,450 | 1.879% |
| 10 | Detroit | 1,943,930 | 1.774% |
| 11 | Houston | 1,902,810 | 1.736% |
| 12 | Seattle-Tacoma | 1,690,640 | 1.543% |
| 13 | Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota | 1,671,040 | 1.525% |
| 14 | Minneapolis-Saint Paul | 1,665,540 | 1.520% |
| 15 | Phoenix-Prescott | 1,596,950 | 1.457% |
| 16 | Cleveland-Akron-Canton | 1,556,670 | 1.420% |
| 17 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale | 1,496,810 | 1.366% |
| 18 | Denver | 1,401,760 | 1.279% |
| 19 | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto | 1,315,030 | 1.200% |
| 20 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne | 1,303,150 | 1.189% |
| 21 | Saint Louis | 1,216,700 | 1.110% |
| 22 | Pittsburgh | 1,186,010 | 1.082% |
| 23 | Baltimore | 1,087,730 | 0.993% |
| 24 | Portland, OR | 1,086,900 | 0.992% |
| 25 | Indianapolis | 1,053,020 | 0.961% |
| 26 | San Diego | 1,025,730 | 0.936% |
| 27 | Hartford-New Haven | 1,017,530 | 0.929% |
| 28 | Charlotte | 1,004,440 | 0.917% |
| 29 | Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville | 966,720 | 0.882% |
| 30 | Nashville | 916,170 | 0.836% |
| 31 | Kansas City | 894,580 | 0.816% |
| 32 | Milwaukee | 886,770 | 0.809% |
| 33 | Cincinnati | 883,230 | 0.806% |
| 34 | Columbus, OH | 867,490 | 0.792% |
| 35 | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson | 813,210 | 0.742% |
| 36 | Salt Lake City | 800,000 | 0.730% |
| 37 | San Antonio | 748,950 | 0.683% |
| 38 | Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek | 732,600 | 0.669% |
| 39 | West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce | 729,010 | 0.665% |
| 40 | Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa | 717,300 | 0.655% |
| 41 | Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News | 707,750 | 0.646% |
| 42 | Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York | 702,590 | 0.641% |
| 43 | New Orleans | 675,760 | 0.617% |
| 44 | Memphis | 658,250 | 0.601% |
| 45 | Oklahoma City | 655,250 | 0.598% |
| 46 | Buffalo | 651,970 | 0.595% |
| 47 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | 649,680 | 0.593% |
| 48 | Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem | 648,860 | 0.592% |
| 49 | Providence-New Bedford | 644,980 | 0.589% |
| 50 | Louisville | 637,680 | 0.582% |
| 51 | Las Vegas | 614,150 | 0.560% |
| 52 | Jacksonville | 613,000 | 0.559% |
| 53 | Wilkes Barre-Scranton | 592,560 | 0.541% |
| 54 | Austin | 567,870 | 0.518% |
| 55 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | 555,640 | 0.507% |
| 56 | Dayton | 537,710 | 0.491% |
| 57 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | 531,770 | 0.485% |
| 58 | Fresno-Visalia | 527,770 | 0.482% |
| 59 | Knoxville | 513,630 | 0.469% |
| 60 | Tulsa | 510,960 | 0.466% |
| 61 | Richmond-Petersburg | 509,860 | 0.465% |
| 62 | Charleston-Huntington | 508,750 | 0.464% |
| 63 | Mobile-Pensacola-Fort Walton Beach | 492,070 | 0.449% |
| 64 | Lexington | 481,120 | 0.439% |
| 65 | Flint-Saginaw-Bay City | 479,520 | 0.438% |
| 66 | Wichita-Hutchinson Plus | 445,690 | 0.407% |
| 67 | Roanoke-Lynchburg | 445,670 | 0.407% |
| 68 | Fort Myers-Naples | 444,130 | 0.405% |
| 69 | Green Bay-Appleton | 433,640 | 0.396% |
| 70 | Toledo | 432,430 | 0.395% |
| 71 | Honolulu | 417,120 | 0.381% |
| 72 | Tucson-Sierra Vista | 417,070 | 0.381% |
| 73 | Des Moines-Ames | 412,230 | 0.376% |
| 74 | Portland-Auburn | 409,060 | 0.373% |
| 75 | Rochester, NY | 396,880 | 0.362% |
| 76 | Omaha | 396,460 | 0.362% |
| 77 | Syracuse | 395,400 | 0.361% |
| 78 | Springfield, MO | 388,530 | 0.355% |
| 79 | Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg | 384,860 | 0.351% |
| 80 | Spokane | 384,060 | 0.351% |
| 81 | Shreveport | 382,700 | 0.349% |
| 82 | Champaign-Springfield-Decatur | 382,460 | 0.349% |
| 83 | Columbia, SC | 374,680 | 0.342% |
| 84 | Huntsville-Decatur-Florence | 370,160 | 0.338% |
| 85 | Madison | 364,000 | 0.332% |
| 86 | Chattanooga | 353,210 | 0.322% |
| 87 | South Bend-Elkhart | 332,860 | 0.304% |
| 88 | Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque | 331,610 | 0.303% |
| 89 | Tri-Cities | 329,910 | 0.301% |
| 90 | Burlington-Plattsburgh | 329,200 | 0.300% |
| 91 | Jackson, MS | 327,670 | 0.299% |
| 92 | Colorado Springs-Pueblo | 313,170 | 0.286% |
| 93 | Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen | 312,300 | 0.285% |
| 94 | Davenport-Rock Island-Moline | 309,900 | 0.283% |
| 95 | Waco-Temple-Bryan | 308,970 | 0.282% |
| 96 | Baton Rouge | 306,910 | 0.280% |
| 97 | Johnstown-Altoona-State College | 300,850 | 0.275% |
| 98 | Savannah | 293,170 | 0.268% |
| 99 | Evansville | 289,840 | 0.265% |
| 100 | El Paso-Las Cruces | 288,440 | 0.263% |
| 101 | Charleston, SC | 282,740 | 0.258% |
| 102 | Youngstown | 281,340 | 0.257% |
| 103 | Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney | 275,230 | 0.251% |
| 104 | Fort Wayne | 271,890 | 0.248% |
| 105 | Greenville-New Bern-Washington | 270,200 | 0.247% |
| 106 | Springfield-Holyoke | 267,500 | 0.244% |
| 107 | Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | 267,030 | 0.244% |
| 108 | Myrtle Beach-Florence | 265,370 | 0.242% |
| 109 | Tallahassee-Thomasville | 259,720 | 0.237% |
| 110 | Lansing | 259,240 | 0.237% |
| 111 | Tyler-Longview-Lufkin-Nacogdoches | 254,170 | 0.232% |
| 112 | Traverse City-Cadillac | 249,450 | 0.228% |
| 113 | Montgomery-Selma | 247,800 | 0.226% |
| 114 | Reno | 246,700 | 0.225% |
| 115 | Augusta-Aiken | 246,620 | 0.225% |
| 116 | Sioux Falls-Mitchell | 242,930 | 0.222% |
| 117 | Peoria-Bloomington | 242,020 | 0.221% |
| 118 | Fargo-Valley City | 235,490 | 0.215% |
| 119 | Macon | 230,000 | 0.210% |
| 120 | Eugene | 229,360 | 0.209% |
| 121 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo | 224,710 | 0.205% |
| 122 | Boise | 223,890 | 0.204% |
| 123 | Lafayette, LA | 220,740 | 0.201% |
| 124 | Monterey-Salinas | 218,450 | 0.199% |
| 125 | Columbus-Opelika | 208,860 | 0.191% |
| 126 | Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick | 207,180 | 0.189% |
| 127 | La Crosse-Eau Claire | 206,490 | 0.188% |
| 128 | Bakersfield | 194,180 | 0.177% |
| 129 | Corpus Christi | 193,290 | 0.176% |
| 130 | Amarillo | 190,120 | 0.174% |
| 131 | Chico-Redding | 189,310 | 0.173% |
| 132 | Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston | 187,650 | 0.171% |
| 133 | Wausau-Rhinelander | 181,780 | 0.166% |
| 134 | Rockford | 181,180 | 0.165% |
| 135 | Monroe-El Dorado | 176,380 | 0.161% |
| 136 | Duluth-Superior | 175,030 | 0.160% |
| 137 | Topeka | 171,470 | 0.157% |
| 138 | Beaumont-Port Arthur | 168,740 | 0.154% |
| 139 | Columbia-Jefferson City | 167,390 | 0.153% |
| 140 | Wilmington | 163,560 | 0.149% |
| 141 | Medford-Klamath Falls | 162,260 | 0.148% |
| 142 | Erie | 158,910 | 0.145% |
| 143 | Sioux City | 157,340 | 0.144% |
| 144 | Wichita Falls-Lawton | 156,300 | 0.143% |
| 145 | Lubbock | 152,620 | 0.139% |
| 146 | Joplin-Pittsburg | 152,310 | 0.139% |
| 147 | Albany, GA | 151,970 | 0.139% |
| 148 | Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill | 148,760 | 0.136% |
| 149 | Terre Haute | 146,860 | 0.134% |
| 150 | Salisbury | 146,510 | 0.134% |
| 151 | Bangor | 144,740 | 0.132% |
| 152 | Wheeling-Steubenville | 144,330 | 0.132% |
| 153 | Rochester-Mason City-Austin | 142,570 | 0.130% |
| 154 | Binghamton | 141,350 | 0.129% |
| 155 | Anchorage | 139,960 | 0.128% |
| 156 | Biloxi-Gulfport | 137,590 | 0.126% |
| 157 | Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson-Williston | 135,760 | 0.124% |
| 158 | Odessa-Midland | 135,450 | 0.124% |
| 159 | Palm Springs | 135,190 | 0.123% |
| 160 | Panama City | 134,770 | 0.123% |
| 161 | Sherman-Ada | 123,540 | 0.113% |
| 162 | Gainesville | 116,670 | 0.107% |
| 163 | Abilene-Sweetwater | 112,950 | 0.103% |
| 164 | Idaho Falls-Pocatello-Jackson | 112,700 | 0.103% |
| 165 | Clarksburg-Weston | 109,480 | 0.100% |
| 166 | Utica | 106,690 | 0.097% |
| 167 | Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk | 105,070 | 0.096% |
| 168 | Hattiesburg-Laurel | 104,800 | 0.096% |
| 169 | Missoula | 103,810 | 0.095% |
| 170 | Billings | 102,370 | 0.093% |
| 171 | Yuma-El Centro | 99,490 | 0.091% |
| 172 | Dothan | 98,850 | 0.090% |
| 173 | Elmira-Corning | 98,270 | 0.090% |
| 174 | Jackson, TN | 94,770 | 0.087% |
| 175 | Watertown | 94,390 | 0.086% |
| 176 | Alexandria | 94,350 | 0.086% |
| 177 | Lake Charles | 94,240 | 0.086% |
| 178 | Rapid City | 93,220 | 0.085% |
| 179 | Jonesboro | 93,100 | 0.085% |
| 180 | Marquette | 91,100 | 0.083% |
| 181 | Harrisonburg | 85,550 | 0.078% |
| 182 | Bowling Green | 81,470 | 0.074% |
| 183 | Greenwood-Greenville | 78,160 | 0.071% |
| 184 | Meridian | 72,280 | 0.066% |
| 185 | Charlottesville | 69,930 | 0.064% |
| 186 | Lafayette, IN | 65,060 | 0.059% |
| 187 | Parkersburg | 64,790 | 0.059% |
| 188 | Great Falls | 64,650 | 0.059% |
| 189 | Grand Junction-Montrose | 63,650 | 0.058% |
| 190 | Laredo | 62,720 | 0.057% |
| 191 | Twin Falls | 59,940 | 0.055% |
| 192 | Eureka | 58,380 | 0.053% |
| 193 | Butte-Bozeman | 57,680 | 0.053% |
| 194 | Lima | 54,200 | 0.050% |
| 195 | Cheyenne-Scottsbluff | 53,920 | 0.049% |
| 196 | San Angelo | 53,530 | 0.049% |
| 197 | Bend | 52,550 | 0.048% |
| 198 | Casper-Riverton | 51,850 | 0.047% |
| 199 | Mankato | 51,390 | 0.047% |
| 200 | Ottumwa-Kirksville | 51,190 | 0.047% |
| 201 | Saint Joseph | 48,740 | 0.045% |
| 202 | Zanesville | 33,240 | 0.030% |
| 203 | Presque Isle | 31,840 | 0.029% |
| 204 | Fairbanks | 31,640 | 0.029% |
| 205 | Victoria | 30,180 | 0.028% |
| 206 | Helena | 25,360 | 0.023% |
| 207 | Juneau | 25,070 | 0.023% |
| 208 | Alpena | 17,930 | 0.016% |
| 209 | North Platte | 15,590 | 0.014% |
| 210 | Glendive | 5,150 | 0.005% |