The local television market universe estimates for the various designated market areas, as defined and used by The Nielsen Company throughout the 2020-2021 television season—effective Saturday, September 26, 2020. There are a total number of 120,927,290 Nielsen Station Index (NSI) TV homes for the 2020-21 season.
| Rank | Market | TV Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 7,452,620 | 6.163% |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 5,735,230 | 4.743% |
| 3 | Chicago | 3,471,560 | 2.871% |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 2,997,360 | 2.479% |
| 5 | Dallas-Fort Worth | 2,962,520 | 2.450% |
| 6 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | 2,653,270 | 2.194% |
| 7 | Atlanta | 2,648,970 | 2.191% |
| 8 | Houston | 2,569,900 | 2.125% |
| 9 | Washington-Hagerstown | 2,565,580 | 2.122% |
| 10 | Boston-Manchester | 2,489,620 | 2.059% |
| 11 | Phoenix-Prescott | 2,158,240 | 1.785% |
| 12 | Seattle-Tacoma | 2,098,800 | 1.736% |
| 13 | Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota | 2,035,250 | 1.683% |
| 14 | Minneapolis-Saint Paul | 1,887,390 | 1.561% |
| 15 | Detroit | 1,862,620 | 1.540% |
| 16 | Denver | 1,798,440 | 1.487% |
| 17 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne | 1,731,360 | 1.432% |
| 18 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale | 1,693,450 | 1.400% |
| 19 | Cleveland-Akron-Canton | 1,511,970 | 1.250% |
| 20 | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto | 1,459,260 | 1.207% |
| 21 | Portland, OR | 1,315,470 | 1.088% |
| 22 | Charlotte | 1,290,660 | 1.067% |
| 23 | Saint Louis | 1,239,210 | 1.025% |
| 24 | Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville | 1,237,230 | 1.023% |
| 25 | Indianapolis | 1,182,500 | 0.978% |
| 26 | Pittsburgh | 1,166,130 | 0.964% |
| 27 | San Diego | 1,132,300 | 0.936% |
| 28 | Baltimore | 1,129,830 | 0.934% |
| 29 | Nashville | 1,102,340 | 0.912% |
| 30 | Salt Lake City | 1,100,260 | 0.910% |
| 31 | San Antonio | 1,031,180 | 0.853% |
| 32 | Hartford-New Haven | 1,002,710 | 0.829% |
| 33 | Columbus, OH | 999,300 | 0.826% |
| 34 | Kansas City | 986,160 | 0.816% |
| 35 | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson | 940,000 | 0.777% |
| 36 | Cincinnati | 925,900 | 0.766% |
| 37 | Milwaukee | 921,920 | 0.762% |
| 38 | Austin | 912,400 | 0.755% |
| 39 | West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce | 870,720 | 0.720% |
| 40 | Las Vegas | 833,510 | 0.689% |
| 41 | Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek | 781,080 | 0.646% |
| 42 | Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York | 772,810 | 0.639% |
| 43 | Jacksonville | 756,960 | 0.626% |
| 44 | Oklahoma City | 755,340 | 0.625% |
| 45 | Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa | 730,440 | 0.604% |
| 46 | Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News | 725,580 | 0.600% |
| 47 | Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem | 717,110 | 0.593% |
| 48 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | 716,800 | 0.593% |
| 49 | Louisville | 696,070 | 0.576% |
| 50 | New Orleans | 663,520 | 0.549% |
| 51 | Memphis | 619,610 | 0.512% |
| 52 | Providence-New Bedford | 619,140 | 0.512% |
| 53 | Buffalo | 612,780 | 0.507% |
| 54 | Fort Myers-Naples | 608,640 | 0.503% |
| 55 | Fresno-Visalia | 607,200 | 0.502% |
| 56 | Richmond-Petersburg | 585,030 | 0.484% |
| 57 | Mobile-Pensacola-Fort Walton Beach | 584,290 | 0.483% |
| 58 | Wilkes Barre-Scranton | 571,470 | 0.473% |
| 59 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | 562,060 | 0.465% |
| 60 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | 556,730 | 0.460% |
| 61 | Tulsa | 552,980 | 0.457% |
| 62 | Knoxville | 535,230 | 0.443% |
| 63 | Lexington | 499,880 | 0.413% |
| 64 | Tucson-Sierra Vista | 479,780 | 0.397% |
| 65 | Dayton | 476,790 | 0.394% |
| 66 | Spokane | 470,210 | 0.389% |
| 67 | Honolulu | 464,090 | 0.384% |
| 68 | Des Moines-Ames | 457,040 | 0.378% |
| 69 | Green Bay-Appleton | 455,560 | 0.377% |
| 70 | Wichita-Hutchinson Plus | 447,710 | 0.370% |
| 71 | Roanoke-Lynchburg | 446,270 | 0.369% |
| 72 | Omaha | 439,530 | 0.364% |
| 73 | Flint-Saginaw-Bay City | 439,380 | 0.363% |
| 74 | Springfield, MO | 432,370 | 0.358% |
| 75 | Charleston-Huntington | 426,980 | 0.353% |
| 76 | Columbia, SC | 421,760 | 0.349% |
| 77 | Rochester, NY | 412,190 | 0.341% |
| 78 | Portland-Auburn | 409,560 | 0.339% |
| 79 | Huntsville-Decatur-Florence | 409,200 | 0.338% |
| 80 | Toledo | 408,590 | 0.338% |
| 81 | Madison | 408,570 | 0.338% |
| 82 | Colorado Springs-Pueblo | 386,620 | 0.320% |
| 83 | Waco-Temple-Bryan | 383,820 | 0.317% |
| 84 | Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg | 382,300 | 0.316% |
| 85 | Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen | 380,530 | 0.315% |
| 86 | Shreveport | 375,420 | 0.311% |
| 87 | Syracuse | 373,320 | 0.309% |
| 88 | Chattanooga | 373,120 | 0.309% |
| 89 | Charleston, SC | 369,800 | 0.306% |
| 90 | Champaign-Springfield-Decatur | 365,240 | 0.302% |
| 91 | Savannah | 364,630 | 0.302% |
| 92 | Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque | 357,480 | 0.296% |
| 93 | El Paso-Las Cruces | 343,530 | 0.284% |
| 94 | Baton Rouge | 335,670 | 0.278% |
| 95 | Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | 327,930 | 0.271% |
| 96 | Burlington-Plattsburgh | 326,000 | 0.270% |
| 97 | Jackson, MS | 323,800 | 0.268% |
| 98 | South Bend-Elkhart | 320,050 | 0.265% |
| 99 | Myrtle Beach-Florence | 314,030 | 0.260% |
| 100 | Tri-Cities | 312,560 | 0.259% |
| 101 | Boise | 311,270 | 0.257% |
| 102 | Greenville-New Bern-Washington | 308,190 | 0.255% |
| 103 | Davenport-Rock Island-Moline | 298,580 | 0.247% |
| 104 | Reno | 293,750 | 0.243% |
| 105 | Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney | 287,510 | 0.238% |
| 106 | Evansville | 285,880 | 0.236% |
| 107 | Johnstown-Altoona-State College | 282,430 | 0.234% |
| 108 | Tallahassee-Thomasville | 281,680 | 0.233% |
| 109 | Sioux Falls-Mitchell | 277,210 | 0.229% |
| 110 | Tyler-Longview-Lufkin-Nacogdoches | 276,520 | 0.229% |
| 111 | Fort Wayne | 273,680 | 0.226% |
| 112 | Augusta-Aiken | 271,640 | 0.225% |
| 113 | Eugene | 263,100 | 0.218% |
| 114 | Fargo-Valley City | 262,440 | 0.217% |
| 115 | Lansing | 262,310 | 0.217% |
| 116 | Springfield-Holyoke | 257,110 | 0.213% |
| 117 | Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick | 256,130 | 0.212% |
| 118 | Traverse City-Cadillac | 253,730 | 0.210% |
| 119 | Youngstown | 249,300 | 0.206% |
| 120 | Macon | 243,340 | 0.201% |
| 121 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo | 242,220 | 0.200% |
| 122 | Lafayette, LA | 237,720 | 0.197% |
| 123 | Peoria-Bloomington | 235,550 | 0.195% |
| 124 | Monterey-Salinas | 234,150 | 0.194% |
| 125 | Bakersfield | 232,010 | 0.192% |
| 126 | Montgomery-Selma | 228,760 | 0.189% |
| 127 | Columbus-Opelika | 221,700 | 0.183% |
| 128 | Wilmington | 219,160 | 0.181% |
| 129 | La Crosse-Eau Claire | 217,880 | 0.180% |
| 130 | Corpus Christi | 210,160 | 0.174% |
| 131 | Amarillo | 190,340 | 0.157% |
| 132 | Chico-Redding | 189,580 | 0.157% |
| 133 | Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston | 184,570 | 0.153% |
| 134 | Medford-Klamath Falls | 182,510 | 0.151% |
| 135 | Columbia-Jefferson City | 181,120 | 0.150% |
| 136 | Wausau-Rhinelander | 180,920 | 0.150% |
| 137 | Salisbury | 174,080 | 0.144% |
| 138 | Odessa-Midland | 173,210 | 0.143% |
| 139 | Rockford | 172,720 | 0.143% |
| 140 | Duluth-Superior | 171,400 | 0.142% |
| 141 | Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson-Williston | 171,030 | 0.141% |
| 142 | Topeka | 170,640 | 0.141% |
| 143 | Monroe-El Dorado | 169,140 | 0.140% |
| 144 | Beaumont-Port Arthur | 168,210 | 0.139% |
| 145 | Lubbock | 167,660 | 0.139% |
| 146 | Palm Springs | 167,650 | 0.139% |
| 147 | Anchorage | 158,570 | 0.131% |
| 148 | Sioux City | 155,090 | 0.128% |
| 149 | Wichita Falls-Lawton | 153,870 | 0.127% |
| 150 | Rochester-Mason City-Austin | 149,660 | 0.124% |
| 151 | Erie | 148,830 | 0.123% |
| 152 | Joplin-Pittsburg | 146,870 | 0.122% |
| 153 | Panama City | 145,260 | 0.120% |
| 154 | Albany, GA | 142,860 | 0.118% |
| 155 | Bangor | 141,120 | 0.117% |
| 156 | Terre Haute | 137,190 | 0.113% |
| 157 | Biloxi-Gulfport | 137,020 | 0.113% |
| 158 | Idaho Falls-Pocatello-Jackson | 136,150 | 0.113% |
| 159 | Sherman-Ada | 135,390 | 0.112% |
| 160 | Gainesville | 135,120 | 0.112% |
| 161 | Missoula | 128,570 | 0.106% |
| 162 | Binghamton | 127,800 | 0.106% |
| 163 | Wheeling-Steubenville | 127,010 | 0.105% |
| 164 | Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill | 123,020 | 0.102% |
| 165 | Abilene-Sweetwater | 116,310 | 0.096% |
| 166 | Yuma-El Centro | 116,250 | 0.096% |
| 167 | Billings | 114,850 | 0.095% |
| 168 | Hattiesburg-Laurel | 108,610 | 0.090% |
| 169 | Rapid City | 105,510 | 0.087% |
| 170 | Clarksburg-Weston | 103,610 | 0.086% |
| 171 | Utica | 102,000 | 0.084% |
| 172 | Dothan | 100,840 | 0.083% |
| 173 | Lake Charles | 100,340 | 0.083% |
| 174 | Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk | 99,840 | 0.083% |
| 175 | Jackson, TN | 97,320 | 0.081% |
| 176 | Harrisonburg | 97,020 | 0.080% |
| 177 | Charlottesville | 94,530 | 0.078% |
| 178 | Elmira-Corning | 92,150 | 0.076% |
| 179 | Bowling Green | 87,660 | 0.073% |
| 180 | Watertown | 85,670 | 0.071% |
| 181 | Alexandria | 85,620 | 0.071% |
| 182 | Jonesboro | 84,400 | 0.070% |
| 183 | Marquette | 84,030 | 0.070% |
| 184 | Bend | 79,710 | 0.066% |
| 185 | Butte-Bozeman | 79,650 | 0.066% |
| 186 | Laredo | 77,640 | 0.064% |
| 187 | Grand Junction-Montrose | 74,740 | 0.062% |
| 188 | Lafayette, IN | 74,690 | 0.062% |
| 189 | Twin Falls | 69,610 | 0.058% |
| 190 | Lima | 67,390 | 0.056% |
| 191 | Meridian | 64,050 | 0.053% |
| 192 | Great Falls | 64,020 | 0.053% |
| 193 | Eureka | 61,330 | 0.051% |
| 194 | Parkersburg | 60,750 | 0.050% |
| 195 | Cheyenne-Scottsbluff | 60,470 | 0.050% |
| 196 | Greenwood-Greenville | 58,830 | 0.049% |
| 197 | San Angelo | 58,000 | 0.048% |
| 198 | Casper-Riverton | 55,770 | 0.046% |
| 199 | Mankato | 54,290 | 0.045% |
| 200 | Ottumwa-Kirksville | 46,870 | 0.039% |
| 201 | Saint Joseph | 45,070 | 0.037% |
| 202 | Fairbanks | 36,800 | 0.030% |
| 203 | Zanesville | 33,580 | 0.028% |
| 204 | Victoria | 33,490 | 0.028% |
| 205 | Helena | 31,090 | 0.026% |
| 206 | Presque Isle | 27,140 | 0.022% |
| 207 | Juneau | 26,160 | 0.022% |
| 208 | Alpena | 16,450 | 0.014% |
| 209 | North Platte | 14,630 | 0.012% |
| 210 | Glendive | 3,900 | 0.003% |