The local television market universe estimates for the various designated market areas, as defined and used by The Nielsen Company throughout the 2011-2012 television season—effective Saturday, September 24, 2011. There are a total number of 114,649,310 Nielsen Station Index TV homes for the 2011-12 season.
| Rank | Market | TV Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 7,387,810 | 6.444% |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 5,569,780 | 4.858% |
| 3 | Chicago | 3,493,480 | 3.047% |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 2,993,370 | 2.611% |
| 5 | Dallas-Fort Worth | 2,571,310 | 2.243% |
| 6 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | 2,506,510 | 2.186% |
| 7 | Boston-Manchester | 2,379,690 | 2.076% |
| 8 | Washington-Hagerstown | 2,360,180 | 2.059% |
| 9 | Atlanta | 2,292,640 | 2.000% |
| 10 | Houston | 2,185,260 | 1.906% |
| 11 | Detroit | 1,842,650 | 1.607% |
| 12 | Seattle-Tacoma | 1,811,420 | 1.580% |
| 13 | Phoenix-Prescott | 1,811,330 | 1.580% |
| 14 | Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota | 1,788,240 | 1.560% |
| 15 | Minneapolis-Saint Paul | 1,721,940 | 1.502% |
| 16 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale | 1,583,800 | 1.381% |
| 17 | Denver | 1,548,570 | 1.351% |
| 18 | Cleveland-Akron-Canton | 1,514,170 | 1.321% |
| 19 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne | 1,465,460 | 1.278% |
| 20 | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto | 1,388,570 | 1.211% |
| 21 | Saint Louis | 1,253,920 | 1.094% |
| 22 | Portland, OR | 1,190,010 | 1.038% |
| 23 | Pittsburgh | 1,171,490 | 1.022% |
| 24 | Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville | 1,143,420 | 0.997% |
| 25 | Charlotte | 1,140,900 | 0.995% |
| 26 | Indianapolis | 1,109,970 | 0.968% |
| 27 | Baltimore | 1,097,310 | 0.957% |
| 28 | San Diego | 1,077,600 | 0.940% |
| 29 | Nashville | 1,024,560 | 0.894% |
| 30 | Hartford-New Haven | 1,006,280 | 0.878% |
| 31 | Kansas City | 939,740 | 0.820% |
| 32 | Columbus, OH | 932,680 | 0.814% |
| 33 | Salt Lake City | 927,540 | 0.809% |
| 34 | Milwaukee | 907,660 | 0.792% |
| 35 | Cincinnati | 896,090 | 0.782% |
| 36 | San Antonio | 880,690 | 0.768% |
| 37 | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson | 860,930 | 0.751% |
| 38 | West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce | 788,020 | 0.687% |
| 39 | Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa | 738,790 | 0.644% |
| 40 | Las Vegas | 737,300 | 0.643% |
| 41 | Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York | 729,440 | 0.636% |
| 42 | Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek | 722,150 | 0.630% |
| 43 | Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News | 718,750 | 0.627% |
| 44 | Oklahoma City | 712,630 | 0.622% |
| 45 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | 710,050 | 0.619% |
| 46 | Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem | 691,200 | 0.603% |
| 47 | Austin | 686,830 | 0.599% |
| 48 | Louisville | 674,050 | 0.588% |
| 49 | Memphis | 669,940 | 0.584% |
| 50 | Jacksonville | 669,840 | 0.584% |
| 51 | Buffalo | 645,190 | 0.563% |
| 52 | New Orleans | 643,660 | 0.561% |
| 53 | Providence-New Bedford | 620,010 | 0.541% |
| 54 | Wilkes Barre-Scranton | 590,740 | 0.515% |
| 55 | Fresno-Visalia | 574,800 | 0.501% |
| 56 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | 571,630 | 0.499% |
| 57 | Richmond-Petersburg | 559,390 | 0.488% |
| 58 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | 551,120 | 0.481% |
| 59 | Tulsa | 529,100 | 0.462% |
| 60 | Mobile-Pensacola-Fort Walton Beach | 527,930 | 0.461% |
| 61 | Knoxville | 527,790 | 0.460% |
| 62 | Fort Myers-Naples | 504,240 | 0.440% |
| 63 | Dayton | 493,600 | 0.431% |
| 64 | Lexington | 488,850 | 0.426% |
| 65 | Charleston-Huntington | 465,030 | 0.406% |
| 66 | Roanoke-Lynchburg | 455,860 | 0.398% |
| 67 | Wichita-Hutchinson Plus | 454,590 | 0.397% |
| 68 | Flint-Saginaw-Bay City | 451,880 | 0.394% |
| 69 | Green Bay-Appleton | 445,760 | 0.389% |
| 70 | Tucson-Sierra Vista | 442,020 | 0.386% |
| 71 | Honolulu | 434,730 | 0.379% |
| 72 | Des Moines-Ames | 431,300 | 0.376% |
| 73 | Spokane | 426,690 | 0.372% |
| 74 | Toledo | 426,280 | 0.372% |
| 75 | Springfield, MO | 423,010 | 0.369% |
| 76 | Omaha | 415,510 | 0.362% |
| 77 | Columbia, SC | 404,830 | 0.353% |
| 78 | Portland-Auburn | 401,370 | 0.350% |
| 79 | Rochester, NY | 398,790 | 0.348% |
| 80 | Huntsville-Decatur-Florence | 394,010 | 0.344% |
| 81 | Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg | 393,330 | 0.343% |
| 82 | Champaign-Springfield-Decatur | 386,160 | 0.337% |
| 83 | Shreveport | 386,150 | 0.337% |
| 84 | Syracuse | 386,090 | 0.337% |
| 85 | Madison | 378,290 | 0.330% |
| 86 | Chattanooga | 366,790 | 0.320% |
| 87 | Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen | 361,820 | 0.316% |
| 88 | Waco-Temple-Bryan | 353,190 | 0.308% |
| 89 | Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque | 344,150 | 0.300% |
| 90 | Colorado Springs-Pueblo | 343,160 | 0.299% |
| 91 | El Paso-Las Cruces | 336,570 | 0.294% |
| 92 | Savannah | 335,080 | 0.292% |
| 93 | Jackson, MS | 334,530 | 0.292% |
| 94 | Baton Rouge | 333,010 | 0.291% |
| 95 | Burlington-Plattsburgh | 323,750 | 0.282% |
| 96 | Tri-Cities | 323,640 | 0.282% |
| 97 | South Bend-Elkhart | 322,090 | 0.281% |
| 98 | Charleston, SC | 311,260 | 0.272% |
| 99 | Greenville-New Bern-Washington | 307,610 | 0.268% |
| 100 | Davenport-Rock Island-Moline | 307,050 | 0.268% |
| 101 | Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | 301,120 | 0.263% |
| 102 | Johnstown-Altoona-State College | 294,770 | 0.257% |
| 103 | Myrtle Beach-Florence | 289,060 | 0.252% |
| 104 | Evansville | 287,880 | 0.251% |
| 105 | Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney | 280,310 | 0.245% |
| 106 | Tallahassee-Thomasville | 272,520 | 0.238% |
| 107 | Tyler-Longview-Lufkin-Nacogdoches | 271,400 | 0.237% |
| 108 | Reno | 271,020 | 0.236% |
| 109 | Fort Wayne | 267,710 | 0.234% |
| 110 | Youngstown | 263,850 | 0.230% |
| 111 | Augusta-Aiken | 262,560 | 0.229% |
| 112 | Boise | 261,810 | 0.228% |
| 113 | Sioux Falls-Mitchell | 261,530 | 0.228% |
| 114 | Springfield-Holyoke | 257,080 | 0.224% |
| 115 | Lansing | 252,890 | 0.221% |
| 116 | Peoria-Bloomington | 247,850 | 0.216% |
| 117 | Fargo-Valley City | 246,780 | 0.215% |
| 118 | Macon | 245,910 | 0.215% |
| 119 | Montgomery-Selma | 245,100 | 0.214% |
| 120 | Traverse City-Cadillac | 244,050 | 0.213% |
| 121 | Eugene | 241,270 | 0.210% |
| 122 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo | 230,830 | 0.201% |
| 123 | Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick | 230,010 | 0.201% |
| 124 | Lafayette, LA | 229,320 | 0.200% |
| 125 | Monterey-Salinas | 223,620 | 0.195% |
| 126 | Bakersfield | 221,920 | 0.194% |
| 127 | Columbus-Opelika | 215,410 | 0.188% |
| 128 | La Crosse-Eau Claire | 213,660 | 0.186% |
| 129 | Corpus Christi | 203,550 | 0.178% |
| 130 | Amarillo | 195,650 | 0.171% |
| 131 | Chico-Redding | 194,590 | 0.170% |
| 132 | Wilmington | 190,730 | 0.166% |
| 133 | Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston | 189,910 | 0.166% |
| 134 | Rockford | 184,360 | 0.161% |
| 135 | Wausau-Rhinelander | 181,280 | 0.158% |
| 136 | Topeka | 177,710 | 0.155% |
| 137 | Monroe-El Dorado | 177,410 | 0.155% |
| 138 | Columbia-Jefferson City | 176,470 | 0.154% |
| 139 | Duluth-Superior | 173,710 | 0.152% |
| 140 | Medford-Klamath Falls | 170,670 | 0.149% |
| 141 | Beaumont-Port Arthur | 168,420 | 0.147% |
| 142 | Wichita Falls-Lawton | 160,540 | 0.140% |
| 143 | Lubbock | 160,160 | 0.140% |
| 144 | Salisbury | 159,640 | 0.139% |
| 145 | Palm Springs | 158,440 | 0.138% |
| 146 | Erie | 157,730 | 0.138% |
| 147 | Sioux City | 157,060 | 0.137% |
| 148 | Anchorage | 155,600 | 0.136% |
| 149 | Joplin-Pittsburg | 153,910 | 0.134% |
| 150 | Albany, GA | 151,620 | 0.132% |
| 151 | Odessa-Midland | 146,040 | 0.127% |
| 152 | Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson-Williston | 145,480 | 0.127% |
| 153 | Rochester-Mason City-Austin | 145,450 | 0.127% |
| 154 | Terre Haute | 142,780 | 0.125% |
| 155 | Bangor | 141,580 | 0.124% |
| 156 | Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill | 137,380 | 0.120% |
| 157 | Binghamton | 136,730 | 0.119% |
| 158 | Wheeling-Steubenville | 133,120 | 0.116% |
| 159 | Panama City | 132,120 | 0.115% |
| 160 | Idaho Falls-Pocatello-Jackson | 128,940 | 0.113% |
| 161 | Sherman-Ada | 128,790 | 0.112% |
| 162 | Biloxi-Gulfport | 128,150 | 0.112% |
| 163 | Gainesville | 124,730 | 0.109% |
| 164 | Abilene-Sweetwater | 115,630 | 0.101% |
| 165 | Missoula | 114,590 | 0.100% |
| 166 | Yuma-El Centro | 112,850 | 0.098% |
| 167 | Hattiesburg-Laurel | 111,560 | 0.097% |
| 168 | Billings | 109,940 | 0.096% |
| 169 | Dothan | 109,080 | 0.095% |
| 170 | Clarksburg-Weston | 108,980 | 0.095% |
| 171 | Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk | 104,790 | 0.091% |
| 172 | Utica | 104,750 | 0.091% |
| 173 | Rapid City | 100,120 | 0.087% |
| 174 | Elmira-Corning | 96,600 | 0.084% |
| 175 | Lake Charles | 94,850 | 0.083% |
| 176 | Jackson, TN | 94,650 | 0.083% |
| 177 | Watertown | 93,090 | 0.081% |
| 178 | Harrisonburg | 91,620 | 0.080% |
| 179 | Alexandria | 90,160 | 0.079% |
| 180 | Marquette | 85,230 | 0.074% |
| 181 | Jonesboro | 81,300 | 0.071% |
| 182 | Bowling Green | 79,990 | 0.070% |
| 183 | Charlottesville | 74,630 | 0.065% |
| 184 | Grand Junction-Montrose | 72,970 | 0.064% |
| 185 | Laredo | 72,060 | 0.063% |
| 186 | Meridian | 70,190 | 0.061% |
| 187 | Greenwood-Greenville | 67,730 | 0.059% |
| 188 | Lafayette, IN | 67,260 | 0.059% |
| 189 | Butte-Bozeman | 66,910 | 0.058% |
| 190 | Great Falls | 66,190 | 0.058% |
| 191 | Twin Falls | 65,800 | 0.057% |
| 192 | Parkersburg | 63,120 | 0.055% |
| 193 | Bend | 62,620 | 0.055% |
| 194 | Eureka | 61,180 | 0.053% |
| 195 | Cheyenne-Scottsbluff | 56,640 | 0.049% |
| 196 | Casper-Riverton | 56,460 | 0.049% |
| 197 | San Angelo | 55,570 | 0.049% |
| 198 | Mankato | 53,720 | 0.047% |
| 199 | Ottumwa-Kirksville | 47,810 | 0.042% |
| 200 | Saint Joseph | 46,690 | 0.041% |
| 201 | Lima | 39,350 | 0.034% |
| 202 | Fairbanks | 37,010 | 0.032% |
| 203 | Zanesville | 33,140 | 0.029% |
| 204 | Victoria | 31,540 | 0.028% |
| 205 | Presque Isle | 29,850 | 0.026% |
| 206 | Helena | 28,050 | 0.025% |
| 207 | Juneau | 25,500 | 0.022% |
| 208 | Alpena | 17,100 | 0.015% |
| 209 | North Platte | 15,180 | 0.013% |
| 210 | Glendive | 4,180 | 0.004% |