Designated market area information from Nielsen estimates as of Jan. 1, 2009.
Over-the-air reliance derived from Nielsen cable and alternative delivery system estimates for each DMA.
Rank Market # of TV Homes % OTA Reliance % of U.S. TV Households1
New York
7,433,820
4.3
6.5
2
Los Angeles
5,654,260
15.3
4.9
3 Chicago
3,492,850
13.6
3.0
4
Philadelphia
2,950220
5.9
2.6
5Dallas-Ft. Worth
2,489,970
19.8
2.2
6San Francisco
2,476,450
8.3
2.2
7Boston
2,409,080
5.1
2.1
8
Atlanta
2,369,780
5.9
2.0
9Washington, DC
2,321,610
7.7
2.0
10
Houston
2,106,210
22.2
1.8
11Detroit
1,926,970
10.5
1.7
12Phoenix
1,855,930
15.1
1.6
13Tampa
1,822,160
9.0
1.6
14Seattle
1,189,970
9.8
1.6
15Minneapolis
1,730,530
18.6
1.5
16Miami
1,546,920
7.8
1.4
17
Cleveland
1,524,930
10.6
1.3
18Denver
1,524,210
12.2
1.3
19
Orlando
1,466,420
5.9
1.3
20Sacramento
1,399,520
10.4
1.2
21St. Louis
1,249,820
4.5
1.0
22Portland, Ore.
1,175,100
17.0
1.0
23
Pittsburgh
1,156,360
8.0
1.0
24Charlotte
1,122,860
9.9
0.98
25Indianapolis
1,114,970
14.6
0.97
26Baltimore
1,102,080
11.5
0.96
27
Raleigh
1,080,690
11.2
0.94
28
San Diego
1,066,680
8.9
0.93
29
Nashville
1,016,920
10.0
0.89
30Hartford
1,014,990
5.1
0.89
31Kansas City
937,970
13.7
0.82
32Columbus, Ohio
925,840
12.8
0.81
33
Salt Lake City
919,390
21.6
0.80
34Cincinnati
915,570
15.7
0.80
35Milwaukee
905,350
20.7
0.79
36Greenville, S.C.
858,050
11.1
0.75
37San Antonio
818,560
12.3
0.72
38
West Palm Beach
779,430
4.0
0.68
39Grand Rapids
741,420
13.7
0.65
40Birmingham
739,750
7.4
0.65
41
Harrisburg
738,880
8.5
0.65
42Las Vegas
728,410
9.2
0.64
43
Norfolk, Va.
718,020
8.8
0.63
44Albuquerque
689,120
7.7
0.60
45Oklahoma City
687,300
14.5
0.60
46Greensboro
685,110
10.0
0.60
47Jacksonville
674,860
8.9
0.59
48Memphis
673,770
12.9
0.59
49
Austin
667,670
14.5
0.58
50
Louisville
667,230
11.9
0.58
51Buffalo
631,120
9.6
0.55
52Providence, R.I.
622,580
11.2
0.54
53New Orleans
602.740
8.4
0.53
54Wilkes Barre
594,579
7.2
0.52
55Fresno
574,900
23.2
0.50
56Little Rock
567,060
11.0
0.50
57Albany
556,750
7.2
0.49
58Richmond
550,240
8.8
0.48
59Knoxville
547,930
8.4
0.48
60Mobile
537,810
8.3
0.47
61Tulsa
529,540
17.3
0.46
62Ft. Myers
509,530
4.4
0.45
63Lexington
503,260
7.7
0.44
64
Dayton
483,790
16.6
0.42
65Charleston
479,750
9.3
0.42
66Flint-Saginaw
465,790
12.5
0.41
67Roanoke
461,420
11.9
0.40
68Tucson
456,030
14.9
0.40
69Wichita
450,930
10.7
0.39
70Green Bay
444,210
20.6
0.39
71
Des Moines
432,410
19.3
0.38
72Honolulu
428,940
5.3
0.38
73Toledo
425,890
17.5
0.37
74Springfield, Mo.
421,960
20.5
0.37
75Spokane
416,630
15.5
0.36
76
Omaha
411,520
9.6
0.36
77Portland, Me.
410,890
12.4
0.36
78Paducah
393,260
12.4
0.34
79Columbia, S.C.
393,170
12.1
0.34
80Rochester
390,590
15.7
0.34
81
Syracuse
388,000
10.8
0.34
82
Huntsville
386,520
7.9
0.34
83Champaign
386,000
10.1
0.34
84
Shreveport
385,770
10.7
0.34
85Madison
378,740
19.4
0.33
86
Chattanooga
366,780
9.6
0.32
87Harlingen
349,910
33.5
0.31
88Cedar Rapids
346,330
14.2
0.30
89South Bend
334,720
19.4
0.29
90Jackson, Miss.
334,650
10.1
0.29
91Colorado Springs
334,390
16.1
0.29
92
Tri-Cities, Tenn.
332,840
6.9
0.29
93Burlington, Vt.
331,320
12.5
0.29
94Waco
329,690
11.3
0.29
95Baton Rouge
326,390
6.6
0.29
96Savannah
319,160
6.2
0.28
97Davenport
309,600
14.6
0.27
98El Paso
308,080
31.6
0.27
99Charleston, S.C.
307,610
9.3
0.27
100Ft. Smith, Ark.
297,920
10.7
0.26
