We discuss this topic quite a bit, so I figured lets see exactly what market size really is. Portland is a little larger than I figured. Keep in mind this is TV market.
Largest TV markets without NBA team.
Seattle - 12
Tampa - 14
St. Louis - 21
Pittsburgh - 23
Smallest markets with a team
New Orleans -52
Memphis - 49
OKC - 44
San Antonio - 36
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...ytheNumbers%29
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Largest TV markets without NBA team.
Seattle - 12
Tampa - 14
St. Louis - 21
Pittsburgh - 23
Smallest markets with a team
New Orleans -52
Memphis - 49
OKC - 44
San Antonio - 36
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...ytheNumbers%29
Local Television Market Universe Estimates | |||
Estimates as of January 1, 2012 and used throughout the 2011-2012 television season | |||
Estimates are effective September 24, 2011 | |||
Rank | Designated Market Area (DMA) | TV Homes | % of US |
1 | New York | 7,387,810 | 6.444 |
2 | Los Angeles | 5,569,780 | 4.858 |
3 | Chicago | 3,493,480 | 3.047 |
4 | Philadelphia | 2,993,370 | 2.611 |
5 | Dallas-Ft. Worth | 2,571,310 | 2.243 |
6 | San Francisco-Oak-San Jose | 2,506,510 | 2.186 |
7 | Boston (Manchester) | 2,379,690 | 2.076 |
8 | Washington, DC (Hagrstwn) | 2,360,180 | 2.059 |
9 | Atlanta | 2,292,640 | 2.000 |
10 | Houston | 2,185,260 | 1.906 |
11 | Detroit | 1,842,650 | 1.607 |
12 | Seattle-Tacoma | 1,811,420 | 1.580 |
13 | Phoenix (Prescott) | 1,811,330 | 1.580 |
14 | Tampa-St. Pete (Sarasota) | 1,788,240 | 1.560 |
15 | Minneapolis-St. Paul | 1,721,940 | 1.502 |
16 | Miami-Ft. Lauderdale | 1,583,800 | 1.381 |
17 | Denver | 1,548,570 | 1.351 |
18 | Cleveland-Akron (Canton) | 1,514,170 | 1.321 |
19 | Orlando-Daytona Bch-Melbrn | 1,465,460 | 1.278 |
20 | Sacramnto-Stkton-Modesto | 1,388,570 | 1.211 |
21 | St. Louis | 1,253,920 | 1.094 |
22 | Portland, OR | 1,190,010 | 1.038 |
23 | Pittsburgh | 1,171,490 | 1.022 |
24 | Raleigh-Durham (Fayetvlle) | 1,143,420 | 0.997 |
25 | Charlotte | 1,140,900 | 0.995 |
26 | Indianapolis | 1,109,970 | 0.968 |
27 | Baltimore | 1,097,310 | 0.957 |
28 | San Diego | 1,077,600 | 0.940 |
29 | Nashville | 1,024,560 | 0.894 |
30 | Hartford & New Haven | 1,006,280 | 0.878 |
31 | Kansas City | 939,740 | 0.820 |
32 | Columbus, OH | 932,680 | 0.814 |
33 | Salt Lake City | 927,540 | 0.809 |
34 | Milwaukee | 907,660 | 0.792 |
35 | Cincinnati | 896,090 | 0.782 |
36 | San Antonio | 880,690 | 0.768 |
37 | Greenvll-Spart-Ashevll-And | 860,930 | 0.751 |
38 | West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce | 788,020 | 0.687 |
39 | Birmingham (Ann and Tusc) | 738,790 | 0.644 |
40 | Las Vegas | 737,300 | 0.643 |
41 | Harrisburg-Lncstr-Leb-York | 729,440 | 0.636 |
42 | Grand Rapids-Kalmzoo-B.Crk | 722,150 | 0.630 |
43 | Norfolk-Portsmth-Newpt Nws | 718,750 | 0.627 |
44 | Oklahoma City | 712,630 | 0.622 |
45 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | 710,050 | 0.619 |
46 | Greensboro-H.Point-W.Salem | 691,200 | 0.603 |
47 | Austin | 686,830 | 0.599 |
48 | Louisville | 674,050 | 0.588 |
49 | Memphis | 669,940 | 0.584 |
50 | Jacksonville | 669,840 | 0.584 |
51 | Buffalo | 645,190 | 0.563 |
52 | New Orleans | 643,660 | 0.561 |
53 | Providence-New Bedford | 620,010 | 0.541 |
54 | Wilkes Barre-Scranton-Hztn | 590,740 | 0.515 |
55 | Fresno-Visalia | 574,800 | 0.501 |
56 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | 571,630 | 0.499 |
57 | Richmond-Petersburg | 559,390 | 0.488 |
58 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | 551,120 | 0.481 |
59 | Tulsa | 529,100 | 0.461 |
60 | Mobile-Pensacola (Ft Walt) | 527,930 | 0.460 |
61 | Knoxville | 527,790 | 0.460 |
62 | Ft. Myers-Naples | 504,240 | 0.440 |
63 | Dayton | 493,600 | 0.431 |
64 | Lexington | 488,850 | 0.426 |
65 | Charleston-Huntington | 465,030 | 0.406 |
66 | Roanoke-Lynchburg | 455,860 | 0.398 |
67 | Wichita-Hutchinson Plus | 454,590 | 0.397 |
68 | Flint-Saginaw-Bay City | 451,880 | 0.394 |
69 | Green Bay-Appleton | 445,760 | 0.389 |
70 | Tucson (Sierra Vista) | 442,020 | 0.386 |
71 | Honolulu | 434,730 | 0.379 |
72 | Des Moines-Ames | 431,300 | 0.376 |
73 | Spokane | 426,690 | 0.372 |
74 | Toledo | 426,280 | 0.372 |
75 | Springfield, MO | 423,010 | 0.369 |
76 | Omaha | 415,510 | 0.362 |
77 | Columbia, SC | 404,830 | 0.353 |
78 | Portland-Auburn | 401,370 | 0.350 |
79 | Rochester, NY | 398,790 | 0.348 |
80 | Huntsville-Decatur (Flor) | 394,010 | 0.344 |
81 | Paducah-Cape Girard-Harsbg | 393,330 | 0.343 |
82 | Champaign&Sprngfld-Decatur | 386,160 | 0.337 |
83 | Shreveport | 386,150 | 0.337 |
84 | Syracuse | 386,090 | 0.337 |
85 | Madison | 378,290 | 0.330 |
86 | Chattanooga | 366,790 | 0.320 |
87 | Harlingen-Wslco-Brnsvl-McA | 361,820 | 0.316 |
88 | Waco-Temple-Bryan | 353,190 | 0.308 |
89 | Cedar Rapids-Wtrlo-IWC&Dub | 344,150 | 0.300 |
90 | Colorado Springs-Pueblo | 343,160 | 0.299 |
91 | El Paso (Las Cruces) | 336,570 | 0.294 |
92 | Savannah | 335,080 | 0.292 |
93 | Jackson, MS | 334,530 | 0.292 |
94 | Baton Rouge | 333,010 | 0.290 |
95 | Burlington-Plattsburgh | 323,750 | 0.282 |
96 | Tri-Cities, TN-VA | 323,640 | 0.282 |
97 | South Bend-Elkhart | 322,090 | 0.281 |
98 | Charleston, SC | 311,260 | 0.271 |
99 | Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn | 307,610 | 0.268 |
100 | Davenport-R.Island-Moline | 307,050 | 0.268 |
101 | Ft. Smith-Fay-Sprngdl-Rgrs | 301,120 | 0.263 |
102 | Johnstown-Altoona-St Colge | 294,770 | 0.257 |
103 | Myrtle Beach-Florence | 289,060 | 0.252 |
104 | Evansville | 287,880 | 0.251 |
105 | Lincoln & Hastings-Krny | 280,310 | 0.244 |
106 | Tallahassee-Thomasville | 272,520 | 0.238 |
107 | Tyler-Longview(Lfkn&Ncgd) | 271,400 | 0.237 |
108 | Reno | 271,020 | 0.236 |
109 | Ft. Wayne | 267,710 | 0.234 |
110 | Youngstown | 263,850 | 0.230 |
111 | Augusta-Aiken | 262,560 | 0.229 |
112 | Boise | 261,810 | 0.228 |
113 | Sioux Falls(Mitchell) | 261,530 | 0.228 |
114 | Springfield-Holyoke | 257,080 | 0.224 |
115 | Lansing | 252,890 | 0.221 |
116 | Peoria-Bloomington | 247,850 | 0.216 |
117 | Fargo-Valley City | 246,780 | 0.215 |
118 | Macon | 245,910 | 0.214 |
119 | Montgomery-Selma | 245,100 | 0.214 |
120 | Traverse City-Cadillac | 244,050 | 0.213 |
121 | Eugene | 241,270 | 0.210 |
122 | SantaBarbra-SanMar-SanLuOb | 230,830 | 0.201 |
123 | Yakima-Pasco-Rchlnd-Knnwck | 230,010 | 0.201 |
124 | Lafayette, LA | 229,320 | 0.200 |
125 | Monterey-Salinas | 223,620 | 0.195 |
126 | Bakersfield | 221,920 | 0.194 |
127 | Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL) | 215,410 | 0.188 |
128 | La Crosse-Eau Claire | 213,660 | 0.186 |
129 | Corpus Christi | 203,550 | 0.178 |
130 | Amarillo | 195,650 | 0.171 |
131 | Chico-Redding | 194,590 | 0.170 |
132 | Wilmington | 190,730 | 0.166 |
133 | Columbus-Tupelo-W Pnt-Hstn | 189,910 | 0.166 |
134 | Rockford | 184,360 | 0.161 |
135 | Wausau-Rhinelander | 181,280 | 0.158 |
136 | Topeka | 177,710 | 0.155 |
137 | Monroe-El Dorado | 177,410 | 0.155 |
138 | Columbia-Jefferson City | 176,470 | 0.154 |
139 | Duluth-Superior | 173,710 | 0.152 |
140 | Medford-Klamath Falls | 170,670 | 0.149 |
141 | Beaumont-Port Arthur | 168,420 | 0.147 |
142 | Wichita Falls & Lawton | 160,540 | 0.140 |
143 | Lubbock | 160,160 | 0.140 |
144 | Salisbury | 159,640 | 0.139 |
145 | Palm Springs | 158,440 | 0.138 |
146 | Erie | 157,730 | 0.138 |
147 | Sioux City | 157,060 | 0.137 |
148 | Anchorage | 155,600 | 0.136 |
149 | Joplin-Pittsburg | 153,910 | 0.134 |
150 | Albany, GA | 151,620 | 0.132 |
151 | Odessa-Midland | 146,040 | 0.127 |
152 | Minot-Bsmrck-Dcknsn(Wlstn) | 145,480 | 0.127 |
153 | Rochestr-Mason City-Austin | 145,450 | 0.127 |
154 | Terre Haute | 142,780 | 0.125 |
155 | Bangor | 141,580 | 0.123 |
156 | Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill | 137,380 | 0.120 |
157 | Binghamton | 136,730 | 0.119 |
158 | Wheeling-Steubenville | 133,120 | 0.116 |
159 | Panama City | 132,120 | 0.115 |
160 | Idaho Fals-Pocatllo(Jcksn) | 128,940 | 0.112 |
161 | Sherman-Ada | 128,790 | 0.112 |
162 | Biloxi-Gulfport | 128,150 | 0.112 |
163 | Gainesville | 124,730 | 0.109 |
164 | Abilene-Sweetwater | 115,630 | 0.101 |
165 | Missoula | 114,590 | 0.100 |
166 | Yuma-El Centro | 112,850 | 0.098 |
167 | Hattiesburg-Laurel | 111,560 | 0.097 |
168 | Billings | 109,940 | 0.096 |
169 | Dothan | 109,080 | 0.095 |
170 | Clarksburg-Weston | 108,980 | 0.095 |
171 | Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk | 104,790 | 0.091 |
172 | Utica | 104,750 | 0.091 |
173 | Rapid City | 100,120 | 0.087 |
174 | Elmira (Corning) | 96,600 | 0.084 |
175 | Lake Charles | 94,850 | 0.083 |
176 | Jackson, TN | 94,650 | 0.083 |
177 | Watertown | 93,090 | 0.081 |
178 | Harrisonburg | 91,620 | 0.080 |
179 | Alexandria, LA | 90,160 | 0.079 |
180 | Marquette | 85,230 | 0.074 |
181 | Jonesboro | 81,300 | 0.071 |
182 | Bowling Green | 79,990 | 0.070 |
183 | Charlottesville | 74,630 | 0.065 |
184 | Grand Junction-Montrose | 72,970 | 0.064 |
185 | Laredo | 72,060 | 0.063 |
186 | Meridian | 70,190 | 0.061 |
187 | Greenwood-Greenville | 67,730 | 0.059 |
188 | Lafayette, IN | 67,260 | 0.059 |
189 | Butte-Bozeman | 66,910 | 0.058 |
190 | Great Falls | 66,190 | 0.058 |
191 | Twin Falls | 65,800 | 0.057 |
192 | Parkersburg | 63,120 | 0.055 |
193 | Bend, OR | 62,620 | 0.055 |
194 | Eureka | 61,180 | 0.053 |
195 | Cheyenne-Scottsbluff | 56,640 | 0.049 |
196 | Casper-Riverton | 56,460 | 0.049 |
197 | San Angelo | 55,570 | 0.048 |
198 | Mankato | 53,720 | 0.047 |
199 | Ottumwa-Kirksville | 47,810 | 0.042 |
200 | St. Joseph | 46,690 | 0.041 |
201 | Lima | 39,350 | 0.034 |
202 | Fairbanks | 37,010 | 0.032 |
203 | Zanesville | 33,140 | 0.029 |
204 | Victoria | 31,540 | 0.028 |
205 | Presque Isle | 29,850 | 0.026 |
206 | Helena | 28,050 | 0.024 |
207 | Juneau | 25,500 | 0.022 |
208 | Alpena | 17,100 | 0.015 |
209 | North Platte | 15,180 | 0.013 |
210 | Glendive | 4,180 | 0.004 |
NSI Total U.S. | 114,649,310 | 100.000 |
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