The local television market universe estimates for the various designated market areas, as defined and used by The Nielsen Company throughout the 2016-2017 television season—effective Saturday, September 24, 2016. There are a total number of 114,695,130 Nielsen Station Index (NSI) TV homes for the 2016-17 season.
| Rank | Market | TV Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 7,348,620 | 6.407% |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 5,476,830 | 4.775% |
| 3 | Chicago | 3,463,060 | 3.019% |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 2,942,800 | 2.566% |
| 5 | Dallas-Fort Worth | 2,713,380 | 2.366% |
| 6 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | 2,488,090 | 2.169% |
| 7 | Washington-Hagerstown | 2,476,680 | 2.159% |
| 8 | Houston | 2,450,800 | 2.137% |
| 9 | Boston-Manchester | 2,424,240 | 2.114% |
| 10 | Atlanta | 2,412,730 | 2.104% |
| 11 | Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota | 1,908,590 | 1.664% |
| 12 | Phoenix-Prescott | 1,890,100 | 1.648% |
| 13 | Detroit | 1,853,030 | 1.616% |
| 14 | Seattle-Tacoma | 1,808,530 | 1.577% |
| 15 | Minneapolis-Saint Paul | 1,742,530 | 1.519% |
| 16 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale | 1,696,330 | 1.479% |
| 17 | Denver | 1,630,380 | 1.422% |
| 18 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne | 1,519,570 | 1.325% |
| 19 | Cleveland-Akron-Canton | 1,498,960 | 1.307% |
| 20 | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto | 1,379,770 | 1.203% |
| 21 | Saint Louis | 1,215,570 | 1.060% |
| 22 | Charlotte | 1,189,950 | 1.038% |
| 23 | Pittsburgh | 1,160,220 | 1.012% |
| 24 | Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville | 1,153,580 | 1.006% |
| 25 | Portland, OR | 1,143,670 | 0.997% |
| 26 | Baltimore | 1,119,480 | 0.976% |
| 27 | Indianapolis | 1,086,310 | 0.947% |
| 28 | San Diego | 1,065,700 | 0.929% |
| 29 | Nashville | 1,011,570 | 0.882% |
| 30 | Hartford-New Haven | 963,950 | 0.840% |
| 31 | San Antonio | 938,660 | 0.818% |
| 32 | Columbus, OH | 920,740 | 0.803% |
| 33 | Kansas City | 919,020 | 0.801% |
| 34 | Salt Lake City | 916,960 | 0.800% |
| 35 | Milwaukee | 895,700 | 0.781% |
| 36 | Cincinnati | 863,800 | 0.753% |
| 37 | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson | 845,990 | 0.738% |
| 38 | West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce | 824,920 | 0.719% |
| 39 | Austin | 771,210 | 0.672% |
| 40 | Las Vegas | 757,840 | 0.661% |
| 41 | Oklahoma City | 722,140 | 0.630% |
| 42 | Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News | 717,170 | 0.625% |
| 43 | Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York | 715,110 | 0.624% |
| 44 | Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek | 709,670 | 0.619% |
| 45 | Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa | 696,380 | 0.607% |
| 46 | Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem | 690,050 | 0.602% |
| 47 | Jacksonville | 688,500 | 0.600% |
| 48 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | 677,590 | 0.591% |
| 49 | Louisville | 662,170 | 0.577% |
| 50 | New Orleans | 641,620 | 0.559% |
| 51 | Memphis | 633,930 | 0.553% |
| 52 | Providence-New Bedford | 616,280 | 0.537% |
| 53 | Buffalo | 596,710 | 0.520% |
| 54 | Fresno-Visalia | 573,180 | 0.500% |
| 55 | Richmond-Petersburg | 564,510 | 0.492% |
| 56 | Wilkes Barre-Scranton | 554,660 | 0.484% |
| 57 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | 547,950 | 0.478% |
| 58 | Tulsa | 531,230 | 0.463% |
| 59 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | 529,120 | 0.461% |
| 60 | Mobile-Pensacola-Fort Walton Beach | 528,320 | 0.461% |
| 61 | Fort Myers-Naples | 518,730 | 0.452% |
| 62 | Knoxville | 514,610 | 0.449% |
| 63 | Lexington | 479,420 | 0.418% |
| 64 | Dayton | 466,040 | 0.406% |
| 65 | Honolulu | 442,820 | 0.386% |
| 66 | Wichita-Hutchinson Plus | 439,760 | 0.383% |
| 67 | Roanoke-Lynchburg | 439,620 | 0.383% |
| 68 | Green Bay-Appleton | 438,070 | 0.382% |
| 69 | Des Moines-Ames | 433,950 | 0.378% |
| 70 | Charleston-Huntington | 431,150 | 0.376% |
| 71 | Tucson-Sierra Vista | 425,860 | 0.371% |
| 72 | Flint-Saginaw-Bay City | 423,010 | 0.369% |
| 73 | Spokane | 422,550 | 0.368% |
| 74 | Omaha | 416,210 | 0.363% |
| 75 | Springfield, MO | 409,020 | 0.357% |
| 76 | Rochester, NY | 404,170 | 0.352% |
| 77 | Columbia, SC | 400,790 | 0.349% |
| 78 | Toledo | 400,170 | 0.349% |
| 79 | Huntsville-Decatur-Florence | 385,470 | 0.336% |
| 80 | Madison | 384,830 | 0.336% |
| 81 | Portland-Auburn | 383,700 | 0.335% |
| 82 | Shreveport | 371,760 | 0.324% |
| 83 | Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg | 369,390 | 0.322% |
| 84 | Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen | 368,960 | 0.322% |
| 85 | Syracuse | 368,950 | 0.322% |
| 86 | Champaign-Springfield-Decatur | 364,050 | 0.317% |
| 87 | Waco-Temple-Bryan | 357,720 | 0.312% |
| 88 | Colorado Springs-Pueblo | 354,190 | 0.309% |
| 89 | Chattanooga | 351,220 | 0.306% |
| 90 | Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque | 343,000 | 0.299% |
| 91 | Savannah | 340,050 | 0.297% |
| 92 | El Paso-Las Cruces | 333,270 | 0.291% |
| 93 | Baton Rouge | 330,910 | 0.289% |
| 94 | Charleston, SC | 327,040 | 0.285% |
| 95 | Jackson, MS | 321,830 | 0.281% |
| 96 | South Bend-Elkhart | 313,210 | 0.273% |
| 97 | Burlington-Plattsburgh | 307,470 | 0.268% |
| 98 | Tri-Cities | 306,770 | 0.268% |
| 99 | Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | 304,670 | 0.266% |
| 100 | Greenville-New Bern-Washington | 301,990 | 0.263% |
| 101 | Davenport-Rock Island-Moline | 294,680 | 0.257% |
| 102 | Myrtle Beach-Florence | 291,680 | 0.254% |
| 103 | Evansville | 279,860 | 0.244% |
| 104 | Johnstown-Altoona-State College | 277,210 | 0.242% |
| 105 | Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney | 276,800 | 0.241% |
| 106 | Boise | 270,200 | 0.236% |
| 107 | Tallahassee-Thomasville | 268,390 | 0.234% |
| 108 | Tyler-Longview-Lufkin-Nacogdoches | 265,690 | 0.232% |
| 109 | Sioux Falls-Mitchell | 263,000 | 0.229% |
| 110 | Fort Wayne | 262,990 | 0.229% |
| 111 | Augusta-Aiken | 260,840 | 0.227% |
| 112 | Reno | 260,630 | 0.227% |
| 113 | Lansing | 250,670 | 0.219% |
| 114 | Springfield-Holyoke | 249,430 | 0.218% |
| 115 | Youngstown | 249,230 | 0.217% |
| 116 | Fargo-Valley City | 249,010 | 0.217% |
| 117 | Eugene | 239,710 | 0.209% |
| 118 | Peoria-Bloomington | 235,690 | 0.206% |
| 119 | Traverse City-Cadillac | 235,400 | 0.205% |
| 120 | Lafayette, LA | 233,790 | 0.204% |
| 121 | Macon | 232,910 | 0.203% |
| 122 | Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick | 230,950 | 0.201% |
| 123 | Montgomery-Selma | 230,420 | 0.201% |
| 124 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo | 226,940 | 0.198% |
| 125 | Monterey-Salinas | 226,630 | 0.198% |
| 126 | Bakersfield | 223,250 | 0.195% |
| 127 | Columbus-Opelika | 217,660 | 0.190% |
| 128 | Corpus Christi | 209,760 | 0.183% |
| 129 | La Crosse-Eau Claire | 206,480 | 0.180% |
| 130 | Wilmington | 197,700 | 0.172% |
| 131 | Amarillo | 190,240 | 0.166% |
| 132 | Chico-Redding | 188,010 | 0.164% |
| 133 | Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston | 181,860 | 0.159% |
| 134 | Wausau-Rhinelander | 174,760 | 0.152% |
| 135 | Topeka | 172,470 | 0.150% |
| 136 | Columbia-Jefferson City | 171,330 | 0.149% |
| 137 | Monroe-El Dorado | 170,890 | 0.149% |
| 138 | Rockford | 170,480 | 0.149% |
| 139 | Medford-Klamath Falls | 168,710 | 0.147% |
| 140 | Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson-Williston | 167,010 | 0.146% |
| 141 | Beaumont-Port Arthur | 165,120 | 0.144% |
| 142 | Duluth-Superior | 164,380 | 0.143% |
| 143 | Odessa-Midland | 163,450 | 0.143% |
| 144 | Salisbury | 162,050 | 0.141% |
| 145 | Lubbock | 160,440 | 0.140% |
| 146 | Palm Springs | 158,010 | 0.138% |
| 147 | Anchorage | 154,020 | 0.134% |
| 148 | Wichita Falls-Lawton | 152,950 | 0.133% |
| 149 | Sioux City | 150,790 | 0.132% |
| 150 | Erie | 148,880 | 0.130% |
| 151 | Joplin-Pittsburg | 144,110 | 0.126% |
| 152 | Albany, GA | 142,800 | 0.125% |
| 153 | Rochester-Mason City-Austin | 141,920 | 0.124% |
| 154 | Panama City | 141,740 | 0.124% |
| 155 | Terre Haute | 133,780 | 0.117% |
| 156 | Bangor | 133,310 | 0.116% |
| 157 | Biloxi-Gulfport | 130,030 | 0.113% |
| 158 | Wheeling-Steubenville | 128,720 | 0.112% |
| 159 | Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill | 127,090 | 0.111% |
| 160 | Binghamton | 127,070 | 0.111% |
| 161 | Gainesville | 126,400 | 0.110% |
| 162 | Sherman-Ada | 126,050 | 0.110% |
| 163 | Idaho Falls-Pocatello-Jackson | 123,170 | 0.107% |
| 164 | Missoula | 115,020 | 0.100% |
| 165 | Abilene-Sweetwater | 113,080 | 0.099% |
| 166 | Billings | 110,630 | 0.097% |
| 167 | Yuma-El Centro | 109,930 | 0.096% |
| 168 | Hattiesburg-Laurel | 108,380 | 0.095% |
| 169 | Clarksburg-Weston | 103,090 | 0.090% |
| 170 | Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk | 99,340 | 0.087% |
| 171 | Utica | 99,190 | 0.087% |
| 172 | Rapid City | 99,170 | 0.087% |
| 173 | Dothan | 97,960 | 0.085% |
| 174 | Lake Charles | 95,740 | 0.084% |
| 175 | Elmira-Corning | 90,550 | 0.079% |
| 176 | Jackson, TN | 89,970 | 0.078% |
| 177 | Harrisonburg | 89,730 | 0.078% |
| 178 | Watertown | 88,070 | 0.077% |
| 179 | Alexandria | 85,560 | 0.075% |
| 180 | Marquette | 82,740 | 0.072% |
| 181 | Bowling Green | 80,230 | 0.070% |
| 182 | Jonesboro | 79,860 | 0.070% |
| 183 | Charlottesville | 74,990 | 0.065% |
| 184 | Laredo | 74,330 | 0.065% |
| 185 | Butte-Bozeman | 70,320 | 0.061% |
| 186 | Grand Junction-Montrose | 69,820 | 0.061% |
| 187 | Lafayette, IN | 69,180 | 0.060% |
| 188 | Bend | 67,430 | 0.059% |
| 189 | Lima | 66,570 | 0.058% |
| 190 | Meridian | 65,300 | 0.057% |
| 191 | Twin Falls | 64,190 | 0.056% |
| 192 | Great Falls | 63,720 | 0.056% |
| 193 | Greenwood-Greenville | 62,690 | 0.055% |
| 194 | Parkersburg | 60,620 | 0.053% |
| 195 | Eureka | 58,640 | 0.051% |
| 196 | San Angelo | 56,680 | 0.049% |
| 197 | Casper-Riverton | 56,260 | 0.049% |
| 198 | Cheyenne-Scottsbluff | 56,120 | 0.049% |
| 199 | Mankato | 51,820 | 0.045% |
| 200 | Ottumwa-Kirksville | 44,690 | 0.039% |
| 201 | Saint Joseph | 44,460 | 0.039% |
| 202 | Fairbanks | 36,070 | 0.031% |
| 203 | Victoria | 32,930 | 0.029% |
| 204 | Zanesville | 32,450 | 0.028% |
| 205 | Helena | 28,110 | 0.025% |
| 206 | Presque Isle | 26,880 | 0.023% |
| 207 | Juneau | 25,680 | 0.022% |
| 208 | Alpena | 16,010 | 0.014% |
| 209 | North Platte | 14,370 | 0.013% |
| 210 | Glendive | 4,370 | 0.004% |