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Lots of Listeners

  • by April 11, 2001
Lots of Listeners

From Arbitron, here's the most current population ranking of market areas for radio reach. All are ranked at the referenced site.

MarketName2001 Metro 12+ Population
1 CM New York, NY 14,487,900
2CMLos Angeles, CA10,489,800
3CMChicago, IL7,191,300
4 CMSan Francisco, CA5,821,700
5 CMPhiladelphia, PA4,081,300
6 CMDallas-Ft. Worth, TX4,005,300
7 CMDetroit, MI3,836,600
8 CMBoston, MA3,741,200
9 CMWashington, DC3,728,800
10 CMHouston-Galveston, TX3,676,600
11 CMAtlanta, GA3,297,200
12 CMMiami-Ft. Lauderdale- Hollywood, FL3,200,700
13 CMPuerto Rico3,172,400
14 CMSeattle-Tacoma, WA2,925,300
15 CMPhoenix, AZ2,480,500
16 CMSan Diego, CA2,425,600
17 CMMinneapolis-St. Paul, MN2,355,000
18 CM Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island), NY 2,306,700
19 CMSt. Louis, MO2,122,000
20 CMBaltimore, MD2,097,100
21 CMTampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater, FL2,026,700
22 CMPittsburgh, PA1,974,500
23 CMDenver-Boulder, CO1,927,500
24 CMCleveland, OH1,760,100
25 CMPortland, OR1,754,700
26 CMCincinnati, OH,618,100
27 CMSacramento, CA1,460,500
28 CMSan Jose, CA1,455,800
29 CMRiverside-San Bernardino, CA1,453,000
30 CMKansas City, KS-MO1,445,000
31 CMMilwaukee-Racine, WI1,396,200
32 CMSan Antonio, TX1,367,500
33 CMMiddlesex-Somerset-Union ,NJ1,299,400
34 CMColumbus, OH1,287,600
35 CMProvidence- Warwick- Pawtucket, RI1,281,700
36 CMSalt Lake City-Ogden-Provo, UT1,269,200
37 CMCharlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC1,221,100
38 CMNorfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA1,215,200
39 CMLas Vegas, NV1,176,700
40 CMIndianapolis, IN1,173,300
41 CMOrlando, FL1,163,700
42 CMNew Orleans, LA1,022,700
43 CMGreensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC1,018,200
44 CMNashville, TN990,300
45 CMMemphis, TN975,700
46 CMHartford-New Britain-Middletown, CT966,300
47 CMAustin, TX964,900
48 CMRaleigh-Durham, NC963,500
49 SMonmouth-Ocean, NJ957,300
50CMBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY951,8001

CM - Continuous Measurement markets
C - Condensed markets
S - Standard markets

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