The local television market universe estimates for the various designated market areas, as defined and used by The Nielsen Company throughout the 2010-2011 television season—effective Saturday, September 25, 2010. There are a total number of 115,905,450 Nielsen Station Index TV homes for the 2010-11 season.
| Rank | Market | TV Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 7,515,330 | 6.484% |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 5,666,900 | 4.889% |
| 3 | Chicago | 3,502,610 | 3.022% |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 3,015,820 | 2.602% |
| 5 | Dallas-Fort Worth | 2,594,630 | 2.239% |
| 6 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | 2,523,520 | 2.177% |
| 7 | Boston-Manchester | 2,460,290 | 2.123% |
| 8 | Atlanta | 2,407,080 | 2.077% |
| 9 | Washington-Hagerstown | 2,389,710 | 2.062% |
| 10 | Houston | 2,177,220 | 1.878% |
| 11 | Detroit | 1,883,840 | 1.625% |
| 12 | Phoenix-Prescott | 1,881,310 | 1.623% |
| 13 | Seattle-Tacoma | 1,874,750 | 1.618% |
| 14 | Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota | 1,795,200 | 1.549% |
| 15 | Minneapolis-Saint Paul | 1,753,780 | 1.513% |
| 16 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale | 1,580,580 | 1.364% |
| 17 | Denver | 1,572,740 | 1.357% |
| 18 | Cleveland-Akron-Canton | 1,526,200 | 1.317% |
| 19 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne | 1,453,120 | 1.254% |
| 20 | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto | 1,409,400 | 1.216% |
| 21 | Saint Louis | 1,258,580 | 1.086% |
| 22 | Portland, OR | 1,197,780 | 1.033% |
| 23 | Charlotte | 1,166,180 | 1.006% |
| 24 | Pittsburgh | 1,160,820 | 1.002% |
| 25 | Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville | 1,131,310 | 0.976% |
| 26 | Baltimore | 1,108,360 | 0.956% |
| 27 | Indianapolis | 1,106,420 | 0.955% |
| 28 | San Diego | 1,089,010 | 0.940% |
| 29 | Nashville | 1,039,430 | 0.897% |
| 30 | Hartford-New Haven | 1,018,770 | 0.879% |
| 31 | Kansas City | 974,820 | 0.841% |
| 32 | Salt Lake City | 953,950 | 0.823% |
| 33 | Cincinnati | 923,830 | 0.797% |
| 34 | Columbus, OH | 915,950 | 0.790% |
| 35 | Milwaukee | 901,100 | 0.777% |
| 36 | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson | 878,550 | 0.758% |
| 37 | San Antonio | 844,910 | 0.729% |
| 38 | West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce | 773,890 | 0.668% |
| 39 | Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York | 749,020 | 0.646% |
| 40 | Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa | 747,190 | 0.645% |
| 41 | Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek | 740,230 | 0.639% |
| 42 | Las Vegas | 718,030 | 0.620% |
| 43 | Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News | 716,050 | 0.618% |
| 44 | Austin | 707,430 | 0.610% |
| 45 | Oklahoma City | 704,670 | 0.608% |
| 46 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | 703,720 | 0.607% |
| 47 | Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem | 699,040 | 0.603% |
| 48 | Memphis | 693,860 | 0.599% |
| 49 | Jacksonville | 678,430 | 0.585% |
| 50 | Louisville | 674,940 | 0.582% |
| 51 | Buffalo | 636,320 | 0.549% |
| 52 | New Orleans | 635,860 | 0.549% |
| 53 | Providence-New Bedford | 620,600 | 0.535% |
| 54 | Wilkes Barre-Scranton | 595,480 | 0.514% |
| 55 | Fresno-Visalia | 581,340 | 0.502% |
| 56 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | 573,670 | 0.495% |
| 57 | Richmond-Petersburg | 558,500 | 0.482% |
| 58 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | 557,860 | 0.481% |
| 59 | Knoxville | 557,040 | 0.481% |
| 60 | Mobile-Pensacola-Fort Walton Beach | 539,190 | 0.465% |
| 61 | Tulsa | 535,820 | 0.462% |
| 62 | Dayton | 527,030 | 0.455% |
| 63 | Lexington | 515,320 | 0.445% |
| 64 | Charleston-Huntington | 505,200 | 0.436% |
| 65 | Fort Myers-Naples | 499,410 | 0.431% |
| 66 | Roanoke-Lynchburg | 464,480 | 0.401% |
| 67 | Tucson-Sierra Vista | 461,450 | 0.398% |
| 68 | Wichita-Hutchinson Plus | 457,880 | 0.395% |
| 69 | Flint-Saginaw-Bay City | 455,840 | 0.393% |
| 70 | Toledo | 445,600 | 0.385% |
| 71 | Green Bay-Appleton | 445,510 | 0.384% |
| 72 | Honolulu | 433,530 | 0.374% |
| 73 | Des Moines-Ames | 432,820 | 0.373% |
| 74 | Springfield, MO | 424,270 | 0.366% |
| 75 | Spokane | 424,220 | 0.366% |
| 76 | Omaha | 418,290 | 0.361% |
| 77 | Portland-Auburn | 410,300 | 0.354% |
| 78 | Columbia, SC | 405,670 | 0.350% |
| 79 | Huntsville-Decatur-Florence | 399,440 | 0.345% |
| 80 | Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg | 398,820 | 0.344% |
| 81 | Rochester, NY | 392,090 | 0.338% |
| 82 | Syracuse | 389,970 | 0.337% |
| 83 | Shreveport | 387,060 | 0.334% |
| 84 | Champaign-Springfield-Decatur | 384,990 | 0.332% |
| 85 | Madison | 382,700 | 0.330% |
| 86 | Chattanooga | 376,910 | 0.325% |
| 87 | Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen | 356,010 | 0.307% |
| 88 | Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque | 346,010 | 0.299% |
| 89 | Waco-Temple-Bryan | 344,020 | 0.297% |
| 90 | Jackson, MS | 338,030 | 0.292% |
| 91 | Tri-Cities | 337,610 | 0.291% |
| 92 | Colorado Springs-Pueblo | 336,880 | 0.291% |
| 93 | South Bend-Elkhart | 336,220 | 0.290% |
| 94 | Baton Rouge | 334,730 | 0.289% |
| 95 | Burlington-Plattsburgh | 330,730 | 0.285% |
| 96 | Savannah | 329,460 | 0.284% |
| 97 | El Paso-Las Cruces | 315,130 | 0.272% |
| 98 | Charleston, SC | 312,770 | 0.270% |
| 99 | Davenport-Rock Island-Moline | 309,800 | 0.267% |
| 100 | Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | 304,060 | 0.262% |
| 101 | Greenville-New Bern-Washington | 294,550 | 0.254% |
| 102 | Johnstown-Altoona-State College | 293,940 | 0.254% |
| 103 | Evansville | 292,440 | 0.252% |
| 104 | Myrtle Beach-Florence | 289,570 | 0.250% |
| 105 | Tallahassee-Thomasville | 282,110 | 0.243% |
| 106 | Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney | 279,820 | 0.241% |
| 107 | Fort Wayne | 277,050 | 0.239% |
| 108 | Reno | 271,380 | 0.234% |
| 109 | Tyler-Longview-Lufkin-Nacogdoches | 269,760 | 0.233% |
| 110 | Springfield-Holyoke | 269,500 | 0.233% |
| 111 | Youngstown | 268,150 | 0.231% |
| 112 | Sioux Falls-Mitchell | 263,790 | 0.228% |
| 113 | Boise | 262,920 | 0.227% |
| 114 | Augusta-Aiken | 257,030 | 0.222% |
| 115 | Lansing | 253,380 | 0.219% |
| 116 | Peoria-Bloomington | 251,880 | 0.217% |
| 117 | Montgomery-Selma | 244,470 | 0.211% |
| 118 | Eugene | 243,870 | 0.210% |
| 119 | Traverse City-Cadillac | 242,700 | 0.209% |
| 120 | Fargo-Valley City | 241,990 | 0.209% |
| 121 | Macon | 241,120 | 0.208% |
| 122 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo | 239,250 | 0.206% |
| 123 | Lafayette, LA | 231,560 | 0.200% |
| 124 | Monterey-Salinas | 229,150 | 0.198% |
| 125 | Bakersfield | 225,670 | 0.195% |
| 126 | Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick | 225,320 | 0.194% |
| 127 | Columbus-Opelika | 219,450 | 0.189% |
| 128 | La Crosse-Eau Claire | 216,510 | 0.187% |
| 129 | Corpus Christi | 199,370 | 0.172% |
| 130 | Chico-Redding | 198,370 | 0.171% |
| 131 | Amarillo | 195,070 | 0.168% |
| 132 | Wilmington | 191,630 | 0.165% |
| 133 | Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston | 190,270 | 0.164% |
| 134 | Rockford | 187,970 | 0.162% |
| 135 | Wausau-Rhinelander | 186,010 | 0.161% |
| 136 | Topeka | 179,510 | 0.155% |
| 137 | Columbia-Jefferson City | 178,610 | 0.154% |
| 138 | Monroe-El Dorado | 177,900 | 0.154% |
| 139 | Duluth-Superior | 174,570 | 0.151% |
| 140 | Medford-Klamath Falls | 172,230 | 0.149% |
| 141 | Beaumont-Port Arthur | 170,010 | 0.147% |
| 142 | Lubbock | 161,450 | 0.139% |
| 143 | Salisbury | 159,630 | 0.138% |
| 144 | Erie | 158,000 | 0.136% |
| 145 | Palm Springs | 157,180 | 0.136% |
| 146 | Wichita Falls-Lawton | 157,030 | 0.136% |
| 147 | Albany, GA | 156,910 | 0.135% |
| 148 | Joplin-Pittsburg | 156,360 | 0.135% |
| 149 | Sioux City | 155,490 | 0.134% |
| 150 | Anchorage | 154,820 | 0.134% |
| 151 | Odessa-Midland | 146,310 | 0.126% |
| 152 | Terre Haute | 144,950 | 0.125% |
| 153 | Rochester-Mason City-Austin | 144,590 | 0.125% |
| 154 | Bangor | 144,130 | 0.124% |
| 155 | Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill | 143,280 | 0.124% |
| 156 | Panama City | 139,700 | 0.121% |
| 157 | Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson-Williston | 138,730 | 0.120% |
| 158 | Binghamton | 136,740 | 0.118% |
| 159 | Wheeling-Steubenville | 132,910 | 0.115% |
| 160 | Gainesville | 130,460 | 0.113% |
| 161 | Sherman-Ada | 129,480 | 0.112% |
| 162 | Idaho Falls-Pocatello-Jackson | 128,860 | 0.111% |
| 163 | Biloxi-Gulfport | 126,610 | 0.109% |
| 164 | Yuma-El Centro | 118,700 | 0.102% |
| 165 | Abilene-Sweetwater | 115,200 | 0.099% |
| 166 | Missoula | 113,380 | 0.098% |
| 167 | Hattiesburg-Laurel | 112,120 | 0.097% |
| 168 | Clarksburg-Weston | 110,440 | 0.095% |
| 169 | Dothan | 110,080 | 0.095% |
| 170 | Billings | 109,090 | 0.094% |
| 171 | Utica | 104,990 | 0.091% |
| 172 | Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk | 102,010 | 0.088% |
| 173 | Rapid City | 97,930 | 0.085% |
| 174 | Elmira-Corning | 96,390 | 0.083% |
| 175 | Lake Charles | 96,210 | 0.083% |
| 176 | Watertown | 95,750 | 0.083% |
| 177 | Harrisonburg | 94,670 | 0.082% |
| 178 | Alexandria | 90,640 | 0.078% |
| 179 | Marquette | 87,670 | 0.076% |
| 180 | Jonesboro | 83,000 | 0.072% |
| 181 | Bowling Green | 81,750 | 0.071% |
| 182 | Jackson, TN | 77,700 | 0.067% |
| 183 | Charlottesville | 76,700 | 0.066% |
| 184 | Grand Junction-Montrose | 76,320 | 0.066% |
| 185 | Meridian | 72,280 | 0.062% |
| 186 | Laredo | 70,090 | 0.061% |
| 187 | Greenwood-Greenville | 69,450 | 0.060% |
| 188 | Lafayette, IN | 67,560 | 0.058% |
| 189 | Bend | 66,680 | 0.058% |
| 190 | Great Falls | 65,900 | 0.057% |
| 191 | Butte-Bozeman | 65,780 | 0.057% |
| 192 | Twin Falls | 65,310 | 0.056% |
| 193 | Parkersburg | 64,370 | 0.056% |
| 194 | Eureka | 61,570 | 0.053% |
| 195 | Casper-Riverton | 56,700 | 0.049% |
| 196 | San Angelo | 55,280 | 0.048% |
| 197 | Cheyenne-Scottsbluff | 55,210 | 0.048% |
| 198 | Mankato | 52,640 | 0.045% |
| 199 | Ottumwa-Kirksville | 51,370 | 0.044% |
| 200 | Saint Joseph | 48,040 | 0.041% |
| 201 | Lima | 40,020 | 0.035% |
| 202 | Fairbanks | 36,450 | 0.031% |
| 203 | Zanesville | 32,550 | 0.028% |
| 204 | Victoria | 31,660 | 0.027% |
| 205 | Presque Isle | 30,380 | 0.026% |
| 206 | Helena | 28,030 | 0.024% |
| 207 | Juneau | 25,250 | 0.022% |
| 208 | Alpena | 17,040 | 0.015% |
| 209 | North Platte | 15,350 | 0.013% |
| 210 | Glendive | 4,040 | 0.004% |