The local television market universe estimates for the various designated market areas, as defined and used by The Nielsen Company throughout the 2008-2009 television season—effective Saturday, September 27, 2008. There are a total number of 114,456,650 Nielsen Station Index TV homes for the 2008-09 season.
| Rank | Market | TV Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 7,433,820 | 6.495% |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 5,654,260 | 4.940% |
| 3 | Chicago | 3,492,850 | 3.052% |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 2,950,220 | 2.578% |
| 5 | Dallas-Fort Worth | 2,489,970 | 2.176% |
| 6 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | 2,476,450 | 2.164% |
| 7 | Boston-Manchester | 2,409,080 | 2.105% |
| 8 | Atlanta | 2,369,780 | 2.071% |
| 9 | Washington-Hagerstown | 2,321,610 | 2.028% |
| 10 | Houston | 2,106,210 | 1.840% |
| 11 | Detroit | 1,926,970 | 1.684% |
| 12 | Phoenix-Prescott | 1,855,930 | 1.622% |
| 13 | Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota | 1,822,160 | 1.592% |
| 14 | Seattle-Tacoma | 1,819,970 | 1.590% |
| 15 | Minneapolis-Saint Paul | 1,730,530 | 1.512% |
| 16 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale | 1,546,920 | 1.352% |
| 17 | Cleveland-Akron-Canton | 1,524,930 | 1.332% |
| 18 | Denver | 1,524,210 | 1.332% |
| 19 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne | 1,466,420 | 1.281% |
| 20 | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto | 1,399,520 | 1.223% |
| 21 | Saint Louis | 1,249,820 | 1.092% |
| 22 | Portland, OR | 1,175,100 | 1.027% |
| 23 | Pittsburgh | 1,156,460 | 1.010% |
| 24 | Charlotte | 1,122,860 | 0.981% |
| 25 | Indianapolis | 1,114,970 | 0.974% |
| 26 | Baltimore | 1,102,080 | 0.963% |
| 27 | Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville | 1,080,680 | 0.944% |
| 28 | San Diego | 1,066,680 | 0.932% |
| 29 | Nashville | 1,016,290 | 0.888% |
| 30 | Hartford-New Haven | 1,014,990 | 0.887% |
| 31 | Kansas City | 937,970 | 0.820% |
| 32 | Columbus, OH | 925,840 | 0.809% |
| 33 | Salt Lake City | 919,390 | 0.803% |
| 34 | Cincinnati | 915,570 | 0.800% |
| 35 | Milwaukee | 905,350 | 0.791% |
| 36 | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson | 858,050 | 0.750% |
| 37 | San Antonio | 818,560 | 0.715% |
| 38 | West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce | 779,430 | 0.681% |
| 39 | Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek | 741,420 | 0.648% |
| 40 | Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa | 739,750 | 0.646% |
| 41 | Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York | 738,880 | 0.646% |
| 42 | Las Vegas | 728,410 | 0.636% |
| 43 | Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News | 718,020 | 0.627% |
| 44 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | 689,120 | 0.602% |
| 45 | Oklahoma City | 687,300 | 0.601% |
| 46 | Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem | 685,110 | 0.599% |
| 47 | Jacksonville | 674,860 | 0.590% |
| 48 | Memphis | 673,770 | 0.589% |
| 49 | Austin | 667,670 | 0.583% |
| 50 | Louisville | 667,230 | 0.583% |
| 51 | Buffalo | 631,120 | 0.551% |
| 52 | Providence-New Bedford | 622,580 | 0.544% |
| 53 | New Orleans | 602,740 | 0.527% |
| 54 | Wilkes Barre-Scranton | 594,570 | 0.520% |
| 55 | Fresno-Visalia | 574,900 | 0.502% |
| 56 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | 567,060 | 0.495% |
| 57 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | 556,750 | 0.486% |
| 58 | Richmond-Petersburg | 550,240 | 0.481% |
| 59 | Knoxville | 547,930 | 0.479% |
| 60 | Mobile-Pensacola-Fort Walton Beach | 537,810 | 0.470% |
| 61 | Tulsa | 529,540 | 0.463% |
| 62 | Fort Myers-Naples | 509,530 | 0.445% |
| 63 | Lexington | 503,260 | 0.440% |
| 64 | Dayton | 483,790 | 0.423% |
| 65 | Charleston-Huntington | 479,750 | 0.419% |
| 66 | Flint-Saginaw-Bay City | 465,790 | 0.407% |
| 67 | Roanoke-Lynchburg | 461,420 | 0.403% |
| 68 | Tucson-Sierra Vista | 456,030 | 0.398% |
| 69 | Wichita-Hutchinson Plus | 450,930 | 0.394% |
| 70 | Green Bay-Appleton | 444,210 | 0.388% |
| 71 | Des Moines-Ames | 432,410 | 0.378% |
| 72 | Honolulu | 429,940 | 0.376% |
| 73 | Toledo | 425,890 | 0.372% |
| 74 | Springfield, MO | 421,960 | 0.369% |
| 75 | Spokane | 416,630 | 0.364% |
| 76 | Omaha | 411,520 | 0.360% |
| 77 | Portland-Auburn | 410,890 | 0.359% |
| 78 | Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg | 393,260 | 0.344% |
| 79 | Columbia, SC | 393,170 | 0.344% |
| 80 | Rochester, NY | 390,590 | 0.341% |
| 81 | Syracuse | 388,000 | 0.339% |
| 82 | Huntsville-Decatur-Florence | 386,520 | 0.338% |
| 83 | Champaign-Springfield-Decatur | 386,000 | 0.337% |
| 84 | Shreveport | 385,770 | 0.337% |
| 85 | Madison | 378,740 | 0.331% |
| 86 | Chattanooga | 366,780 | 0.321% |
| 87 | Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen | 349,910 | 0.306% |
| 88 | Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque | 346,330 | 0.303% |
| 89 | South Bend-Elkhart | 334,720 | 0.292% |
| 90 | Jackson, MS | 334,650 | 0.292% |
| 91 | Colorado Springs-Pueblo | 334,390 | 0.292% |
| 92 | Tri-Cities | 332,840 | 0.291% |
| 93 | Burlington-Plattsburgh | 331,320 | 0.290% |
| 94 | Waco-Temple-Bryan | 329,690 | 0.288% |
| 95 | Baton Rouge | 326,390 | 0.285% |
| 96 | Savannah | 319,160 | 0.279% |
| 97 | Davenport-Rock Island-Moline | 309,600 | 0.271% |
| 98 | El Paso-Las Cruces | 308,080 | 0.269% |
| 99 | Charleston, SC | 307,610 | 0.269% |
| 100 | Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | 297,920 | 0.260% |
| 101 | Johnstown-Altoona-State College | 293,860 | 0.257% |
| 102 | Evansville | 292,220 | 0.255% |
| 103 | Greenville-New Bern-Washington | 289,050 | 0.253% |
| 104 | Myrtle Beach-Florence | 285,010 | 0.249% |
| 105 | Tallahassee-Thomasville | 282,390 | 0.247% |
| 106 | Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney | 281,290 | 0.246% |
| 107 | Fort Wayne | 275,350 | 0.241% |
| 108 | Reno | 271,080 | 0.237% |
| 109 | Youngstown | 268,930 | 0.235% |
| 110 | Tyler-Longview-Lufkin-Nacogdoches | 265,200 | 0.232% |
| 111 | Springfield-Holyoke | 262,850 | 0.230% |
| 112 | Boise | 262,290 | 0.229% |
| 113 | Sioux Falls-Mitchell | 260,190 | 0.227% |
| 114 | Lansing | 258,650 | 0.226% |
| 115 | Augusta-Aiken | 253,950 | 0.222% |
| 116 | Peoria-Bloomington | 248,510 | 0.217% |
| 117 | Traverse City-Cadillac | 247,650 | 0.216% |
| 118 | Montgomery-Selma | 247,230 | 0.216% |
| 119 | Eugene | 242,790 | 0.212% |
| 120 | Fargo-Valley City | 241,120 | 0.211% |
| 121 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo | 240,190 | 0.210% |
| 122 | Macon | 239,820 | 0.210% |
| 123 | Lafayette, LA | 230,670 | 0.202% |
| 124 | Monterey-Salinas | 225,350 | 0.197% |
| 125 | Bakersfield | 220,730 | 0.193% |
| 126 | Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick | 216,780 | 0.189% |
| 127 | La Crosse-Eau Claire | 215,610 | 0.188% |
| 128 | Columbus-Opelika | 213,980 | 0.187% |
| 129 | Corpus Christi | 197,290 | 0.172% |
| 130 | Chico-Redding | 197,280 | 0.172% |
| 131 | Amarillo | 192,090 | 0.168% |
| 132 | Rockford | 188,860 | 0.165% |
| 133 | Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston | 188,740 | 0.165% |
| 134 | Wilmington | 187,480 | 0.164% |
| 135 | Wausau-Rhinelander | 184,220 | 0.161% |
| 136 | Monroe-El Dorado | 179,190 | 0.157% |
| 137 | Columbia-Jefferson City | 179,010 | 0.156% |
| 138 | Topeka | 175,940 | 0.154% |
| 139 | Duluth-Superior | 173,180 | 0.151% |
| 140 | Medford-Klamath Falls | 171,830 | 0.150% |
| 141 | Beaumont-Port Arthur | 165,440 | 0.145% |
| 142 | Palm Springs | 159,240 | 0.139% |
| 143 | Lubbock | 158,070 | 0.138% |
| 144 | Salisbury | 157,940 | 0.138% |
| 145 | Wichita Falls-Lawton | 157,820 | 0.138% |
| 146 | Erie | 157,610 | 0.138% |
| 147 | Albany, GA | 156,800 | 0.137% |
| 148 | Joplin-Pittsburg | 156,560 | 0.137% |
| 149 | Sioux City | 154,900 | 0.135% |
| 150 | Anchorage | 150,620 | 0.132% |
| 151 | Panama City | 147,520 | 0.129% |
| 152 | Terre Haute | 145,450 | 0.127% |
| 153 | Bangor | 145,100 | 0.127% |
| 154 | Rochester-Mason City-Austin | 144,700 | 0.126% |
| 155 | Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill | 142,570 | 0.125% |
| 156 | Odessa-Midland | 141,560 | 0.124% |
| 157 | Binghamton | 138,930 | 0.121% |
| 158 | Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson-Williston | 136,730 | 0.120% |
| 159 | Wheeling-Steubenville | 133,700 | 0.117% |
| 160 | Gainesville | 129,960 | 0.114% |
| 161 | Sherman-Ada | 128,100 | 0.112% |
| 162 | Idaho Falls-Pocatello-Jackson | 124,220 | 0.109% |
| 163 | Biloxi-Gulfport | 121,750 | 0.106% |
| 164 | Yuma-El Centro | 115,650 | 0.101% |
| 165 | Abilene-Sweetwater | 115,310 | 0.101% |
| 166 | Missoula | 111,340 | 0.097% |
| 167 | Hattiesburg-Laurel | 110,330 | 0.096% |
| 168 | Clarksburg-Weston | 109,150 | 0.095% |
| 169 | Utica | 106,280 | 0.093% |
| 170 | Billings | 106,030 | 0.093% |
| 171 | Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk | 103,910 | 0.091% |
| 172 | Dothan | 100,950 | 0.088% |
| 173 | Jackson, TN | 98,050 | 0.086% |
| 174 | Rapid City | 96,450 | 0.084% |
| 175 | Elmira-Corning | 96,090 | 0.084% |
| 176 | Lake Charles | 95,410 | 0.083% |
| 177 | Watertown | 94,960 | 0.083% |
| 178 | Harrisonburg | 92,900 | 0.081% |
| 179 | Alexandria | 89,630 | 0.078% |
| 180 | Marquette | 89,290 | 0.078% |
| 181 | Jonesboro | 80,900 | 0.071% |
| 182 | Bowling Green | 80,260 | 0.070% |
| 183 | Charlottesville | 76,600 | 0.067% |
| 184 | Grand Junction-Montrose | 73,360 | 0.064% |
| 185 | Meridian | 72,280 | 0.063% |
| 186 | Lima | 70,690 | 0.062% |
| 187 | Greenwood-Greenville | 70,050 | 0.061% |
| 188 | Laredo | 68,110 | 0.060% |
| 189 | Lafayette, IN | 67,070 | 0.059% |
| 190 | Butte-Bozeman | 65,480 | 0.057% |
| 191 | Great Falls | 64,910 | 0.057% |
| 192 | Bend | 64,830 | 0.057% |
| 193 | Parkersburg | 63,760 | 0.056% |
| 194 | Twin Falls | 63,540 | 0.056% |
| 195 | Eureka | 60,900 | 0.053% |
| 196 | San Angelo | 54,980 | 0.048% |
| 197 | Casper-Riverton | 54,340 | 0.048% |
| 198 | Cheyenne-Scottsbluff | 54,120 | 0.047% |
| 199 | Mankato | 52,230 | 0.046% |
| 200 | Ottumwa-Kirksville | 51,270 | 0.045% |
| 201 | Saint Joseph | 46,840 | 0.041% |
| 202 | Fairbanks | 37,110 | 0.032% |
| 203 | Zanesville | 32,550 | 0.028% |
| 204 | Presque Isle | 31,270 | 0.027% |
| 205 | Victoria | 31,260 | 0.027% |
| 206 | Helena | 27,040 | 0.024% |
| 207 | Juneau | 25,250 | 0.022% |
| 208 | Alpena | 17,520 | 0.015% |
| 209 | North Platte | 15,250 | 0.013% |
| 210 | Glendive | 3,940 | 0.003% |