The local television market universe estimates for the various designated market areas, as defined and used by The Nielsen Company throughout the 2009-2010 television season—effective Saturday, September 26, 2009. There are a total number of 114,866,380 Nielsen Station Index (NSI) TV homes for the 2009-10 season.
| Rank | Market | TV Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 7,493,530 | 6.524% |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 5,659,170 | 4.927% |
| 3 | Chicago | 3,501,010 | 3.048% |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 2,955,190 | 2.573% |
| 5 | Dallas-Fort Worth | 2,544,410 | 2.215% |
| 6 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | 2,503,400 | 2.179% |
| 7 | Boston-Manchester | 2,410,180 | 2.098% |
| 8 | Atlanta | 2,387,520 | 2.079% |
| 9 | Washington-Hagerstown | 2,335,040 | 2.033% |
| 10 | Houston | 2,123,460 | 1.849% |
| 11 | Detroit | 1,890,220 | 1.646% |
| 12 | Phoenix-Prescott | 1,873,930 | 1.631% |
| 13 | Seattle-Tacoma | 1,833,990 | 1.597% |
| 14 | Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota | 1,805,810 | 1.572% |
| 15 | Minneapolis-Saint Paul | 1,732,050 | 1.508% |
| 16 | Denver | 1,539,380 | 1.340% |
| 17 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale | 1,538,090 | 1.339% |
| 18 | Cleveland-Akron-Canton | 1,520,750 | 1.324% |
| 19 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne | 1,455,620 | 1.267% |
| 20 | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto | 1,404,580 | 1.223% |
| 21 | Saint Louis | 1,249,450 | 1.088% |
| 22 | Portland, OR | 1,188,770 | 1.035% |
| 23 | Pittsburgh | 1,154,950 | 1.006% |
| 24 | Charlotte | 1,147,910 | 0.999% |
| 25 | Indianapolis | 1,119,760 | 0.975% |
| 26 | Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville | 1,107,820 | 0.964% |
| 27 | Baltimore | 1,093,170 | 0.952% |
| 28 | San Diego | 1,073,390 | 0.935% |
| 29 | Nashville | 1,019,010 | 0.887% |
| 30 | Hartford-New Haven | 1,010,630 | 0.880% |
| 31 | Salt Lake City | 944,060 | 0.822% |
| 32 | Kansas City | 941,360 | 0.820% |
| 33 | Cincinnati | 918,670 | 0.800% |
| 34 | Columbus, OH | 904,030 | 0.787% |
| 35 | Milwaukee | 901,790 | 0.785% |
| 36 | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson | 865,810 | 0.754% |
| 37 | San Antonio | 830,000 | 0.723% |
| 38 | West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce | 776,080 | 0.676% |
| 39 | Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York | 743,420 | 0.647% |
| 40 | Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa | 742,140 | 0.646% |
| 41 | Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek | 740,430 | 0.645% |
| 42 | Las Vegas | 721,780 | 0.628% |
| 43 | Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News | 709,880 | 0.618% |
| 44 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | 694,040 | 0.604% |
| 45 | Oklahoma City | 694,030 | 0.604% |
| 46 | Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem | 691,380 | 0.602% |
| 47 | Jacksonville | 679,120 | 0.591% |
| 48 | Austin | 678,730 | 0.591% |
| 49 | Louisville | 668,310 | 0.582% |
| 50 | Memphis | 667,660 | 0.581% |
| 51 | New Orleans | 633,930 | 0.552% |
| 52 | Buffalo | 633,220 | 0.551% |
| 53 | Providence-New Bedford | 619,610 | 0.539% |
| 54 | Wilkes Barre-Scranton | 593,480 | 0.517% |
| 55 | Fresno-Visalia | 579,180 | 0.504% |
| 56 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | 564,490 | 0.491% |
| 57 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | 554,070 | 0.482% |
| 58 | Richmond-Petersburg | 553,950 | 0.482% |
| 59 | Knoxville | 552,380 | 0.481% |
| 60 | Mobile-Pensacola-Fort Walton Beach | 534,730 | 0.466% |
| 61 | Tulsa | 528,070 | 0.460% |
| 62 | Lexington | 506,340 | 0.441% |
| 63 | Charleston-Huntington | 501,530 | 0.437% |
| 64 | Fort Myers-Naples | 500,110 | 0.435% |
| 65 | Dayton | 482,590 | 0.420% |
| 66 | Tucson-Sierra Vista | 465,100 | 0.405% |
| 67 | Roanoke-Lynchburg | 461,220 | 0.402% |
| 68 | Flint-Saginaw-Bay City | 458,020 | 0.399% |
| 69 | Wichita-Hutchinson Plus | 452,710 | 0.394% |
| 70 | Green Bay-Appleton | 443,420 | 0.386% |
| 71 | Honolulu | 433,240 | 0.377% |
| 72 | Des Moines-Ames | 432,310 | 0.376% |
| 73 | Toledo | 423,100 | 0.368% |
| 74 | Springfield, MO | 422,740 | 0.368% |
| 75 | Spokane | 419,350 | 0.365% |
| 76 | Omaha | 410,350 | 0.357% |
| 77 | Portland-Auburn | 408,120 | 0.355% |
| 78 | Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg | 399,690 | 0.348% |
| 79 | Columbia, SC | 398,620 | 0.347% |
| 80 | Rochester, NY | 392,190 | 0.341% |
| 81 | Huntsville-Decatur-Florence | 390,900 | 0.340% |
| 82 | Shreveport | 386,180 | 0.336% |
| 83 | Syracuse | 385,440 | 0.336% |
| 84 | Champaign-Springfield-Decatur | 384,620 | 0.335% |
| 85 | Madison | 377,260 | 0.328% |
| 86 | Chattanooga | 365,400 | 0.318% |
| 87 | Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen | 354,150 | 0.308% |
| 88 | Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque | 346,030 | 0.301% |
| 89 | Waco-Temple-Bryan | 339,570 | 0.296% |
| 90 | Jackson, MS | 336,520 | 0.293% |
| 91 | South Bend-Elkhart | 336,130 | 0.293% |
| 92 | Colorado Springs-Pueblo | 334,710 | 0.291% |
| 93 | Tri-Cities | 334,620 | 0.291% |
| 94 | Burlington-Plattsburgh | 330,650 | 0.288% |
| 95 | Baton Rouge | 326,890 | 0.285% |
| 96 | Savannah | 322,030 | 0.280% |
| 97 | Charleston, SC | 311,190 | 0.271% |
| 98 | El Paso-Las Cruces | 310,760 | 0.271% |
| 99 | Davenport-Rock Island-Moline | 308,910 | 0.269% |
| 100 | Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | 298,330 | 0.260% |
| 101 | Johnstown-Altoona-State College | 294,350 | 0.256% |
| 102 | Evansville | 291,830 | 0.254% |
| 103 | Greenville-New Bern-Washington | 290,280 | 0.253% |
| 104 | Myrtle Beach-Florence | 287,400 | 0.250% |
| 105 | Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney | 281,590 | 0.245% |
| 106 | Tallahassee-Thomasville | 280,710 | 0.244% |
| 107 | Fort Wayne | 273,860 | 0.238% |
| 108 | Reno | 270,500 | 0.236% |
| 109 | Tyler-Longview-Lufkin-Nacogdoches | 267,890 | 0.233% |
| 110 | Youngstown | 266,560 | 0.232% |
| 111 | Springfield-Holyoke | 262,960 | 0.229% |
| 112 | Boise | 262,800 | 0.229% |
| 113 | Sioux Falls-Mitchell | 261,100 | 0.227% |
| 114 | Augusta-Aiken | 255,950 | 0.223% |
| 115 | Lansing | 253,690 | 0.221% |
| 116 | Peoria-Bloomington | 247,830 | 0.216% |
| 117 | Traverse City-Cadillac | 245,000 | 0.213% |
| 118 | Montgomery-Selma | 244,750 | 0.213% |
| 119 | Eugene | 241,730 | 0.210% |
| 120 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo | 241,370 | 0.210% |
| 121 | Fargo-Valley City | 240,330 | 0.209% |
| 122 | Macon | 239,330 | 0.208% |
| 123 | Lafayette, LA | 230,180 | 0.200% |
| 124 | Monterey-Salinas | 227,390 | 0.198% |
| 125 | Bakersfield | 222,910 | 0.194% |
| 126 | Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick | 219,510 | 0.191% |
| 127 | La Crosse-Eau Claire | 214,820 | 0.187% |
| 128 | Columbus-Opelika | 213,880 | 0.186% |
| 129 | Corpus Christi | 199,560 | 0.174% |
| 130 | Chico-Redding | 197,970 | 0.172% |
| 131 | Amarillo | 192,490 | 0.168% |
| 132 | Wilmington | 189,950 | 0.165% |
| 133 | Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston | 189,460 | 0.165% |
| 134 | Rockford | 189,160 | 0.165% |
| 135 | Wausau-Rhinelander | 184,720 | 0.161% |
| 136 | Topeka | 180,090 | 0.157% |
| 137 | Columbia-Jefferson City | 178,810 | 0.156% |
| 138 | Monroe-El Dorado | 177,200 | 0.154% |
| 139 | Duluth-Superior | 174,360 | 0.152% |
| 140 | Medford-Klamath Falls | 172,900 | 0.151% |
| 141 | Beaumont-Port Arthur | 167,330 | 0.146% |
| 142 | Palm Springs | 161,110 | 0.140% |
| 143 | Lubbock | 158,360 | 0.138% |
| 144 | Salisbury | 158,340 | 0.138% |
| 145 | Albany, GA | 156,890 | 0.137% |
| 146 | Erie | 156,520 | 0.136% |
| 147 | Joplin-Pittsburg | 155,670 | 0.136% |
| 148 | Sioux City | 154,810 | 0.135% |
| 149 | Wichita Falls-Lawton | 154,450 | 0.135% |
| 150 | Anchorage | 151,470 | 0.132% |
| 151 | Panama City | 147,440 | 0.128% |
| 152 | Terre Haute | 145,550 | 0.127% |
| 153 | Rochester-Mason City-Austin | 144,300 | 0.126% |
| 154 | Bangor | 144,230 | 0.126% |
| 155 | Odessa-Midland | 143,710 | 0.125% |
| 156 | Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill | 142,570 | 0.124% |
| 157 | Binghamton | 137,240 | 0.120% |
| 158 | Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson-Williston | 136,540 | 0.119% |
| 159 | Wheeling-Steubenville | 133,110 | 0.116% |
| 160 | Gainesville | 128,400 | 0.112% |
| 161 | Sherman-Ada | 127,990 | 0.111% |
| 162 | Idaho Falls-Pocatello-Jackson | 126,880 | 0.111% |
| 163 | Biloxi-Gulfport | 122,740 | 0.107% |
| 164 | Yuma-El Centro | 118,300 | 0.103% |
| 165 | Abilene-Sweetwater | 116,190 | 0.101% |
| 166 | Missoula | 111,940 | 0.098% |
| 167 | Hattiesburg-Laurel | 111,610 | 0.097% |
| 168 | Clarksburg-Weston | 110,050 | 0.096% |
| 169 | Billings | 107,420 | 0.094% |
| 170 | Utica | 104,890 | 0.091% |
| 171 | Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk | 102,710 | 0.089% |
| 172 | Dothan | 101,840 | 0.089% |
| 173 | Jackson, TN | 98,250 | 0.086% |
| 174 | Rapid City | 98,240 | 0.086% |
| 175 | Lake Charles | 95,900 | 0.084% |
| 176 | Elmira-Corning | 95,790 | 0.083% |
| 177 | Watertown | 93,970 | 0.082% |
| 178 | Harrisonburg | 93,400 | 0.081% |
| 179 | Alexandria | 90,740 | 0.079% |
| 180 | Marquette | 88,490 | 0.077% |
| 181 | Jonesboro | 82,300 | 0.072% |
| 182 | Bowling Green | 81,650 | 0.071% |
| 183 | Charlottesville | 75,920 | 0.066% |
| 184 | Grand Junction-Montrose | 75,030 | 0.065% |
| 185 | Meridian | 72,180 | 0.063% |
| 186 | Lima | 71,380 | 0.062% |
| 187 | Greenwood-Greenville | 70,350 | 0.061% |
| 188 | Laredo | 69,790 | 0.061% |
| 189 | Bend | 66,980 | 0.058% |
| 190 | Butte-Bozeman | 66,260 | 0.058% |
| 191 | Lafayette, IN | 66,180 | 0.058% |
| 192 | Great Falls | 65,000 | 0.057% |
| 193 | Twin Falls | 64,740 | 0.056% |
| 194 | Parkersburg | 64,060 | 0.056% |
| 195 | Eureka | 61,090 | 0.053% |
| 196 | Casper-Riverton | 55,620 | 0.048% |
| 197 | Cheyenne-Scottsbluff | 54,710 | 0.048% |
| 198 | San Angelo | 54,580 | 0.048% |
| 199 | Mankato | 52,230 | 0.046% |
| 200 | Ottumwa-Kirksville | 51,370 | 0.045% |
| 201 | Saint Joseph | 48,440 | 0.042% |
| 202 | Fairbanks | 36,250 | 0.032% |
| 203 | Zanesville | 32,350 | 0.028% |
| 204 | Victoria | 31,560 | 0.028% |
| 205 | Presque Isle | 31,070 | 0.027% |
| 206 | Helena | 27,630 | 0.024% |
| 207 | Juneau | 25,340 | 0.022% |
| 208 | Alpena | 17,420 | 0.015% |
| 209 | North Platte | 15,350 | 0.013% |
| 210 | Glendive | 3,940 | 0.003% |