The local television market universe estimates for the various designated market areas, as defined and used by The Nielsen Company throughout the 2005-2006 television season—effective Saturday, September 24, 2005. There are a total number of 110,213,910 Nielsen Station Index TV homes for the 2005-06 season.
| Rank | Market | TV Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 7,375,530 | 6.692% |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 5,536,430 | 5.023% |
| 3 | Chicago | 3,430,790 | 3.113% |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 2,925,560 | 2.654% |
| 5 | Boston-Manchester | 2,375,310 | 2.155% |
| 6 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | 2,355,740 | 2.137% |
| 7 | Dallas-Fort Worth | 2,336,140 | 2.120% |
| 8 | Washington-Hagerstown | 2,252,550 | 2.044% |
| 9 | Atlanta | 2,097,220 | 1.903% |
| 10 | Houston | 1,938,670 | 1.759% |
| 11 | Detroit | 1,936,350 | 1.757% |
| 12 | Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota | 1,710,400 | 1.552% |
| 13 | Seattle-Tacoma | 1,701,950 | 1.544% |
| 14 | Phoenix-Prescott | 1,660,430 | 1.507% |
| 15 | Minneapolis-Saint Paul | 1,652,940 | 1.500% |
| 16 | Cleveland-Akron-Canton | 1,541,780 | 1.399% |
| 17 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale | 1,522,960 | 1.382% |
| 18 | Denver | 1,415,180 | 1.284% |
| 19 | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto | 1,345,820 | 1.221% |
| 20 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne | 1,345,700 | 1.221% |
| 21 | Saint Louis | 1,222,380 | 1.109% |
| 22 | Pittsburgh | 1,169,800 | 1.061% |
| 23 | Portland, OR | 1,099,890 | 0.998% |
| 24 | Baltimore | 1,089,220 | 0.988% |
| 25 | Indianapolis | 1,053,750 | 0.956% |
| 26 | San Diego | 1,026,160 | 0.931% |
| 27 | Charlotte | 1,020,130 | 0.926% |
| 28 | Hartford-New Haven | 1,013,350 | 0.919% |
| 29 | Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville | 985,200 | 0.894% |
| 30 | Nashville | 927,500 | 0.842% |
| 31 | Kansas City | 903,540 | 0.820% |
| 32 | Columbus, OH | 890,770 | 0.808% |
| 33 | Milwaukee | 880,390 | 0.799% |
| 34 | Cincinnati | 880,190 | 0.799% |
| 35 | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson | 815,460 | 0.740% |
| 36 | Salt Lake City | 810,830 | 0.736% |
| 37 | San Antonio | 760,410 | 0.690% |
| 38 | West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce | 751,930 | 0.682% |
| 39 | Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek | 731,630 | 0.664% |
| 40 | Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa | 716,520 | 0.650% |
| 41 | Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York | 707,010 | 0.642% |
| 42 | Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News | 704,810 | 0.640% |
| 43 | New Orleans | 672,150 | 0.610% |
| 44 | Memphis | 657,670 | 0.597% |
| 45 | Oklahoma City | 655,400 | 0.595% |
| 46 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | 653,680 | 0.593% |
| 47 | Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem | 652,020 | 0.592% |
| 48 | Las Vegas | 651,110 | 0.591% |
| 49 | Buffalo | 644,430 | 0.585% |
| 50 | Louisville | 643,290 | 0.584% |
| 51 | Providence-New Bedford | 639,590 | 0.580% |
| 52 | Jacksonville | 624,220 | 0.566% |
| 53 | Austin | 589,360 | 0.535% |
| 54 | Wilkes Barre-Scranton | 588,540 | 0.534% |
| 55 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | 552,250 | 0.501% |
| 56 | Fresno-Visalia | 546,210 | 0.496% |
| 57 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | 531,470 | 0.482% |
| 58 | Knoxville | 516,180 | 0.468% |
| 59 | Dayton | 513,610 | 0.466% |
| 60 | Richmond-Petersburg | 510,770 | 0.463% |
| 61 | Tulsa | 510,480 | 0.463% |
| 62 | Mobile-Pensacola-Fort Walton Beach | 501,130 | 0.455% |
| 63 | Lexington | 478,560 | 0.434% |
| 64 | Charleston-Huntington | 477,890 | 0.434% |
| 65 | Flint-Saginaw-Bay City | 475,500 | 0.431% |
| 66 | Fort Myers-Naples | 461,920 | 0.419% |
| 67 | Wichita-Hutchinson Plus | 446,820 | 0.405% |
| 68 | Roanoke-Lynchburg | 440,390 | 0.400% |
| 69 | Green Bay-Appleton | 432,810 | 0.393% |
| 70 | Toledo | 426,520 | 0.387% |
| 71 | Tucson-Sierra Vista | 422,480 | 0.383% |
| 72 | Honolulu | 414,960 | 0.377% |
| 73 | Des Moines-Ames | 413,590 | 0.375% |
| 74 | Portland-Auburn | 407,050 | 0.369% |
| 75 | Omaha | 399,830 | 0.363% |
| 76 | Syracuse | 398,240 | 0.361% |
| 77 | Springfield, MO | 395,820 | 0.359% |
| 78 | Spokane | 389,630 | 0.354% |
| 79 | Rochester, NY | 385,460 | 0.350% |
| 80 | Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg | 383,330 | 0.348% |
| 81 | Shreveport | 382,080 | 0.347% |
| 82 | Champaign-Springfield-Decatur | 378,100 | 0.343% |
| 83 | Columbia, SC | 373,260 | 0.339% |
| 84 | Huntsville-Decatur-Florence | 370,820 | 0.337% |
| 85 | Madison | 365,550 | 0.332% |
| 86 | Chattanooga | 354,230 | 0.321% |
| 87 | South Bend-Elkhart | 333,190 | 0.302% |
| 88 | Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque | 331,480 | 0.301% |
| 89 | Jackson, MS | 328,350 | 0.298% |
| 90 | Burlington-Plattsburgh | 325,720 | 0.296% |
| 91 | Tri-Cities | 323,690 | 0.294% |
| 92 | Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen | 318,800 | 0.289% |
| 93 | Colorado Springs-Pueblo | 315,010 | 0.286% |
| 94 | Waco-Temple-Bryan | 310,960 | 0.282% |
| 95 | Davenport-Rock Island-Moline | 308,380 | 0.280% |
| 96 | Baton Rouge | 305,810 | 0.278% |
| 97 | Savannah | 296,100 | 0.269% |
| 98 | Johnstown-Altoona-State College | 294,810 | 0.268% |
| 99 | El Paso-Las Cruces | 290,540 | 0.264% |
| 100 | Evansville | 288,800 | 0.262% |
| 101 | Charleston, SC | 283,730 | 0.257% |
| 102 | Youngstown | 276,720 | 0.251% |
| 103 | Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney | 274,150 | 0.249% |
| 104 | Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | 273,000 | 0.248% |
| 105 | Greenville-New Bern-Washington | 271,130 | 0.246% |
| 106 | Fort Wayne | 270,500 | 0.245% |
| 107 | Myrtle Beach-Florence | 265,770 | 0.241% |
| 108 | Springfield-Holyoke | 264,840 | 0.240% |
| 109 | Tallahassee-Thomasville | 261,250 | 0.237% |
| 110 | Lansing | 256,790 | 0.233% |
| 111 | Tyler-Longview-Lufkin-Nacogdoches | 255,770 | 0.232% |
| 112 | Reno | 255,090 | 0.231% |
| 113 | Traverse City-Cadillac | 247,600 | 0.225% |
| 114 | Sioux Falls-Mitchell | 246,020 | 0.223% |
| 115 | Augusta-Aiken | 245,590 | 0.223% |
| 116 | Montgomery-Selma | 245,090 | 0.222% |
| 117 | Peoria-Bloomington | 241,800 | 0.219% |
| 118 | Fargo-Valley City | 234,190 | 0.213% |
| 119 | Boise | 230,100 | 0.209% |
| 120 | Macon | 229,870 | 0.209% |
| 121 | Eugene | 229,280 | 0.208% |
| 122 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo | 224,290 | 0.204% |
| 123 | La Crosse-Eau Claire | 224,090 | 0.203% |
| 124 | Lafayette, LA | 220,030 | 0.200% |
| 125 | Monterey-Salinas | 218,080 | 0.198% |
| 126 | Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick | 211,610 | 0.192% |
| 127 | Columbus-Opelika | 205,300 | 0.186% |
| 128 | Bakersfield | 201,850 | 0.183% |
| 129 | Corpus Christi | 192,380 | 0.175% |
| 130 | Chico-Redding | 191,190 | 0.174% |
| 131 | Amarillo | 190,250 | 0.173% |
| 132 | Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston | 186,510 | 0.169% |
| 133 | Rockford | 183,090 | 0.166% |
| 134 | Wausau-Rhinelander | 182,620 | 0.166% |
| 135 | Monroe-El Dorado | 174,370 | 0.158% |
| 136 | Topeka | 170,650 | 0.155% |
| 137 | Duluth-Superior | 168,650 | 0.153% |
| 138 | Columbia-Jefferson City | 167,860 | 0.152% |
| 139 | Wilmington | 167,810 | 0.152% |
| 140 | Beaumont-Port Arthur | 167,430 | 0.152% |
| 141 | Medford-Klamath Falls | 163,090 | 0.148% |
| 142 | Erie | 158,660 | 0.144% |
| 143 | Sioux City | 156,950 | 0.142% |
| 144 | Wichita Falls-Lawton | 154,960 | 0.141% |
| 145 | Joplin-Pittsburg | 153,720 | 0.140% |
| 146 | Lubbock | 152,150 | 0.138% |
| 147 | Albany, GA | 152,140 | 0.138% |
| 148 | Salisbury | 147,890 | 0.134% |
| 149 | Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill | 145,850 | 0.132% |
| 150 | Terre Haute | 145,630 | 0.132% |
| 151 | Bangor | 142,790 | 0.130% |
| 152 | Rochester-Mason City-Austin | 142,770 | 0.130% |
| 153 | Palm Springs | 142,730 | 0.130% |
| 154 | Wheeling-Steubenville | 142,020 | 0.129% |
| 155 | Anchorage | 141,290 | 0.128% |
| 156 | Binghamton | 138,560 | 0.126% |
| 157 | Panama City | 136,450 | 0.124% |
| 158 | Biloxi-Gulfport | 135,540 | 0.123% |
| 159 | Odessa-Midland | 135,100 | 0.123% |
| 160 | Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson-Williston | 133,910 | 0.122% |
| 161 | Sherman-Ada | 124,060 | 0.113% |
| 162 | Gainesville | 117,190 | 0.106% |
| 163 | Idaho Falls-Pocatello-Jackson | 114,560 | 0.104% |
| 164 | Abilene-Sweetwater | 112,510 | 0.102% |
| 165 | Clarksburg-Weston | 108,730 | 0.099% |
| 166 | Utica | 106,130 | 0.096% |
| 167 | Hattiesburg-Laurel | 105,000 | 0.095% |
| 168 | Missoula | 104,700 | 0.095% |
| 169 | Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk | 103,890 | 0.094% |
| 170 | Yuma-El Centro | 103,170 | 0.094% |
| 171 | Billings | 102,620 | 0.093% |
| 172 | Dothan | 98,370 | 0.089% |
| 173 | Elmira-Corning | 97,210 | 0.088% |
| 174 | Jackson, TN | 95,010 | 0.086% |
| 175 | Lake Charles | 94,090 | 0.085% |
| 176 | Alexandria | 93,120 | 0.085% |
| 177 | Rapid City | 91,070 | 0.083% |
| 178 | Watertown | 90,930 | 0.083% |
| 179 | Jonesboro | 89,530 | 0.081% |
| 180 | Marquette | 89,160 | 0.081% |
| 181 | Harrisonburg | 85,870 | 0.078% |
| 182 | Greenwood-Greenville | 76,800 | 0.070% |
| 183 | Bowling Green | 75,420 | 0.068% |
| 184 | Meridian | 71,210 | 0.065% |
| 185 | Lima | 70,940 | 0.064% |
| 186 | Charlottesville | 69,750 | 0.063% |
| 187 | Grand Junction-Montrose | 65,190 | 0.059% |
| 188 | Laredo | 64,410 | 0.058% |
| 189 | Great Falls | 64,130 | 0.058% |
| 190 | Parkersburg | 63,990 | 0.058% |
| 191 | Lafayette, IN | 63,330 | 0.058% |
| 192 | Twin Falls | 60,400 | 0.055% |
| 193 | Butte-Bozeman | 59,300 | 0.054% |
| 194 | Eureka | 58,340 | 0.053% |
| 195 | Cheyenne-Scottsbluff | 54,320 | 0.049% |
| 196 | Bend | 54,250 | 0.049% |
| 197 | San Angelo | 53,330 | 0.048% |
| 198 | Casper-Riverton | 52,070 | 0.047% |
| 199 | Ottumwa-Kirksville | 51,290 | 0.047% |
| 200 | Mankato | 50,930 | 0.046% |
| 201 | Saint Joseph | 45,840 | 0.042% |
| 202 | Zanesville | 33,080 | 0.030% |
| 203 | Fairbanks | 32,310 | 0.029% |
| 204 | Presque Isle | 31,140 | 0.028% |
| 205 | Victoria | 30,250 | 0.027% |
| 206 | Helena | 25,810 | 0.023% |
| 207 | Juneau | 24,130 | 0.022% |
| 208 | Alpena | 17,790 | 0.016% |
| 209 | North Platte | 15,320 | 0.014% |
| 210 | Glendive | 5,020 | 0.005% |