The local television market universe estimates for the various designated market areas, as defined and used by The Nielsen Company throughout the 2017-2018 television season—effective Saturday, September 23, 2017. There are a total number of 112,143,960 Nielsen Station Index TV homes for the 2017-18 season.
| Rank | Market | TV Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 7,074,750 | 6.309% |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 5,318,630 | 4.743% |
| 3 | Chicago | 3,299,720 | 2.942% |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 2,869,580 | 2.559% |
| 5 | Dallas-Fort Worth | 2,648,490 | 2.362% |
| 6 | Washington-Hagerstown | 2,492,170 | 2.222% |
| 7 | Houston | 2,467,140 | 2.200% |
| 8 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | 2,451,640 | 2.186% |
| 9 | Atlanta | 2,449,460 | 2.184% |
| 10 | Boston-Manchester | 2,425,440 | 2.163% |
| 11 | Phoenix-Prescott | 1,919,930 | 1.712% |
| 12 | Seattle-Tacoma | 1,880,750 | 1.677% |
| 13 | Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota | 1,879,760 | 1.676% |
| 14 | Detroit | 1,779,380 | 1.587% |
| 15 | Minneapolis-Saint Paul | 1,730,430 | 1.543% |
| 16 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale | 1,677,850 | 1.496% |
| 17 | Denver | 1,589,560 | 1.417% |
| 18 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne | 1,531,130 | 1.365% |
| 19 | Cleveland-Akron-Canton | 1,447,310 | 1.291% |
| 20 | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto | 1,412,940 | 1.260% |
| 21 | Saint Louis | 1,189,890 | 1.061% |
| 22 | Portland, OR | 1,180,980 | 1.053% |
| 23 | Charlotte | 1,145,270 | 1.021% |
| 24 | Pittsburgh | 1,141,950 | 1.018% |
| 25 | Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville | 1,133,160 | 1.011% |
| 26 | Baltimore | 1,108,010 | 0.988% |
| 27 | Nashville | 1,030,650 | 0.919% |
| 28 | Indianapolis | 1,026,260 | 0.915% |
| 29 | San Diego | 1,002,770 | 0.894% |
| 30 | Salt Lake City | 948,840 | 0.846% |
| 31 | San Antonio | 924,480 | 0.824% |
| 32 | Hartford-New Haven | 921,500 | 0.822% |
| 33 | Kansas City | 901,020 | 0.803% |
| 34 | Columbus, OH | 896,980 | 0.800% |
| 35 | Cincinnati | 871,970 | 0.778% |
| 36 | Milwaukee | 868,500 | 0.775% |
| 37 | West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce | 829,110 | 0.739% |
| 38 | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson | 809,190 | 0.722% |
| 39 | Austin | 791,480 | 0.706% |
| 40 | Las Vegas | 757,400 | 0.675% |
| 41 | Oklahoma City | 705,840 | 0.629% |
| 42 | Jacksonville | 700,890 | 0.625% |
| 43 | Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek | 689,950 | 0.615% |
| 44 | Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa | 687,180 | 0.613% |
| 45 | Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York | 682,460 | 0.609% |
| 46 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | 674,930 | 0.602% |
| 47 | Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News | 673,820 | 0.601% |
| 48 | Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem | 672,650 | 0.600% |
| 49 | Louisville | 657,030 | 0.586% |
| 50 | Memphis | 649,360 | 0.579% |
| 51 | New Orleans | 638,020 | 0.569% |
| 52 | Providence-New Bedford | 597,990 | 0.533% |
| 53 | Buffalo | 592,750 | 0.529% |
| 54 | Fresno-Visalia | 574,610 | 0.512% |
| 55 | Richmond-Petersburg | 566,930 | 0.506% |
| 56 | Fort Myers-Naples | 549,760 | 0.490% |
| 57 | Wilkes Barre-Scranton | 523,450 | 0.467% |
| 58 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | 522,530 | 0.466% |
| 59 | Mobile-Pensacola-Fort Walton Beach | 522,260 | 0.466% |
| 60 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | 521,820 | 0.465% |
| 61 | Knoxville | 516,920 | 0.461% |
| 62 | Tulsa | 516,540 | 0.461% |
| 63 | Lexington | 459,300 | 0.410% |
| 64 | Dayton | 453,960 | 0.405% |
| 65 | Tucson-Sierra Vista | 433,330 | 0.386% |
| 66 | Honolulu | 419,540 | 0.374% |
| 67 | Wichita-Hutchinson Plus | 416,400 | 0.371% |
| 68 | Des Moines-Ames | 416,020 | 0.371% |
| 69 | Green Bay-Appleton | 415,890 | 0.371% |
| 70 | Roanoke-Lynchburg | 414,620 | 0.370% |
| 71 | Flint-Saginaw-Bay City | 411,210 | 0.367% |
| 72 | Spokane | 410,900 | 0.366% |
| 73 | Charleston-Huntington | 406,310 | 0.362% |
| 74 | Omaha | 399,010 | 0.356% |
| 75 | Springfield, MO | 389,750 | 0.348% |
| 76 | Rochester, NY | 384,380 | 0.343% |
| 77 | Columbia, SC | 384,190 | 0.343% |
| 78 | Toledo | 379,120 | 0.338% |
| 79 | Portland-Auburn | 367,720 | 0.328% |
| 80 | Huntsville-Decatur-Florence | 367,510 | 0.328% |
| 81 | Madison | 366,690 | 0.327% |
| 82 | Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg | 354,790 | 0.316% |
| 83 | Shreveport | 352,540 | 0.314% |
| 84 | Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen | 351,810 | 0.314% |
| 85 | Syracuse | 350,100 | 0.312% |
| 86 | Waco-Temple-Bryan | 346,750 | 0.309% |
| 87 | Colorado Springs-Pueblo | 344,250 | 0.307% |
| 88 | Champaign-Springfield-Decatur | 344,180 | 0.307% |
| 89 | Chattanooga | 336,580 | 0.300% |
| 90 | Savannah | 328,860 | 0.293% |
| 91 | Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque | 325,780 | 0.291% |
| 92 | Charleston, SC | 320,980 | 0.286% |
| 93 | El Paso-Las Cruces | 318,260 | 0.284% |
| 94 | Baton Rouge | 314,970 | 0.281% |
| 95 | Jackson, MS | 306,410 | 0.273% |
| 96 | South Bend-Elkhart | 297,680 | 0.265% |
| 97 | Burlington-Plattsburgh | 294,020 | 0.262% |
| 98 | Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | 292,160 | 0.261% |
| 99 | Tri-Cities | 290,530 | 0.259% |
| 100 | Greenville-New Bern-Washington | 285,650 | 0.255% |
| 101 | Myrtle Beach-Florence | 281,550 | 0.251% |
| 102 | Davenport-Rock Island-Moline | 277,950 | 0.248% |
| 103 | Evansville | 264,890 | 0.236% |
| 104 | Boise | 264,300 | 0.236% |
| 105 | Reno | 263,990 | 0.235% |
| 106 | Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney | 263,110 | 0.235% |
| 107 | Johnstown-Altoona-State College | 262,020 | 0.234% |
| 108 | Tallahassee-Thomasville | 257,570 | 0.230% |
| 109 | Tyler-Longview-Lufkin-Nacogdoches | 253,230 | 0.226% |
| 110 | Sioux Falls-Mitchell | 252,660 | 0.225% |
| 111 | Fort Wayne | 249,130 | 0.222% |
| 112 | Augusta-Aiken | 249,090 | 0.222% |
| 113 | Fargo-Valley City | 240,560 | 0.215% |
| 114 | Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick | 239,760 | 0.214% |
| 115 | Lansing | 238,990 | 0.213% |
| 116 | Springfield-Holyoke | 237,580 | 0.212% |
| 117 | Youngstown | 234,120 | 0.209% |
| 118 | Traverse City-Cadillac | 233,370 | 0.208% |
| 119 | Eugene | 231,570 | 0.207% |
| 120 | Macon | 222,970 | 0.199% |
| 121 | Lafayette, LA | 222,450 | 0.198% |
| 122 | Peoria-Bloomington | 222,210 | 0.198% |
| 123 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo | 222,190 | 0.198% |
| 124 | Montgomery-Selma | 218,740 | 0.195% |
| 125 | Monterey-Salinas | 217,560 | 0.194% |
| 126 | Bakersfield | 212,180 | 0.189% |
| 127 | Columbus-Opelika | 206,520 | 0.184% |
| 128 | Corpus Christi | 198,820 | 0.177% |
| 129 | La Crosse-Eau Claire | 196,160 | 0.175% |
| 130 | Wilmington | 191,440 | 0.171% |
| 131 | Amarillo | 179,920 | 0.160% |
| 132 | Chico-Redding | 179,370 | 0.160% |
| 133 | Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston | 172,520 | 0.154% |
| 134 | Wausau-Rhinelander | 166,030 | 0.148% |
| 135 | Columbia-Jefferson City | 163,790 | 0.146% |
| 136 | Medford-Klamath Falls | 163,600 | 0.146% |
| 137 | Monroe-El Dorado | 161,950 | 0.144% |
| 138 | Rockford | 161,530 | 0.144% |
| 139 | Topeka | 161,010 | 0.144% |
| 140 | Duluth-Superior | 157,070 | 0.140% |
| 141 | Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson-Williston | 156,240 | 0.139% |
| 142 | Beaumont-Port Arthur | 156,020 | 0.139% |
| 143 | Salisbury | 155,240 | 0.138% |
| 144 | Odessa-Midland | 153,830 | 0.137% |
| 145 | Lubbock | 153,370 | 0.137% |
| 146 | Palm Springs | 152,840 | 0.136% |
| 147 | Anchorage | 149,120 | 0.133% |
| 148 | Sioux City | 144,180 | 0.129% |
| 149 | Wichita Falls-Lawton | 142,990 | 0.128% |
| 150 | Erie | 141,020 | 0.126% |
| 151 | Panama City | 137,830 | 0.123% |
| 152 | Joplin-Pittsburg | 136,740 | 0.122% |
| 153 | Rochester-Mason City-Austin | 134,990 | 0.120% |
| 154 | Albany, GA | 134,510 | 0.120% |
| 155 | Terre Haute | 127,470 | 0.114% |
| 156 | Bangor | 125,970 | 0.112% |
| 157 | Biloxi-Gulfport | 124,130 | 0.111% |
| 158 | Wheeling-Steubenville | 121,320 | 0.108% |
| 159 | Gainesville | 121,060 | 0.108% |
| 160 | Sherman-Ada | 120,100 | 0.107% |
| 161 | Binghamton | 120,060 | 0.107% |
| 162 | Idaho Falls-Pocatello-Jackson | 119,590 | 0.107% |
| 163 | Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill | 118,520 | 0.106% |
| 164 | Missoula | 113,110 | 0.101% |
| 165 | Abilene-Sweetwater | 107,760 | 0.096% |
| 166 | Yuma-El Centro | 105,690 | 0.094% |
| 167 | Billings | 105,470 | 0.094% |
| 168 | Hattiesburg-Laurel | 102,840 | 0.092% |
| 169 | Clarksburg-Weston | 97,020 | 0.087% |
| 170 | Rapid City | 95,320 | 0.085% |
| 171 | Utica | 93,930 | 0.084% |
| 172 | Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk | 93,920 | 0.084% |
| 173 | Dothan | 92,300 | 0.082% |
| 174 | Lake Charles | 91,490 | 0.082% |
| 175 | Harrisonburg | 86,700 | 0.077% |
| 176 | Elmira-Corning | 86,230 | 0.077% |
| 177 | Jackson, TN | 85,540 | 0.076% |
| 178 | Alexandria | 82,270 | 0.073% |
| 179 | Watertown | 81,630 | 0.073% |
| 180 | Marquette | 78,000 | 0.070% |
| 181 | Bowling Green | 77,360 | 0.069% |
| 182 | Jonesboro | 76,860 | 0.069% |
| 183 | Charlottesville | 72,320 | 0.065% |
| 184 | Laredo | 70,980 | 0.063% |
| 185 | Butte-Bozeman | 69,060 | 0.062% |
| 186 | Bend | 67,170 | 0.060% |
| 187 | Grand Junction-Montrose | 67,150 | 0.060% |
| 188 | Lafayette, IN | 66,710 | 0.060% |
| 189 | Lima | 62,840 | 0.056% |
| 190 | Twin Falls | 62,360 | 0.056% |
| 191 | Meridian | 61,460 | 0.055% |
| 192 | Great Falls | 60,220 | 0.054% |
| 193 | Greenwood-Greenville | 58,410 | 0.052% |
| 194 | Parkersburg | 56,980 | 0.051% |
| 195 | Eureka | 56,660 | 0.051% |
| 196 | San Angelo | 54,100 | 0.048% |
| 197 | Cheyenne-Scottsbluff | 53,720 | 0.048% |
| 198 | Casper-Riverton | 52,190 | 0.047% |
| 199 | Mankato | 49,610 | 0.044% |
| 200 | Ottumwa-Kirksville | 42,990 | 0.038% |
| 201 | Saint Joseph | 42,230 | 0.038% |
| 202 | Fairbanks | 35,180 | 0.031% |
| 203 | Victoria | 31,380 | 0.028% |
| 204 | Zanesville | 30,550 | 0.027% |
| 205 | Helena | 27,430 | 0.025% |
| 206 | Presque Isle | 25,480 | 0.023% |
| 207 | Juneau | 24,390 | 0.022% |
| 208 | Alpena | 15,360 | 0.014% |
| 209 | North Platte | 13,640 | 0.012% |
| 210 | Glendive | 4,030 | 0.004% |