The local television market universe estimates for the various designated market areas, as defined and used by The Nielsen Company throughout the 2012-2013 television season—effective Saturday, September 22, 2012. There are a total number of 114,173,690 Nielsen Station Index TV homes for the 2012-13 season.
| Rank | Market | TV Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 7,384,340 | 6.468% |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 5,613,460 | 4.917% |
| 3 | Chicago | 3,484,800 | 3.052% |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 2,949,310 | 2.583% |
| 5 | Dallas-Fort Worth | 2,588,020 | 2.267% |
| 6 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | 2,502,030 | 2.191% |
| 7 | Boston-Manchester | 2,366,690 | 2.073% |
| 8 | Washington-Hagerstown | 2,359,160 | 2.066% |
| 9 | Atlanta | 2,326,840 | 2.038% |
| 10 | Houston | 2,215,650 | 1.941% |
| 11 | Detroit | 1,845,920 | 1.617% |
| 12 | Seattle-Tacoma | 1,818,900 | 1.593% |
| 13 | Phoenix-Prescott | 1,812,040 | 1.587% |
| 14 | Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota | 1,806,560 | 1.582% |
| 15 | Minneapolis-Saint Paul | 1,728,050 | 1.514% |
| 16 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale | 1,621,130 | 1.420% |
| 17 | Denver | 1,566,460 | 1.372% |
| 18 | Cleveland-Akron-Canton | 1,485,140 | 1.301% |
| 19 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne | 1,453,170 | 1.273% |
| 20 | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto | 1,387,710 | 1.215% |
| 21 | Saint Louis | 1,243,490 | 1.089% |
| 22 | Portland, OR | 1,182,180 | 1.035% |
| 23 | Pittsburgh | 1,165,740 | 1.021% |
| 24 | Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville | 1,150,350 | 1.008% |
| 25 | Charlotte | 1,136,420 | 0.995% |
| 26 | Indianapolis | 1,089,700 | 0.954% |
| 27 | Baltimore | 1,085,070 | 0.950% |
| 28 | San Diego | 1,075,120 | 0.942% |
| 29 | Nashville | 1,014,910 | 0.889% |
| 30 | Hartford-New Haven | 996,550 | 0.873% |
| 31 | Kansas City | 931,320 | 0.816% |
| 32 | Columbus, OH | 930,460 | 0.815% |
| 33 | Salt Lake City | 917,370 | 0.804% |
| 34 | Milwaukee | 902,190 | 0.790% |
| 35 | Cincinnati | 897,890 | 0.786% |
| 36 | San Antonio | 881,050 | 0.772% |
| 37 | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson | 846,030 | 0.741% |
| 38 | West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce | 794,310 | 0.696% |
| 39 | Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek | 720,150 | 0.631% |
| 40 | Las Vegas | 718,990 | 0.630% |
| 41 | Oklahoma City | 718,770 | 0.630% |
| 42 | Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa | 717,530 | 0.629% |
| 43 | Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York | 716,990 | 0.628% |
| 44 | Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News | 709,730 | 0.622% |
| 45 | Austin | 705,280 | 0.618% |
| 46 | Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem | 695,100 | 0.609% |
| 47 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | 691,450 | 0.606% |
| 48 | Louisville | 670,880 | 0.588% |
| 49 | Memphis | 662,830 | 0.581% |
| 50 | Jacksonville | 659,170 | 0.577% |
| 51 | New Orleans | 641,550 | 0.562% |
| 52 | Buffalo | 632,150 | 0.554% |
| 53 | Providence-New Bedford | 606,400 | 0.531% |
| 54 | Wilkes Barre-Scranton | 581,020 | 0.509% |
| 55 | Fresno-Visalia | 576,820 | 0.505% |
| 56 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | 561,760 | 0.492% |
| 57 | Richmond-Petersburg | 553,390 | 0.485% |
| 58 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | 540,050 | 0.473% |
| 59 | Tulsa | 526,960 | 0.462% |
| 60 | Mobile-Pensacola-Fort Walton Beach | 525,990 | 0.461% |
| 61 | Knoxville | 520,890 | 0.456% |
| 62 | Fort Myers-Naples | 502,050 | 0.440% |
| 63 | Dayton | 498,270 | 0.436% |
| 64 | Lexington | 485,630 | 0.425% |
| 65 | Charleston-Huntington | 455,490 | 0.399% |
| 66 | Wichita-Hutchinson Plus | 450,300 | 0.394% |
| 67 | Flint-Saginaw-Bay City | 446,010 | 0.391% |
| 68 | Roanoke-Lynchburg | 445,470 | 0.390% |
| 69 | Green Bay-Appleton | 441,800 | 0.387% |
| 70 | Tucson-Sierra Vista | 438,440 | 0.384% |
| 71 | Honolulu | 437,790 | 0.383% |
| 72 | Des Moines-Ames | 427,860 | 0.375% |
| 73 | Spokane | 420,640 | 0.368% |
| 74 | Springfield, MO | 414,570 | 0.363% |
| 75 | Omaha | 414,060 | 0.363% |
| 76 | Toledo | 409,550 | 0.359% |
| 77 | Columbia, SC | 398,510 | 0.349% |
| 78 | Rochester, NY | 395,680 | 0.347% |
| 79 | Huntsville-Decatur-Florence | 390,590 | 0.342% |
| 80 | Portland-Auburn | 389,530 | 0.341% |
| 81 | Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg | 388,340 | 0.340% |
| 82 | Shreveport | 384,410 | 0.337% |
| 83 | Champaign-Springfield-Decatur | 378,720 | 0.332% |
| 84 | Syracuse | 377,550 | 0.331% |
| 85 | Madison | 376,670 | 0.330% |
| 86 | Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen | 364,160 | 0.319% |
| 87 | Chattanooga | 353,710 | 0.310% |
| 88 | Waco-Temple-Bryan | 349,540 | 0.306% |
| 89 | Colorado Springs-Pueblo | 343,990 | 0.301% |
| 90 | Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque | 342,610 | 0.300% |
| 91 | El Paso-Las Cruces | 339,130 | 0.297% |
| 92 | Savannah | 334,750 | 0.293% |
| 93 | Jackson, MS | 331,500 | 0.290% |
| 94 | Baton Rouge | 329,620 | 0.289% |
| 95 | South Bend-Elkhart | 319,860 | 0.280% |
| 96 | Tri-Cities | 319,060 | 0.280% |
| 97 | Burlington-Plattsburgh | 316,910 | 0.278% |
| 98 | Charleston, SC | 316,080 | 0.277% |
| 99 | Davenport-Rock Island-Moline | 303,800 | 0.266% |
| 100 | Greenville-New Bern-Washington | 303,280 | 0.266% |
| 101 | Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | 297,590 | 0.261% |
| 102 | Johnstown-Altoona-State College | 288,100 | 0.252% |
| 103 | Myrtle Beach-Florence | 285,550 | 0.250% |
| 104 | Evansville | 284,040 | 0.249% |
| 105 | Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney | 276,790 | 0.242% |
| 106 | Tallahassee-Thomasville | 273,120 | 0.239% |
| 107 | Tyler-Longview-Lufkin-Nacogdoches | 268,150 | 0.235% |
| 108 | Reno | 265,600 | 0.233% |
| 109 | Fort Wayne | 265,390 | 0.232% |
| 110 | Youngstown | 260,000 | 0.228% |
| 111 | Boise | 259,090 | 0.227% |
| 112 | Sioux Falls-Mitchell | 258,460 | 0.226% |
| 113 | Augusta-Aiken | 257,730 | 0.226% |
| 114 | Springfield-Holyoke | 252,950 | 0.222% |
| 115 | Lansing | 251,140 | 0.220% |
| 116 | Peoria-Bloomington | 244,050 | 0.214% |
| 117 | Fargo-Valley City | 243,890 | 0.214% |
| 118 | Montgomery-Selma | 241,930 | 0.212% |
| 119 | Traverse City-Cadillac | 241,800 | 0.212% |
| 120 | Macon | 241,170 | 0.211% |
| 121 | Eugene | 235,570 | 0.206% |
| 122 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo | 231,950 | 0.203% |
| 122 | Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick | 231,950 | 0.203% |
| 124 | Lafayette, LA | 229,320 | 0.201% |
| 125 | Monterey-Salinas | 224,240 | 0.196% |
| 126 | Bakersfield | 221,740 | 0.194% |
| 127 | Columbus-Opelika | 216,920 | 0.190% |
| 128 | La Crosse-Eau Claire | 211,670 | 0.185% |
| 129 | Corpus Christi | 203,730 | 0.178% |
| 130 | Amarillo | 197,110 | 0.173% |
| 131 | Chico-Redding | 191,500 | 0.168% |
| 132 | Wilmington | 188,420 | 0.165% |
| 133 | Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston | 184,990 | 0.162% |
| 134 | Wausau-Rhinelander | 179,450 | 0.157% |
| 135 | Rockford | 179,240 | 0.157% |
| 136 | Topeka | 176,160 | 0.154% |
| 137 | Monroe-El Dorado | 175,960 | 0.154% |
| 138 | Columbia-Jefferson City | 173,640 | 0.152% |
| 139 | Duluth-Superior | 169,610 | 0.149% |
| 140 | Medford-Klamath Falls | 167,820 | 0.147% |
| 141 | Beaumont-Port Arthur | 167,110 | 0.146% |
| 142 | Lubbock | 159,840 | 0.140% |
| 143 | Wichita Falls-Lawton | 158,500 | 0.139% |
| 144 | Salisbury | 157,830 | 0.138% |
| 145 | Anchorage | 156,280 | 0.137% |
| 146 | Erie | 155,190 | 0.136% |
| 147 | Sioux City | 154,830 | 0.136% |
| 148 | Palm Springs | 154,560 | 0.135% |
| 149 | Joplin-Pittsburg | 151,200 | 0.132% |
| 150 | Albany, GA | 150,110 | 0.132% |
| 151 | Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson-Williston | 150,000 | 0.131% |
| 152 | Odessa-Midland | 147,730 | 0.129% |
| 153 | Rochester-Mason City-Austin | 143,330 | 0.126% |
| 154 | Terre Haute | 139,600 | 0.122% |
| 155 | Bangor | 138,040 | 0.121% |
| 156 | Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill | 134,410 | 0.118% |
| 157 | Binghamton | 133,420 | 0.117% |
| 158 | Wheeling-Steubenville | 130,110 | 0.114% |
| 159 | Panama City | 129,390 | 0.113% |
| 160 | Biloxi-Gulfport | 128,300 | 0.112% |
| 161 | Sherman-Ada | 126,930 | 0.111% |
| 162 | Idaho Falls-Pocatello-Jackson | 125,710 | 0.110% |
| 163 | Gainesville | 123,430 | 0.108% |
| 164 | Abilene-Sweetwater | 114,080 | 0.100% |
| 165 | Yuma-El Centro | 113,230 | 0.099% |
| 166 | Missoula | 113,010 | 0.099% |
| 167 | Hattiesburg-Laurel | 109,950 | 0.096% |
| 168 | Billings | 109,730 | 0.096% |
| 169 | Dothan | 107,110 | 0.094% |
| 170 | Clarksburg-Weston | 106,480 | 0.093% |
| 171 | Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk | 103,520 | 0.091% |
| 172 | Utica | 102,890 | 0.090% |
| 173 | Rapid City | 98,020 | 0.086% |
| 174 | Elmira-Corning | 95,530 | 0.084% |
| 175 | Lake Charles | 94,610 | 0.083% |
| 176 | Jackson, TN | 93,090 | 0.082% |
| 177 | Watertown | 92,590 | 0.081% |
| 178 | Harrisonburg | 90,260 | 0.079% |
| 179 | Alexandria | 89,280 | 0.078% |
| 180 | Marquette | 84,640 | 0.074% |
| 181 | Jonesboro | 80,740 | 0.071% |
| 182 | Bowling Green | 78,780 | 0.069% |
| 183 | Charlottesville | 74,340 | 0.065% |
| 184 | Laredo | 72,590 | 0.064% |
| 185 | Grand Junction-Montrose | 70,580 | 0.062% |
| 186 | Meridian | 68,860 | 0.060% |
| 187 | Butte-Bozeman | 67,180 | 0.059% |
| 188 | Greenwood-Greenville | 66,410 | 0.058% |
| 189 | Lafayette, IN | 66,240 | 0.058% |
| 190 | Great Falls | 65,930 | 0.058% |
| 191 | Twin Falls | 64,100 | 0.056% |
| 192 | Bend | 62,950 | 0.055% |
| 193 | Parkersburg | 62,620 | 0.055% |
| 194 | Eureka | 59,610 | 0.052% |
| 195 | Cheyenne-Scottsbluff | 56,350 | 0.049% |
| 196 | San Angelo | 55,820 | 0.049% |
| 197 | Casper-Riverton | 55,270 | 0.048% |
| 198 | Mankato | 52,530 | 0.046% |
| 199 | Lima | 51,240 | 0.045% |
| 200 | Ottumwa-Kirksville | 46,730 | 0.041% |
| 201 | Saint Joseph | 46,180 | 0.040% |
| 202 | Fairbanks | 37,920 | 0.033% |
| 203 | Zanesville | 32,940 | 0.029% |
| 204 | Victoria | 31,560 | 0.028% |
| 205 | Presque Isle | 29,250 | 0.026% |
| 206 | Helena | 28,260 | 0.025% |
| 207 | Juneau | 26,320 | 0.023% |
| 208 | Alpena | 16,910 | 0.015% |
| 209 | North Platte | 14,720 | 0.013% |
| 210 | Glendive | 4,050 | 0.004% |