The local television market universe estimates for the various designated market areas, as defined and used by The Nielsen Company throughout the 2006-2007 television season—effective Saturday, September 23, 2006. There are a total number of 111,348,110 Nielsen Station Index TV homes for the 2006-07 season.
| Rank | Market | TV Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 7,366,950 | 6.616% |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 5,611,110 | 5.039% |
| 3 | Chicago | 3,455,020 | 3.103% |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 2,941,450 | 2.642% |
| 5 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | 2,383,570 | 2.141% |
| 6 | Dallas-Fort Worth | 2,378,660 | 2.136% |
| 7 | Boston-Manchester | 2,372,030 | 2.130% |
| 8 | Washington-Hagerstown | 2,272,120 | 2.041% |
| 9 | Atlanta | 2,205,510 | 1.981% |
| 10 | Houston | 1,982,120 | 1.780% |
| 11 | Detroit | 1,938,320 | 1.741% |
| 12 | Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota | 1,755,750 | 1.577% |
| 13 | Phoenix-Prescott | 1,725,000 | 1.549% |
| 14 | Seattle-Tacoma | 1,724,450 | 1.549% |
| 15 | Minneapolis-Saint Paul | 1,678,430 | 1.507% |
| 16 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale | 1,538,620 | 1.382% |
| 17 | Cleveland-Akron-Canton | 1,537,500 | 1.381% |
| 18 | Denver | 1,431,910 | 1.286% |
| 19 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne | 1,395,830 | 1.254% |
| 20 | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto | 1,368,680 | 1.229% |
| 21 | Saint Louis | 1,228,980 | 1.104% |
| 22 | Pittsburgh | 1,163,150 | 1.045% |
| 23 | Portland, OR | 1,117,990 | 1.004% |
| 24 | Baltimore | 1,097,290 | 0.986% |
| 25 | Indianapolis | 1,060,550 | 0.953% |
| 26 | Charlotte | 1,045,240 | 0.939% |
| 27 | San Diego | 1,030,020 | 0.925% |
| 28 | Hartford-New Haven | 1,014,630 | 0.911% |
| 29 | Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville | 1,006,330 | 0.904% |
| 30 | Nashville | 944,100 | 0.848% |
| 31 | Kansas City | 913,280 | 0.820% |
| 32 | Columbus, OH | 898,030 | 0.807% |
| 33 | Cincinnati | 886,910 | 0.797% |
| 34 | Milwaukee | 882,990 | 0.793% |
| 35 | Salt Lake City | 839,170 | 0.754% |
| 36 | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson | 826,290 | 0.742% |
| 37 | San Antonio | 774,470 | 0.696% |
| 38 | West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce | 772,140 | 0.693% |
| 39 | Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek | 734,670 | 0.660% |
| 40 | Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa | 723,210 | 0.650% |
| 41 | Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York | 713,960 | 0.641% |
| 42 | Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News | 712,790 | 0.640% |
| 43 | Las Vegas | 671,630 | 0.603% |
| 44 | Memphis | 664,290 | 0.597% |
| 45 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | 662,380 | 0.595% |
| 45 | Oklahoma City | 662,380 | 0.595% |
| 47 | Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem | 660,570 | 0.593% |
| 48 | Louisville | 648,190 | 0.582% |
| 49 | Buffalo | 639,990 | 0.575% |
| 50 | Jacksonville | 639,110 | 0.574% |
| 51 | Providence-New Bedford | 633,950 | 0.569% |
| 52 | Austin | 602,340 | 0.541% |
| 53 | Wilkes Barre-Scranton | 590,170 | 0.530% |
| 54 | New Orleans | 566,960 | 0.509% |
| 55 | Fresno-Visalia | 557,380 | 0.501% |
| 56 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | 554,970 | 0.498% |
| 57 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | 539,900 | 0.485% |
| 58 | Dayton | 531,120 | 0.477% |
| 59 | Mobile-Pensacola-Fort Walton Beach | 524,200 | 0.471% |
| 60 | Knoxville | 523,010 | 0.470% |
| 61 | Richmond-Petersburg | 517,800 | 0.465% |
| 62 | Tulsa | 513,090 | 0.461% |
| 63 | Lexington | 483,520 | 0.434% |
| 64 | Fort Myers-Naples | 479,130 | 0.430% |
| 65 | Charleston-Huntington | 477,040 | 0.428% |
| 66 | Flint-Saginaw-Bay City | 474,430 | 0.426% |
| 67 | Wichita-Hutchinson Plus | 445,860 | 0.400% |
| 68 | Roanoke-Lynchburg | 445,840 | 0.400% |
| 69 | Green Bay-Appleton | 434,760 | 0.391% |
| 70 | Tucson-Sierra Vista | 433,310 | 0.389% |
| 71 | Toledo | 425,820 | 0.382% |
| 72 | Honolulu | 419,160 | 0.376% |
| 73 | Des Moines-Ames | 417,900 | 0.375% |
| 74 | Portland-Auburn | 409,180 | 0.368% |
| 75 | Omaha | 403,560 | 0.362% |
| 76 | Springfield, MO | 402,310 | 0.361% |
| 77 | Spokane | 395,490 | 0.355% |
| 78 | Rochester, NY | 392,630 | 0.353% |
| 79 | Syracuse | 386,940 | 0.348% |
| 80 | Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg | 384,510 | 0.345% |
| 81 | Shreveport | 381,200 | 0.342% |
| 82 | Champaign-Springfield-Decatur | 378,150 | 0.340% |
| 83 | Columbia, SC | 377,940 | 0.339% |
| 84 | Huntsville-Decatur-Florence | 375,270 | 0.337% |
| 85 | Madison | 369,220 | 0.332% |
| 86 | Chattanooga | 347,380 | 0.312% |
| 87 | Jackson, MS | 343,550 | 0.309% |
| 88 | South Bend-Elkhart | 334,370 | 0.300% |
| 89 | Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque | 333,270 | 0.299% |
| 90 | Burlington-Plattsburgh | 327,480 | 0.294% |
| 91 | Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen | 327,070 | 0.294% |
| 92 | Tri-Cities | 326,560 | 0.293% |
| 93 | Baton Rouge | 322,540 | 0.290% |
| 94 | Colorado Springs-Pueblo | 316,630 | 0.284% |
| 95 | Waco-Temple-Bryan | 311,690 | 0.280% |
| 96 | Davenport-Rock Island-Moline | 308,360 | 0.277% |
| 97 | Savannah | 298,130 | 0.268% |
| 98 | Johnstown-Altoona-State College | 294,160 | 0.264% |
| 99 | El Paso-Las Cruces | 293,700 | 0.264% |
| 100 | Charleston, SC | 290,110 | 0.261% |
| 101 | Evansville | 289,730 | 0.260% |
| 102 | Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | 280,510 | 0.252% |
| 103 | Youngstown | 276,550 | 0.248% |
| 104 | Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney | 275,970 | 0.248% |
| 105 | Myrtle Beach-Florence | 272,340 | 0.245% |
| 106 | Fort Wayne | 271,550 | 0.244% |
| 107 | Greenville-New Bern-Washington | 270,420 | 0.243% |
| 108 | Tallahassee-Thomasville | 266,210 | 0.239% |
| 109 | Springfield-Holyoke | 264,480 | 0.238% |
| 110 | Reno | 261,250 | 0.235% |
| 111 | Tyler-Longview-Lufkin-Nacogdoches | 258,860 | 0.233% |
| 112 | Lansing | 256,190 | 0.230% |
| 113 | Traverse City-Cadillac | 248,680 | 0.223% |
| 114 | Augusta-Aiken | 247,450 | 0.222% |
| 115 | Sioux Falls-Mitchell | 247,000 | 0.222% |
| 116 | Peoria-Bloomington | 243,280 | 0.219% |
| 117 | Montgomery-Selma | 241,130 | 0.217% |
| 118 | Boise | 238,990 | 0.215% |
| 119 | Fargo-Valley City | 235,320 | 0.211% |
| 120 | Eugene | 231,710 | 0.208% |
| 121 | Macon | 230,180 | 0.207% |
| 122 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo | 227,700 | 0.205% |
| 123 | Lafayette, LA | 225,650 | 0.203% |
| 124 | Monterey-Salinas | 218,390 | 0.196% |
| 125 | Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick | 213,780 | 0.192% |
| 126 | Bakersfield | 210,960 | 0.190% |
| 127 | La Crosse-Eau Claire | 209,870 | 0.189% |
| 128 | Columbus-Opelika | 207,180 | 0.186% |
| 129 | Corpus Christi | 194,160 | 0.174% |
| 130 | Chico-Redding | 193,590 | 0.174% |
| 131 | Amarillo | 190,590 | 0.171% |
| 132 | Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston | 187,150 | 0.168% |
| 133 | Rockford | 184,560 | 0.166% |
| 134 | Wausau-Rhinelander | 180,640 | 0.162% |
| 135 | Monroe-El Dorado | 178,200 | 0.160% |
| 136 | Wilmington | 174,170 | 0.156% |
| 137 | Duluth-Superior | 171,780 | 0.154% |
| 138 | Topeka | 171,310 | 0.154% |
| 139 | Columbia-Jefferson City | 170,260 | 0.153% |
| 140 | Beaumont-Port Arthur | 167,090 | 0.150% |
| 141 | Medford-Klamath Falls | 164,780 | 0.148% |
| 142 | Erie | 157,860 | 0.142% |
| 143 | Sioux City | 156,480 | 0.141% |
| 144 | Joplin-Pittsburg | 154,640 | 0.139% |
| 145 | Albany, GA | 153,190 | 0.138% |
| 146 | Wichita Falls-Lawton | 152,380 | 0.137% |
| 147 | Lubbock | 151,610 | 0.136% |
| 148 | Salisbury | 150,790 | 0.135% |
| 149 | Palm Springs | 149,880 | 0.135% |
| 150 | Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill | 145,550 | 0.131% |
| 151 | Terre Haute | 144,880 | 0.130% |
| 152 | Bangor | 143,170 | 0.129% |
| 153 | Rochester-Mason City-Austin | 143,090 | 0.129% |
| 154 | Anchorage | 142,230 | 0.128% |
| 155 | Wheeling-Steubenville | 140,950 | 0.127% |
| 156 | Panama City | 140,790 | 0.126% |
| 157 | Binghamton | 138,220 | 0.124% |
| 158 | Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson-Williston | 135,550 | 0.122% |
| 159 | Odessa-Midland | 135,270 | 0.122% |
| 160 | Biloxi-Gulfport | 134,320 | 0.121% |
| 161 | Sherman-Ada | 124,330 | 0.112% |
| 162 | Gainesville | 119,590 | 0.107% |
| 163 | Idaho Falls-Pocatello-Jackson | 116,560 | 0.105% |
| 164 | Abilene-Sweetwater | 114,210 | 0.103% |
| 165 | Hattiesburg-Laurel | 111,580 | 0.100% |
| 166 | Clarksburg-Weston | 109,020 | 0.098% |
| 167 | Yuma-El Centro | 107,360 | 0.096% |
| 168 | Missoula | 106,250 | 0.095% |
| 169 | Utica | 106,080 | 0.095% |
| 170 | Billings | 103,710 | 0.093% |
| 171 | Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk | 103,690 | 0.093% |
| 172 | Dothan | 99,410 | 0.089% |
| 173 | Elmira-Corning | 96,690 | 0.087% |
| 174 | Jackson, TN | 95,070 | 0.085% |
| 175 | Lake Charles | 94,840 | 0.085% |
| 176 | Watertown | 94,050 | 0.085% |
| 177 | Rapid City | 93,870 | 0.084% |
| 178 | Marquette | 89,670 | 0.081% |
| 179 | Alexandria | 89,600 | 0.081% |
| 180 | Jonesboro | 89,500 | 0.080% |
| 181 | Harrisonburg | 87,630 | 0.079% |
| 182 | Charlottesville | 83,850 | 0.075% |
| 183 | Bowling Green | 76,910 | 0.069% |
| 184 | Greenwood-Greenville | 76,830 | 0.069% |
| 185 | Meridian | 74,440 | 0.067% |
| 186 | Grand Junction-Montrose | 69,560 | 0.063% |
| 187 | Laredo | 65,790 | 0.059% |
| 188 | Lafayette, IN | 64,680 | 0.058% |
| 189 | Parkersburg | 63,850 | 0.057% |
| 190 | Great Falls | 63,510 | 0.057% |
| 191 | Twin Falls | 61,160 | 0.055% |
| 192 | Butte-Bozeman | 60,560 | 0.054% |
| 193 | Eureka | 59,360 | 0.053% |
| 194 | Bend | 57,790 | 0.052% |
| 195 | Cheyenne-Scottsbluff | 54,030 | 0.049% |
| 196 | Lima | 53,180 | 0.048% |
| 197 | San Angelo | 52,930 | 0.048% |
| 198 | Casper-Riverton | 52,400 | 0.047% |
| 199 | Ottumwa-Kirksville | 51,470 | 0.046% |
| 200 | Mankato | 51,090 | 0.046% |
| 201 | Saint Joseph | 45,840 | 0.041% |
| 202 | Fairbanks | 33,240 | 0.030% |
| 203 | Zanesville | 33,090 | 0.030% |
| 204 | Presque Isle | 31,170 | 0.028% |
| 205 | Victoria | 30,450 | 0.027% |
| 206 | Helena | 25,970 | 0.023% |
| 207 | Juneau | 23,910 | 0.022% |
| 208 | Alpena | 17,600 | 0.016% |
| 209 | North Platte | 15,480 | 0.014% |
| 210 | Glendive | 3,980 | 0.004% |