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Arbitron Market Ranks for 2001
Arbitron Fall 2001 Population Estimates
Key to the letters next to the market rank:
CM = Continuous Measurement markets
C = Condensed markets
S = Standard markets
| Fall 2001 Rank |
Market Name
|
2001 Metro
12+Population |
|
|
1 |
CM |
New York |
15,281,600 |
|
2 |
CM |
Los Angeles |
10,304,900 |
|
3 |
CM |
Chicago |
7,477,700 |
|
4 |
CM |
San Francisco |
5,811,300 |
|
5 |
CM |
Dallas-Ft. Worth |
4,298,800 |
|
6 |
CM |
Philadelphia |
4,222,400 |
|
7 |
CM |
Washington, DC |
3,885,300 |
|
8 |
CM |
Boston |
3,871,700 |
|
9 |
CM |
Houston-Galveston |
3,860,600 |
|
10 |
CM |
Detroit |
3,838,600 |
|
11 |
CM |
Atlanta |
3,529,900 |
|
12 |
CM |
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood |
3,386,200 |
|
13 |
CM |
Puerto Rico |
3,179,800 |
|
14 |
CM |
Seattle-Tacoma |
3,013,200 |
|
15 |
CM |
Phoenix |
2,646,800 |
|
16 |
CM |
Minneapolis-St. Paul |
2,453,700 |
|
17 |
CM |
San Diego |
2,377,500 |
|
18 |
CM |
Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island) |
2,360,500 |
|
19 |
CM |
St. Louis |
2,155,200 |
|
20 |
CM |
Baltimore |
2,152,400 |
|
21 |
CM |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater |
2,110,500 |
|
22 |
CM |
Denver-Boulder |
2,036,300 |
|
23 |
CM |
Pittsburgh |
2,005,100 |
|
24 |
CM |
Portland, OR |
1,841,900 |
|
25 |
CM |
Cleveland |
1,792,900 |
|
26 |
CM |
Cincinnati |
1,639,400 |
|
27 |
CM |
Sacramento |
1,541,000 |
|
28 |
CM |
Riverside-San Bernardino |
1,505,900 |
|
29 |
CM |
Kansas City |
1,470,100 |
|
30 |
CM |
San Jose |
1,431,700 |
|
31 |
CM |
San Antonio |
1,420,000 |
|
32 |
CM |
Milwaukee-Racine |
1,393,800 |
|
33 |
CM |
Middlesex-Somerset-Union |
1,361,900 |
|
34 |
CM |
Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo |
1,355,600 |
|
35 |
CM |
Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket |
1,342,300 |
|
36 |
CM |
Columbus, OH |
1,334,800 |
|
37 |
CM |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill |
1,298,800 |
|
38 |
CM |
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News |
1,241,500 |
|
39 |
CM |
Orlando |
1,239,500 |
|
40 |
CM |
Indianapolis |
1,236,900 |
|
41 |
CM |
Las Vegas |
1,218,300 |
|
42 |
CM |
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point |
1,090,700 |
|
43 |
CM |
Austin |
1,071,800 |
|
44 |
CM |
Nashville |
1,053,500 |
|
45 |
CM |
New Orleans |
1,051,500 |
|
46 |
CM |
Raleigh-Durham |
1,047,100 |
|
47 |
CM |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton |
1,013,200 |
|
48 |
CM |
Memphis |
1,006,700 |
|
49 |
CM |
Hartford-New Britain-Middletown |
993,800 |
|
50 |
CM |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls |
976,500 |
|
51 |
S |
Monmouth-Ocean |
973,200 |
|
52 |
CM |
Jacksonville |
948,400 |
|
53 |
CM |
Rochester, NY |
911,700 |
|
54 |
CM |
Oklahoma City |
904,000 |
|
55 |
CM |
Louisville |
895,500 |
|
56 |
CM |
Richmond |
847,800 |
|
57 |
CM |
Birmingham |
836,500 |
|
58 |
CM |
Dayton |
825,400 |
|
59 |
CM |
Westchester |
797,800 |
|
60 |
CM |
Greenville-Spartanburg, SC |
783,200 |
|
61 |
CM |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy |
738,000 |
|
62 |
CM |
Honolulu |
730,400 |
|
63 |
S |
McAllen-Brownsville-Harlingen |
727,600 |
|
64 |
CM |
Tucson |
722,600 |
|
65 |
CM |
Tulsa |
704,700 |
|
66 |
CM |
Grand Rapids |
666,000 |
|
67 |
CM |
Wilkes Barre-Scranton |
652,100 |
|
68 |
CM |
Fresno |
636,600 |
|
69 |
CM |
Allentown-Bethlehem |
631,700 |
|
70 |
S |
Ft. Myers-Naples-Marco Island |
624,200 |
|
71 |
CM |
Knoxville |
598,300 |
|
72 |
CM |
Albuquerque |
590,700 |
|
73 |
CM |
Akron |
586,200 |
|
74 |
CM |
Omaha-Council Bluffs |
571,200 |
|
75 |
S |
Wilmington, DE |
551,400 |
|
76 |
CM |
Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz |
546,800 |
|
77 |
CM |
El Paso |
545,200 |
|
78 |
CM |
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle |
537,200 |
|
79 |
CM |
Syracuse |
534,800 |
|
79 |
S |
Sarasota-Bradenton |
534,800 |
|
81 |
CM |
Toledo |
509,900 |
|
82 |
CM |
Springfield, MA |
509,600 |
|
83 |
CM |
Baton Rouge |
493,200 |
|
84 |
CM |
Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville, NC |
490,300 |
|
85 |
CM |
Little Rock |
489,900 |
|
86 |
S |
Gainesville-Ocala |
459,700 |
|
87 |
S |
Stockton |
459,000 |
|
88 |
CM |
Columbia, SC |
458,900 |
|
89 |
CM |
Des Moines |
453,800 |
|
90 |
CM |
Bakersfield |
453,100 |
|
91 |
CM |
Mobile |
450,500 |
|
92 |
CM |
Wichita |
449,900 |
|
93 |
CM |
Charleston, SC |
446,500 |
|
94 |
CM |
Spokane |
444,900 |
|
95 |
S |
Daytona Beach |
441,000 |
|
96 |
CM |
Colorado Springs |
431,800 |
|
97 |
CM |
Madison |
429,300 |
|
98 |
CM |
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol |
419,200 |
|
99 |
S |
Lakeland-Winter Haven |
416,000 |
|
100 |
S |
Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa |
414,900 |
|
101 |
S |
Ft. Wayne |
413,400 |
|
102 |
S |
Lexington-Fayette |
412,600 |
|
103 |
S |
Lafayette, LA |
411,300 |
|
104 |
S |
New Haven |
410,600 |
|
105 |
C |
Morristown, NJ |
409,000 |
|
106 |
CM |
Chattanooga |
406,900 |
|
107 |
CM |
York |
404,300 |
|
108 |
S |
Youngstown-Warren |
403,000 |
|
109 |
S |
Roanoke-Lynchburg |
399,600 |
|
110 |
S |
Bridgeport |
398,200 |
|
111 |
S |
Visalia-Tulare-Hanford |
394,700 |
|
112 |
S |
Augusta, GA |
394,100 |
|
113 |
S |
Lancaster |
392,100 |
|
114 |
S |
Santa Rosa |
390,200 |
|
115 |
S |
Oxnard-Ventura |
386,900 |
|
116 |
CM |
Huntsville |
385,400 |
|
117 |
S |
Ft. Pierce-Stuart-Vero Beach |
382,800 |
|
118 |
S |
Worcester |
381,500 |
|
119 |
S |
Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester |
372,300 |
|
120 |
CM |
Lansing-East Lansing |
372,000 |
|
121 |
S |
Boise |
366,600 |
|
122 |
CM |
Jackson, MS |
365,200 |
|
123 |
S |
Modesto |
360,800 |
|
124 |
S |
Flint |
357,600 |
|
125 |
S |
Pensacola |
350,600 |
|
126 |
S |
Fayetteville, NC |
345,900 |
|
127 |
S |
Reno |
342,500 |
|
128 |
S |
Canton |
341,200 |
|
129 |
S |
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland |
331,700 |
|
129 |
C |
Ft. Collins-Greeley, CO |
331,700 |
|
131 |
C |
Reading, PA |
319,800 |
|
132 |
CM |
Shreveport |
319,000 |
|
133 |
C |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX |
317,400 |
|
134 |
S |
Corpus Christi |
306,800 |
|
135 |
S |
Atlantic City-Cape May |
303,900 |
|
136 |
C |
Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS |
302,000 |
|
137 |
C |
Trenton, NJ |
300,700 |
|
138 |
C |
Stamford-Norwalk, CT |
300,000 |
|
139 |
S |
Appleton-Oshkosh |
298,600 |
|
140 |
S |
Quad Cities (Davenport-Rock Island-Moline) |
296,900 |
|
141 |
S |
Burlington-Plattsburgh |
295,600 |
|
142 |
S |
Peoria |
289,500 |
|
143 |
C |
Newburgh-Middletown, NY (Mid Hudson Valley) |
281,300 |
|
144 |
S |
Springfield, MO |
280,300 |
|
145 |
S |
Ann Arbor |
279,300 |
|
146 |
C |
Tyler-Longview, TX |
278,800 |
|
147 |
S |
Montgomery |
277,800 |
|
148 |
S |
Eugene-Springfield |
275,600 |
|
149 |
C |
Fayetteville (North West Arkansas) |
272,300 |
|
150 |
S |
Salisbury-Ocean City |
271,600 |
|
151 |
S |
Huntington-Ashland |
267,800 |
|
152 |
S |
Rockford |
267,700 |
|
153 |
S |
Macon |
260,000 |
|
154 |
C |
Killeen-Temple, TX |
253,100 |
|
155 |
S |
Evansville |
248,100 |
|
156 |
S |
Utica-Rome |
247,700 |
|
157 |
C |
Flagstaff-Prescott, AZ |
245,600 |
|
158 |
C |
Palm Springs, CA |
244,100 |
|
159 |
S |
Savannah |
242,600 |
|
160 |
C |
Poughkeepsie, NY |
238,100 |
|
161 |
S |
Erie |
232,800 |
|
162 |
S |
Portland, ME |
226,600 |
|
163 |
S |
Tallahassee |
226,000 |
|
164 |
CM |
Fredericksburg, VA |
226,000 |
|
165 |
C |
New Bedford-Fall River, MA |
223,600 |
|
166 |
C |
Hagerstown-Chambersburg-Waynesboro, MD-PA |
222,800 |
|
167 |
S |
South Bend |
222,200 |
|
168 |
C |
Wausau-Stevens Point, WI (Central WI) |
221,500 |
|
169 |
C |
Myrtle Beach, SC |
219,900 |
|
170 |
C |
New London, CT |
216,000 |
|
171 |
C |
Ft. Smith, AR |
215,000 |
|
172 |
S |
Charleston, WV |
213,500 |
|
173 |
C |
San Luis Obispo, CA |
213,000 |
|
174 |
S |
Lincoln |
212,700 |
|
175 |
S |
Binghamton |
209,300 |
|
176 |
S |
Anchorage |
207,900 |
|
177 |
S |
Wilmington, NC |
207,600 |
|
178 |
S |
Columbus, GA |
204,000 |
|
179 |
S |
Kalamazoo |
200,300 |
|
180 |
S |
Lubbock |
199,400 |
|
181 |
S |
Asheville |
198,100 |
|
182 |
S |
Johnstown |
197,000 |
|
183 |
C |
Cape Cod, MA |
195,600 |
|
183 |
C |
Tupelo, MS |
195,600 |
|
185 |
S |
Green Bay |
188,900 |
|
186 |
S |
Topeka |
187,000 |
|
187 |
C |
Odessa-Midland, TX |
186,700 |
|
188 |
C |
Dothan, AL |
185,800 |
|
189 |
S |
Manchester |
185,300 |
|
190 |
C |
Yakima, WA |
181,200 |
|
191 |
C |
Amarillo, TX |
180,500 |
|
192 |
C |
Traverse City-Petoskey, MI |
179,600 |
|
193 |
C |
Waco, TX |
178,700 |
|
194 |
C |
Danbury, CT |
178,400 |
|
195 |
C |
Morgantown-Clarksburg-Fairmont, WV |
177,600 |
|
196 |
C |
Merced, CA |
177,000 |
|
197 |
S |
Terre Haute |
175,800 |
|
198 |
C |
Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN- KY |
172,300 |
|
199 |
C |
Chico, CA |
171,700 |
|
200 |
C |
Santa Barbara, CA |
168,800 |
|
201 |
C |
Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA |
168,500 |
|
202 |
C |
Springfield, IL |
167,900 |
|
203 |
C |
Frederick, MD |
165,700 |
|
204 |
S |
Cedar Rapids |
162,400 |
|
205 |
C |
Bowling Green |
161,400 |
|
206 |
C |
Florence, SC |
160,900 |
|
207 |
C |
Medford-Ashland, OR |
156,400 |
|
208 |
C |
Elmira-Corning, NY |
156,000 |
|
209 |
C |
Tri-Cities, WA (Richland-Kennewick-Pasco) |
155,700 |
|
210 |
C |
Laredo, TX |
154,500 |
|
211 |
C |
Sioux Falls, SD |
153,100 |
|
212 |
C |
Champaign, IL |
152,200 |
|
213 |
C |
Bangor |
151,700 |
|
214 |
C |
Alexandria, LA |
151,500 |
|
215 |
C |
Lake Charles, LA |
149,800 |
|
216 |
C |
Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS |
147,400 |
|
217 |
S |
Fargo-Moorhead |
146,700 |
|
218 |
C |
Blksbrg-Chrstnbrg-Rdfrd-Plski, VA |
146,000 |
|
219 |
C |
Ft. Walton Beach, FL |
143,600 |
|
220 |
C |
St. Cloud, MN |
141,700 |
|
221 |
C |
Tuscaloosa, AL |
141,200 |
|
222 |
C |
Muskegon, MI |
139,700 |
|
223 |
S |
Duluth-Superior |
139,000 |
|
224 |
C |
Winchester, VA |
138,900 |
|
225 |
C |
Charlottesville, VA |
138,500 |
|
226 |
C |
Marion-Carbondale (Southern IL) |
136,900 |
|
227 |
C |
Redding, CA |
135,200 |
|
228 |
C |
Rochester, MN |
133,900 |
|
229 |
C |
Joplin, Mo |
133,700 |
|
230 |
C |
Dubuque, IA |
133,000 |
|
231 |
C |
Abilene, TX |
131,600 |
|
232 |
C |
Bryan-College Station, TX |
130,700 |
|
233 |
S |
Wheeling |
130,500 |
|
234 |
S |
Lafayette, IN |
129,200 |
|
235 |
S |
Bloomington |
129,000 |
|
236 |
C |
Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH |
127,100 |
|
237 |
C |
Lima, OH |
126,600 |
|
238 |
C |
Santa Fe, NM |
126,200 |
|
239 |
S |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls |
126,100 |
|
240 |
C |
Panama City, Fl |
125,800 |
|
241 |
C |
Meadville-Franklin, PA |
123,700 |
|
242 |
C |
Eau Claire, WI |
123,400 |
|
243 |
C |
St. George-Cedar City, UT |
122,900 |
|
244 |
C |
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL |
121,900 |
|
245 |
C |
State College, PA |
120,100 |
|
246 |
S |
Pueblo |
120,000 |
|
247 |
C |
Monroe, LA |
119,300 |
|
248 |
C |
Sussex, NJ |
119,100 |
|
249 |
C |
Elizabeth City-Nags Head |
118,900 |
|
250 |
C |
Wichita Falls, TX |
116,900 |
|
251 |
C |
Columbia, MO |
116,200 |
|
252 |
C |
Battle Creek, MI |
114,400 |
|
253 |
S |
Altoona |
108,500 |
|
254 |
C |
Billings, MT |
107,800 |
|
254 |
C |
Texarkana, TX-AR |
107,800 |
|
256 |
C |
Columbus-Starkville-West Point, MS |
103,800 |
|
257 |
C |
Sioux City, IA |
101,300 |
|
258 |
C |
Williamsport, PA |
99,900 |
|
259 |
C |
Grand Junction, CO |
98,900 |
|
260 |
C |
Augusta-Waterville, ME |
97,700 |
|
261 |
C |
Albany, GA |
97,000 |
|
262 |
C |
Decatur, IL |
95,100 |
|
263 |
C |
Harrisonburg, VA |
94,700 |
|
264 |
C |
Mankato-New Ulm-St. Peter, MN |
93,600 |
|
265 |
C |
Bluefield, WV |
91,500 |
|
265 |
C |
Lawton, OK |
91,500 |
|
267 |
C |
Watertown, NY |
90,000 |
|
268 |
C |
Rapid City, SD |
89,700 |
|
269 |
C |
Lewiston-Auburn, ME |
85,500 |
|
270 |
C |
San Angelo, TX |
85,200 |
|
271 |
C |
Ithaca, NY |
83,500 |
|
272 |
C |
Cookeville TN |
81,900 |
|
273 |
C |
Bismarck, ND |
78,300 |
|
274 |
C |
Sebring, FL |
78,100 |
|
275 |
C |
Jackson, TN |
77,700 |
|
275 |
C |
Grand Forks, ND-MN |
77,700 |
|
277 |
C |
Owensboro, KY |
75,800 |
|
278 |
C |
Jonesboro, AR |
70,400 |
|
279 |
C |
Mason City, IA |
68,300 |
|
280 |
C |
Beckley, WV |
67,800 |
|
281 |
C |
Cheyenne, WY |
66,900 |
|
282 |
C |
Great Falls, MT |
64,800 |
|
283 |
C |
Meridian, MS |
63,800 |
|
284 |
C |
Brunswick, GA |
56,900 |
|
285 |
C |
Casper, WY |
53,700 |
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