The local television market universe estimates for the various designated market areas, as defined and used by The Nielsen Company throughout the 2015-2016 television season—effective Saturday, September 26, 2015. There are a total number of 113,314,340 Nielsen Station Index TV homes for the 2015-16 season.
| Rank | Market | TV Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 7,368,320 | 6.503% |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 5,489,810 | 4.845% |
| 3 | Chicago | 3,475,220 | 3.067% |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 2,917,920 | 2.575% |
| 5 | Dallas-Fort Worth | 2,646,370 | 2.335% |
| 6 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | 2,484,690 | 2.193% |
| 7 | Washington-Hagerstown | 2,443,640 | 2.157% |
| 8 | Boston-Manchester | 2,411,250 | 2.128% |
| 9 | Atlanta | 2,385,730 | 2.105% |
| 10 | Houston | 2,373,700 | 2.095% |
| 11 | Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota | 1,859,820 | 1.641% |
| 12 | Phoenix-Prescott | 1,848,850 | 1.632% |
| 13 | Detroit | 1,828,230 | 1.613% |
| 14 | Seattle-Tacoma | 1,766,070 | 1.559% |
| 15 | Minneapolis-Saint Paul | 1,723,210 | 1.521% |
| 16 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale | 1,660,020 | 1.465% |
| 17 | Denver | 1,576,090 | 1.391% |
| 18 | Cleveland-Akron-Canton | 1,493,160 | 1.318% |
| 19 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne | 1,489,710 | 1.315% |
| 20 | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto | 1,349,990 | 1.191% |
| 21 | Saint Louis | 1,217,370 | 1.074% |
| 22 | Charlotte | 1,168,610 | 1.031% |
| 23 | Pittsburgh | 1,154,550 | 1.019% |
| 24 | Portland, OR | 1,136,320 | 1.003% |
| 25 | Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville | 1,131,460 | 0.999% |
| 26 | Baltimore | 1,099,890 | 0.971% |
| 27 | Indianapolis | 1,073,090 | 0.947% |
| 28 | San Diego | 1,055,030 | 0.931% |
| 29 | Nashville | 990,150 | 0.874% |
| 30 | Hartford-New Haven | 945,250 | 0.834% |
| 31 | Columbus, OH | 907,530 | 0.801% |
| 32 | San Antonio | 907,320 | 0.801% |
| 33 | Kansas City | 899,020 | 0.793% |
| 34 | Salt Lake City | 884,900 | 0.781% |
| 35 | Milwaukee | 882,210 | 0.779% |
| 36 | Cincinnati | 868,900 | 0.767% |
| 37 | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson | 833,910 | 0.736% |
| 38 | West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce | 791,090 | 0.698% |
| 39 | Austin | 745,640 | 0.658% |
| 40 | Las Vegas | 736,700 | 0.650% |
| 41 | Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek | 717,990 | 0.634% |
| 42 | Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News | 706,270 | 0.623% |
| 43 | Oklahoma City | 701,070 | 0.619% |
| 44 | Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York | 693,370 | 0.612% |
| 45 | Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa | 686,080 | 0.606% |
| 46 | Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem | 679,970 | 0.600% |
| 47 | Jacksonville | 665,330 | 0.587% |
| 48 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | 662,570 | 0.585% |
| 49 | Louisville | 653,710 | 0.577% |
| 50 | Memphis | 636,140 | 0.561% |
| 51 | New Orleans | 633,140 | 0.559% |
| 52 | Providence-New Bedford | 603,420 | 0.533% |
| 53 | Buffalo | 585,350 | 0.517% |
| 54 | Fresno-Visalia | 564,840 | 0.499% |
| 55 | Wilkes Barre-Scranton | 552,230 | 0.487% |
| 56 | Richmond-Petersburg | 549,730 | 0.485% |
| 57 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | 547,650 | 0.483% |
| 58 | Mobile-Pensacola-Fort Walton Beach | 528,440 | 0.466% |
| 59 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | 522,590 | 0.461% |
| 60 | Tulsa | 519,190 | 0.458% |
| 61 | Fort Myers-Naples | 505,430 | 0.446% |
| 62 | Knoxville | 503,410 | 0.444% |
| 63 | Lexington | 472,550 | 0.417% |
| 64 | Dayton | 462,200 | 0.408% |
| 65 | Wichita-Hutchinson Plus | 439,330 | 0.388% |
| 66 | Honolulu | 437,120 | 0.386% |
| 67 | Charleston-Huntington | 434,540 | 0.384% |
| 68 | Green Bay-Appleton | 433,970 | 0.383% |
| 69 | Roanoke-Lynchburg | 433,860 | 0.383% |
| 70 | Tucson-Sierra Vista | 428,090 | 0.378% |
| 71 | Flint-Saginaw-Bay City | 427,840 | 0.378% |
| 72 | Des Moines-Ames | 426,240 | 0.376% |
| 73 | Spokane | 414,520 | 0.366% |
| 74 | Omaha | 409,160 | 0.361% |
| 75 | Springfield, MO | 404,370 | 0.357% |
| 76 | Rochester, NY | 402,220 | 0.355% |
| 77 | Toledo | 397,620 | 0.351% |
| 78 | Columbia, SC | 396,170 | 0.350% |
| 79 | Huntsville-Decatur-Florence | 383,940 | 0.339% |
| 80 | Portland-Auburn | 380,590 | 0.336% |
| 81 | Madison | 374,980 | 0.331% |
| 82 | Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg | 370,560 | 0.327% |
| 83 | Shreveport | 368,410 | 0.325% |
| 84 | Syracuse | 367,340 | 0.324% |
| 85 | Champaign-Springfield-Decatur | 365,550 | 0.323% |
| 86 | Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen | 363,410 | 0.321% |
| 87 | Waco-Temple-Bryan | 351,120 | 0.310% |
| 88 | Chattanooga | 346,400 | 0.306% |
| 89 | Colorado Springs-Pueblo | 346,120 | 0.306% |
| 90 | Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque | 336,040 | 0.297% |
| 91 | Savannah | 335,550 | 0.296% |
| 92 | El Paso-Las Cruces | 332,920 | 0.294% |
| 93 | Baton Rouge | 326,820 | 0.288% |
| 94 | Charleston, SC | 324,480 | 0.286% |
| 95 | Jackson, MS | 319,570 | 0.282% |
| 96 | South Bend-Elkhart | 310,170 | 0.274% |
| 97 | Tri-Cities | 305,520 | 0.270% |
| 98 | Burlington-Plattsburgh | 304,200 | 0.269% |
| 99 | Greenville-New Bern-Washington | 300,800 | 0.266% |
| 100 | Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | 296,160 | 0.261% |
| 101 | Davenport-Rock Island-Moline | 293,220 | 0.259% |
| 102 | Myrtle Beach-Florence | 286,640 | 0.253% |
| 103 | Evansville | 276,130 | 0.244% |
| 104 | Johnstown-Altoona-State College | 276,080 | 0.244% |
| 105 | Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney | 271,800 | 0.240% |
| 106 | Reno | 266,530 | 0.235% |
| 107 | Boise | 265,580 | 0.234% |
| 108 | Tallahassee-Thomasville | 265,160 | 0.234% |
| 109 | Tyler-Longview-Lufkin-Nacogdoches | 263,020 | 0.232% |
| 110 | Sioux Falls-Mitchell | 260,500 | 0.230% |
| 111 | Fort Wayne | 259,170 | 0.229% |
| 112 | Augusta-Aiken | 256,120 | 0.226% |
| 113 | Lansing | 248,130 | 0.219% |
| 114 | Youngstown | 248,120 | 0.219% |
| 115 | Fargo-Valley City | 247,400 | 0.218% |
| 116 | Springfield-Holyoke | 246,500 | 0.218% |
| 117 | Peoria-Bloomington | 236,240 | 0.209% |
| 118 | Traverse City-Cadillac | 233,640 | 0.206% |
| 119 | Eugene | 232,860 | 0.206% |
| 120 | Macon | 232,240 | 0.205% |
| 121 | Lafayette, LA | 230,240 | 0.203% |
| 122 | Montgomery-Selma | 228,580 | 0.202% |
| 123 | Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick | 228,510 | 0.202% |
| 124 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo | 228,480 | 0.202% |
| 125 | Monterey-Salinas | 221,910 | 0.196% |
| 126 | Bakersfield | 219,000 | 0.193% |
| 127 | Columbus-Opelika | 217,060 | 0.192% |
| 128 | La Crosse-Eau Claire | 205,910 | 0.182% |
| 129 | Corpus Christi | 205,900 | 0.182% |
| 130 | Wilmington | 192,950 | 0.170% |
| 131 | Amarillo | 189,690 | 0.167% |
| 132 | Chico-Redding | 186,140 | 0.164% |
| 133 | Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston | 180,320 | 0.159% |
| 134 | Wausau-Rhinelander | 174,450 | 0.154% |
| 135 | Topeka | 170,360 | 0.150% |
| 136 | Rockford | 170,140 | 0.150% |
| 137 | Monroe-El Dorado | 170,120 | 0.150% |
| 138 | Columbia-Jefferson City | 169,340 | 0.149% |
| 139 | Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson-Williston | 164,550 | 0.145% |
| 140 | Medford-Klamath Falls | 164,120 | 0.145% |
| 141 | Duluth-Superior | 163,560 | 0.144% |
| 142 | Beaumont-Port Arthur | 162,320 | 0.143% |
| 143 | Salisbury | 157,930 | 0.139% |
| 144 | Lubbock | 157,760 | 0.139% |
| 145 | Odessa-Midland | 156,650 | 0.138% |
| 146 | Palm Springs | 155,430 | 0.137% |
| 147 | Wichita Falls-Lawton | 152,490 | 0.135% |
| 148 | Anchorage | 152,260 | 0.134% |
| 149 | Sioux City | 149,830 | 0.132% |
| 150 | Erie | 148,070 | 0.131% |
| 151 | Joplin-Pittsburg | 143,670 | 0.127% |
| 152 | Albany, GA | 141,750 | 0.125% |
| 153 | Rochester-Mason City-Austin | 140,230 | 0.124% |
| 154 | Panama City | 139,090 | 0.123% |
| 155 | Terre Haute | 132,140 | 0.117% |
| 156 | Bangor | 131,990 | 0.117% |
| 157 | Wheeling-Steubenville | 128,800 | 0.114% |
| 158 | Biloxi-Gulfport | 128,260 | 0.113% |
| 159 | Binghamton | 127,770 | 0.113% |
| 160 | Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill | 126,980 | 0.112% |
| 161 | Sherman-Ada | 123,900 | 0.109% |
| 162 | Gainesville | 122,610 | 0.108% |
| 163 | Idaho Falls-Pocatello-Jackson | 121,940 | 0.108% |
| 164 | Missoula | 112,350 | 0.099% |
| 165 | Abilene-Sweetwater | 112,110 | 0.099% |
| 166 | Yuma-El Centro | 109,180 | 0.096% |
| 167 | Billings | 108,770 | 0.096% |
| 168 | Hattiesburg-Laurel | 106,760 | 0.094% |
| 169 | Clarksburg-Weston | 102,560 | 0.091% |
| 170 | Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk | 99,050 | 0.087% |
| 171 | Rapid City | 98,400 | 0.087% |
| 172 | Utica | 98,330 | 0.087% |
| 173 | Dothan | 97,150 | 0.086% |
| 174 | Lake Charles | 93,780 | 0.083% |
| 175 | Elmira-Corning | 90,340 | 0.080% |
| 176 | Jackson, TN | 89,620 | 0.079% |
| 177 | Watertown | 89,070 | 0.079% |
| 178 | Harrisonburg | 89,020 | 0.079% |
| 179 | Alexandria | 86,270 | 0.076% |
| 180 | Marquette | 82,320 | 0.073% |
| 181 | Jonesboro | 78,470 | 0.069% |
| 182 | Bowling Green | 78,280 | 0.069% |
| 183 | Charlottesville | 72,800 | 0.064% |
| 184 | Laredo | 72,480 | 0.064% |
| 185 | Grand Junction-Montrose | 68,870 | 0.061% |
| 186 | Butte-Bozeman | 68,020 | 0.060% |
| 187 | Lafayette, IN | 67,650 | 0.060% |
| 188 | Lima | 66,250 | 0.059% |
| 189 | Meridian | 65,800 | 0.058% |
| 190 | Bend | 64,580 | 0.057% |
| 191 | Great Falls | 63,600 | 0.056% |
| 192 | Greenwood-Greenville | 63,290 | 0.056% |
| 193 | Twin Falls | 63,050 | 0.056% |
| 194 | Parkersburg | 59,950 | 0.053% |
| 195 | Eureka | 58,140 | 0.051% |
| 196 | Casper-Riverton | 55,760 | 0.049% |
| 197 | Cheyenne-Scottsbluff | 55,710 | 0.049% |
| 198 | San Angelo | 55,400 | 0.049% |
| 199 | Mankato | 51,330 | 0.045% |
| 200 | Ottumwa-Kirksville | 44,770 | 0.040% |
| 201 | Saint Joseph | 44,410 | 0.039% |
| 202 | Fairbanks | 34,970 | 0.031% |
| 203 | Victoria | 32,340 | 0.029% |
| 204 | Zanesville | 31,570 | 0.028% |
| 205 | Helena | 27,590 | 0.024% |
| 206 | Presque Isle | 27,020 | 0.024% |
| 207 | Juneau | 25,020 | 0.022% |
| 208 | Alpena | 16,100 | 0.014% |
| 209 | North Platte | 14,420 | 0.013% |
| 210 | Glendive | 4,230 | 0.004% |