Nielsen Media Research Local Universe Estimates* *Estimates used throughout the 2002-2003 television season which starts on September 21, 2002 Rank Designated Market Area (DMA) TV Households % of US 1 New York 7,282,320 6.829 2 Los Angeles 5,318,040 4.987 3 Chicago 3,351,330 3.143 4 Philadelphia 2,830,470 2.654 5 San Francisco-Oak-San Jose 2,436,220 2.284 6 Boston (Manchester) 2,353,500 2.207 7 Dallas-Ft. Worth 2,195,540 2.059 8 Washington, DC (Hagrstwn) 2,169,230 2.034 9 Atlanta 1,971,180 1.848 10 Detroit 1,899,910 1.782 11 Houston 1,814,140 1.701 12 Seattle-Tacoma 1,659,100 1.556 13 Tampa-St. Pete (Sarasota) 1,620,110 1.519 14 Minneapolis-St. Paul 1,594,740 1.495 15 Cleveland-Akron (Canton) 1,528,840 1.434 16 Phoenix 1,524,130 1.429 17 Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 1,486,860 1.394 18 Denver 1,366,250 1.281 19 Sacramnto-Stktn-Modesto 1,227,600 1.151 20 Orlando-Daytona Bch-Melbrn 1,224,470 1.148 21 Pittsburgh 1,165,660 1.093 22 St. Louis 1,156,370 1.084 23 Portland, OR 1,061,080 0.995 24 Baltimore 1,060,450 0.994 25 Indianapolis 1,019,870 0.956 26 San Diego 1,004,220 0.942 27 Hartford & New Haven 980,410 0.919 28 Charlotte 962,540 0.903 29 Raleigh-Durham (Fayetvlle) 929,460 0.872 30 Nashville 880,670 0.826 31 Milwaukee 860,350 0.807 32 Cincinnati 854,250 0.801 33 Kansas City 852,510 0.799 34 Columbus, OH 835,780 0.784 35 Greenvll-Spart-Ashevll-And 792,110 0.743 36 Salt Lake City 769,230 0.721 37 San Antonio 718,730 0.674 38 Grand Rapids-Kalmzoo-B.Crk 713,800 0.669 39 West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce 700,850 0.657 40 Birmingham (Ann and Tusc) 690,030 0.647 41 Norfolk-Portsmth-Newpt Nws 677,610 0.635 42 New Orleans 658,830 0.618 43 Memphis 653,840 0.613 44 Buffalo 639,190 0.599 45 Oklahoma City 636,970 0.597 46 Greensboro-H.Point-W.Salem 634,140 0.595 47 Harrisburg-Lncstr-Leb-York 626,660 0.588 48 Providence-New Bedford 624,020 0.585 49 Albuquerque-Santa Fe 620,230 0.582 50 Louisville 612,300 0.574 51 Jacksonville, Brunswick 587,200 0.551 52 Las Vegas 585,440 0.549 53 Wilkes Barre-Scranton 580,290 0.544 54 Austin 552,060 0.518 55 Albany-Schenectady-Troy 532,520 0.499 56 Little Rock-Pine Bluff 523,810 0.491 57 Fresno-Visalia 519,330 0.487 58 Dayton 506,240 0.475 59 Richmond-Petersburg 505,370 0.474 60 Tulsa 496,880 0.466 61 Charleston-Huntington 495,320 0.464 62 Mobile-Pensacola (Ft Walt) 490,590 0.460 63 Knoxville 489,710 0.459 64 Flint-Saginaw-Bay City 466,510 0.437 65 Lexington 454,440 0.426 66 Wichita-Hutchinson Plus 445,250 0.418 67 Roanoke-Lynchburg 445,000 0.417 68 Toledo 432,770 0.406 69 Green Bay-Appleton 418,580 0.393 70 Ft. Myers-Naples 413,730 0.388 71 Honolulu 401,330 0.376 72 Des Moines-Ames 400,830 0.376 73 Springfield, MO 400,390 0.375 74 Tucson (Sierra Vista) 399,800 0.375 75 Paducah-C.Gird-Harbg-Mt VN 395,190 0.371 76 Portland-Auburn 391,930 0.368 77 Rochester, NY 388,600 0.364 78 Omaha 386,600 0.363 79 Spokane 381,130 0.357 80 Syracuse 375,880 0.352 81 Shreveport 372,950 0.350 82 Champaign&Sprngfld-Decatur 371,240 0.348 83 Huntsville-Decatur (Flor) 359,260 0.337 84 Columbia, SC 357,810 0.336 85 Chattanooga 351,610 0.330 86 Madison 348,590 0.327 87 South Bend-Elkhart 326,470 0.306 88 Cedar Rapids-Wtrlo-IWC&Dub 323,810 0.304 89 Jackson, MS 320,260 0.300 90 Tri-Cities, TN-VA 318,390 0.299 91 Burlington-Plattsburgh 317,700 0.298 92 Davenport-R.Island-Moline 306,450 0.287 93 Waco-Temple-Bryan 303,560 0.285 94 Colorado Springs-Pueblo 302,750 0.284 95 Baton Rouge 295,790 0.277 96 Johnstown-Altoona 294,450 0.276 97 Harlingen-Wslco-Brnsvl-McA 287,230 0.269 98 Savannah 284,160 0.266 99 Evansville 280,860 0.263 100 Youngstown 277,760 0.260 101 El Paso 276,330 0.259 102 Lincoln & Hstngs-Krny Plus 266,890 0.250 103 Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn 266,390 0.250 104 Ft. Wayne 264,140 0.248 105 Charleston, SC 262,560 0.246 106 Springfield-Holyoke 258,330 0.242 107 Tallahassee-Thomasville 255,980 0.240 108 Ft. Smith-Fay-Sprngdl-Rgrs 255,390 0.239 109 Tyler-Longview(Lfkn&Ncgd) 254,780 0.239 110 Florence-Myrtle Beach 253,630 0.238 111 Lansing 248,250 0.233 112 Sioux Falls(Mitchell) 244,310 0.229 113 Traverse City-Cadillac 243,870 0.229 114 Reno 241,660 0.227 115 Augusta 240,710 0.226 116 Montgomery (Selma) 240,290 0.225 117 Peoria-Bloomington 236,810 0.222 118 Fargo-Valley City 231,530 0.217 119 SantaBarbra-SanMar-SanLuOb 230,250 0.216 120 Monterey-Salinas 228,290 0.214 121 Eugene 223,630 0.210 122 Macon 221,300 0.208 123 La Crosse-Eau Claire 217,930 0.204 124 Boise 216,960 0.203 125 Lafayette, LA 213,380 0.200 126 Columbus, GA 203,510 0.191 127 Yakima-Pasco-Rchlnd-Knnwck 199,120 0.187 128 Corpus Christi 191,280 0.179 129 Amarillo 189,880 0.178 130 Bakersfield 186,400 0.175 131 Columbus-Tupelo-West Point 186,100 0.175 132 Chico-Redding 184,280 0.173 133 Monroe-El Dorado 177,700 0.167 134 Wausau-Rhinelander 175,790 0.165 135 Rockford 175,560 0.165 136 Duluth-Superior 172,250 0.162 137 Beaumont-Port Arthur 170,560 0.160 138 Topeka 168,390 0.158 139 Columbia-Jefferson City 164,200 0.154 140 Sioux City 157,860 0.148 141 Medford-Klamath Falls 157,500 0.148 142 Wichita Falls & Lawton 157,410 0.148 143 Erie 157,070 0.147 144 Wilmington 155,350 0.146 145 Joplin-Pittsburg 152,980 0.143 146 Terre Haute 151,180 0.142 147 Lubbock 149,990 0.141 148 Albany, GA 149,180 0.140 149 Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill 143,230 0.134 150 Wheeling-Steubenville 141,790 0.133
NOTE: Philly 4th DFW 7th !! Atlanta 9th Detroit 10th Houston 11th !! Sea-Tac 12 Kansas City 33rd Cowlumbus 34th San Antonio 37th !! Oklahoma City 45th Austin 54th !! (combined with San Antonio:>) Tulsa 60th Rochester 77th