The local television market universe estimates for the various designated market areas, as defined and used by The Nielsen Company throughout the 2007-2008 television season—effective Saturday, September 22, 2007. There are a total number of 112,798,170 Nielsen Station Index TV homes for the 2007-08 season.
| Rank | Market | TV Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 7,391,940 | 6.553% |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 5,647,440 | 5.007% |
| 3 | Chicago | 3,469,110 | 3.076% |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 2,939,950 | 2.606% |
| 5 | Dallas-Fort Worth | 2,435,600 | 2.159% |
| 6 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | 2,419,440 | 2.145% |
| 7 | Boston-Manchester | 2,393,960 | 2.122% |
| 8 | Atlanta | 2,310,490 | 2.048% |
| 9 | Washington-Hagerstown | 2,308,290 | 2.046% |
| 10 | Houston | 2,050,550 | 1.818% |
| 11 | Detroit | 1,925,460 | 1.707% |
| 12 | Phoenix-Prescott | 1,802,550 | 1.598% |
| 13 | Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota | 1,783,910 | 1.582% |
| 14 | Seattle-Tacoma | 1,782,040 | 1.580% |
| 15 | Minneapolis-Saint Paul | 1,706,740 | 1.513% |
| 16 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale | 1,536,020 | 1.362% |
| 17 | Cleveland-Akron-Canton | 1,533,710 | 1.360% |
| 18 | Denver | 1,477,280 | 1.310% |
| 19 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne | 1,434,050 | 1.271% |
| 20 | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto | 1,391,790 | 1.234% |
| 21 | Saint Louis | 1,244,370 | 1.103% |
| 22 | Pittsburgh | 1,158,210 | 1.027% |
| 23 | Portland, OR | 1,150,320 | 1.020% |
| 24 | Baltimore | 1,095,490 | 0.971% |
| 25 | Charlotte | 1,085,640 | 0.963% |
| 26 | Indianapolis | 1,072,090 | 0.950% |
| 27 | San Diego | 1,051,210 | 0.932% |
| 28 | Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville | 1,039,890 | 0.922% |
| 29 | Hartford-New Haven | 1,007,490 | 0.893% |
| 30 | Nashville | 966,170 | 0.857% |
| 31 | Kansas City | 927,060 | 0.822% |
| 32 | Columbus, OH | 905,690 | 0.803% |
| 33 | Cincinnati | 904,340 | 0.802% |
| 34 | Milwaukee | 891,010 | 0.790% |
| 35 | Salt Lake City | 874,650 | 0.775% |
| 36 | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson | 838,270 | 0.743% |
| 37 | San Antonio | 792,440 | 0.703% |
| 38 | West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce | 775,340 | 0.687% |
| 39 | Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek | 739,640 | 0.656% |
| 40 | Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa | 730,430 | 0.648% |
| 41 | Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York | 723,620 | 0.642% |
| 42 | Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News | 717,440 | 0.636% |
| 43 | Las Vegas | 707,470 | 0.627% |
| 44 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | 677,740 | 0.601% |
| 45 | Oklahoma City | 676,850 | 0.600% |
| 46 | Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem | 671,980 | 0.596% |
| 47 | Memphis | 667,890 | 0.592% |
| 48 | Louisville | 657,180 | 0.583% |
| 49 | Jacksonville | 655,470 | 0.581% |
| 50 | Buffalo | 636,700 | 0.565% |
| 51 | Austin | 635,860 | 0.564% |
| 52 | Providence-New Bedford | 626,800 | 0.556% |
| 53 | New Orleans | 600,150 | 0.532% |
| 54 | Wilkes Barre-Scranton | 592,310 | 0.525% |
| 55 | Fresno-Visalia | 568,730 | 0.504% |
| 56 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | 553,790 | 0.491% |
| 57 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | 552,400 | 0.490% |
| 58 | Knoxville | 534,410 | 0.474% |
| 59 | Richmond-Petersburg | 526,760 | 0.467% |
| 60 | Tulsa | 519,820 | 0.461% |
| 61 | Mobile-Pensacola-Fort Walton Beach | 517,410 | 0.459% |
| 62 | Dayton | 511,220 | 0.453% |
| 63 | Fort Myers-Naples | 491,760 | 0.436% |
| 64 | Lexington | 490,530 | 0.435% |
| 65 | Charleston-Huntington | 476,680 | 0.423% |
| 66 | Flint-Saginaw-Bay City | 469,980 | 0.417% |
| 67 | Roanoke-Lynchburg | 451,580 | 0.400% |
| 68 | Tucson-Sierra Vista | 446,550 | 0.396% |
| 69 | Wichita-Hutchinson Plus | 446,520 | 0.396% |
| 70 | Green Bay-Appleton | 439,940 | 0.390% |
| 71 | Des Moines-Ames | 425,760 | 0.378% |
| 72 | Toledo | 424,670 | 0.377% |
| 73 | Honolulu | 424,010 | 0.376% |
| 74 | Springfield, MO | 410,930 | 0.364% |
| 75 | Omaha | 407,700 | 0.361% |
| 76 | Portland-Auburn | 407,560 | 0.361% |
| 77 | Spokane | 403,820 | 0.358% |
| 78 | Rochester, NY | 392,420 | 0.348% |
| 79 | Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg | 390,130 | 0.346% |
| 80 | Syracuse | 386,380 | 0.343% |
| 81 | Columbia, SC | 384,060 | 0.341% |
| 82 | Shreveport | 383,610 | 0.340% |
| 83 | Huntsville-Decatur-Florence | 382,790 | 0.339% |
| 84 | Champaign-Springfield-Decatur | 378,870 | 0.336% |
| 85 | Madison | 372,990 | 0.331% |
| 86 | Chattanooga | 353,680 | 0.314% |
| 87 | Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque | 339,480 | 0.301% |
| 88 | Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen | 338,550 | 0.300% |
| 89 | South Bend-Elkhart | 337,870 | 0.300% |
| 90 | Jackson, MS | 334,200 | 0.296% |
| 91 | Tri-Cities | 328,970 | 0.292% |
| 92 | Burlington-Plattsburgh | 328,050 | 0.291% |
| 93 | Colorado Springs-Pueblo | 326,380 | 0.289% |
| 94 | Baton Rouge | 317,550 | 0.282% |
| 95 | Waco-Temple-Bryan | 315,900 | 0.280% |
| 96 | Davenport-Rock Island-Moline | 308,950 | 0.274% |
| 97 | Savannah | 306,680 | 0.272% |
| 98 | El Paso-Las Cruces | 302,470 | 0.268% |
| 99 | Johnstown-Altoona-State College | 295,180 | 0.262% |
| 100 | Charleston, SC | 294,230 | 0.261% |
| 101 | Evansville | 290,060 | 0.257% |
| 102 | Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | 289,080 | 0.256% |
| 103 | Myrtle Beach-Florence | 279,820 | 0.248% |
| 104 | Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney | 277,270 | 0.246% |
| 105 | Greenville-New Bern-Washington | 276,020 | 0.245% |
| 106 | Youngstown | 273,480 | 0.243% |
| 107 | Fort Wayne | 273,240 | 0.242% |
| 108 | Tallahassee-Thomasville | 267,850 | 0.238% |
| 109 | Springfield-Holyoke | 263,520 | 0.234% |
| 110 | Reno | 263,060 | 0.233% |
| 111 | Tyler-Longview-Lufkin-Nacogdoches | 260,800 | 0.231% |
| 112 | Lansing | 255,040 | 0.226% |
| 113 | Boise | 251,920 | 0.223% |
| 114 | Sioux Falls-Mitchell | 251,000 | 0.223% |
| 115 | Augusta-Aiken | 250,790 | 0.222% |
| 116 | Traverse City-Cadillac | 247,690 | 0.220% |
| 117 | Peoria-Bloomington | 243,640 | 0.216% |
| 118 | Montgomery-Selma | 243,200 | 0.216% |
| 119 | Fargo-Valley City | 237,140 | 0.210% |
| 120 | Eugene | 235,750 | 0.209% |
| 121 | Macon | 234,690 | 0.208% |
| 122 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo | 232,850 | 0.206% |
| 123 | Lafayette, LA | 226,710 | 0.201% |
| 124 | Monterey-Salinas | 222,900 | 0.198% |
| 125 | Bakersfield | 217,210 | 0.193% |
| 126 | Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick | 213,000 | 0.189% |
| 127 | La Crosse-Eau Claire | 212,210 | 0.188% |
| 128 | Columbus-Opelika | 207,470 | 0.184% |
| 129 | Corpus Christi | 195,940 | 0.174% |
| 130 | Chico-Redding | 195,180 | 0.173% |
| 131 | Amarillo | 191,930 | 0.170% |
| 132 | Rockford | 188,670 | 0.167% |
| 133 | Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston | 186,100 | 0.165% |
| 134 | Wausau-Rhinelander | 182,800 | 0.162% |
| 135 | Wilmington | 179,760 | 0.159% |
| 136 | Monroe-El Dorado | 178,730 | 0.159% |
| 137 | Columbia-Jefferson City | 172,570 | 0.153% |
| 138 | Duluth-Superior | 172,350 | 0.153% |
| 139 | Topeka | 171,010 | 0.152% |
| 140 | Medford-Klamath Falls | 167,340 | 0.148% |
| 141 | Beaumont-Port Arthur | 164,640 | 0.146% |
| 142 | Erie | 157,830 | 0.140% |
| 143 | Sioux City | 156,350 | 0.139% |
| 144 | Palm Springs | 155,590 | 0.138% |
| 145 | Joplin-Pittsburg | 155,100 | 0.138% |
| 146 | Albany, GA | 154,960 | 0.137% |
| 147 | Salisbury | 153,490 | 0.136% |
| 148 | Lubbock | 152,810 | 0.136% |
| 149 | Wichita Falls-Lawton | 152,310 | 0.135% |
| 150 | Anchorage | 146,310 | 0.130% |
| 151 | Terre Haute | 145,380 | 0.129% |
| 152 | Bangor | 143,650 | 0.127% |
| 153 | Rochester-Mason City-Austin | 143,290 | 0.127% |
| 154 | Panama City | 142,270 | 0.126% |
| 155 | Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill | 141,770 | 0.126% |
| 156 | Binghamton | 138,690 | 0.123% |
| 157 | Odessa-Midland | 137,180 | 0.122% |
| 158 | Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson-Williston | 135,170 | 0.120% |
| 159 | Wheeling-Steubenville | 135,160 | 0.120% |
| 160 | Biloxi-Gulfport | 129,510 | 0.115% |
| 161 | Sherman-Ada | 125,550 | 0.111% |
| 162 | Gainesville | 122,720 | 0.109% |
| 163 | Idaho Falls-Pocatello-Jackson | 120,100 | 0.107% |
| 164 | Abilene-Sweetwater | 113,890 | 0.101% |
| 165 | Yuma-El Centro | 113,220 | 0.100% |
| 166 | Clarksburg-Weston | 108,800 | 0.097% |
| 167 | Missoula | 108,510 | 0.096% |
| 168 | Hattiesburg-Laurel | 106,560 | 0.095% |
| 169 | Utica | 106,140 | 0.094% |
| 170 | Billings | 104,970 | 0.093% |
| 171 | Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk | 103,500 | 0.092% |
| 172 | Dothan | 99,860 | 0.089% |
| 173 | Elmira-Corning | 96,380 | 0.085% |
| 174 | Jackson, TN | 96,350 | 0.085% |
| 175 | Rapid City | 94,610 | 0.084% |
| 176 | Lake Charles | 94,550 | 0.084% |
| 177 | Watertown | 92,010 | 0.082% |
| 178 | Harrisonburg | 89,280 | 0.079% |
| 179 | Marquette | 88,960 | 0.079% |
| 180 | Alexandria | 88,330 | 0.078% |
| 181 | Charlottesville | 85,520 | 0.076% |
| 182 | Jonesboro | 80,000 | 0.071% |
| 183 | Bowling Green | 79,100 | 0.070% |
| 184 | Greenwood-Greenville | 75,190 | 0.067% |
| 185 | Lima | 70,910 | 0.063% |
| 186 | Meridian | 70,740 | 0.063% |
| 187 | Grand Junction-Montrose | 69,320 | 0.062% |
| 188 | Laredo | 67,150 | 0.060% |
| 189 | Lafayette, IN | 66,330 | 0.059% |
| 190 | Parkersburg | 63,680 | 0.057% |
| 191 | Great Falls | 63,520 | 0.056% |
| 192 | Bend | 62,870 | 0.056% |
| 193 | Twin Falls | 62,590 | 0.056% |
| 194 | Butte-Bozeman | 61,620 | 0.055% |
| 195 | Eureka | 59,660 | 0.053% |
| 196 | Cheyenne-Scottsbluff | 54,380 | 0.048% |
| 197 | San Angelo | 53,110 | 0.047% |
| 198 | Casper-Riverton | 53,100 | 0.047% |
| 199 | Mankato | 51,290 | 0.046% |
| 199 | Ottumwa-Kirksville | 51,290 | 0.046% |
| 201 | Saint Joseph | 46,390 | 0.041% |
| 202 | Zanesville | 33,360 | 0.030% |
| 203 | Fairbanks | 32,550 | 0.029% |
| 204 | Victoria | 31,080 | 0.028% |
| 205 | Presque Isle | 30,860 | 0.027% |
| 206 | Helena | 26,360 | 0.023% |
| 207 | Juneau | 24,170 | 0.021% |
| 208 | Alpena | 17,510 | 0.016% |
| 209 | North Platte | 15,640 | 0.014% |
| 210 | Glendive | 3,890 | 0.003% |