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Nielsen re-ranks the nation

Nielsen Media Research is out with DMA re-rankings based on population estimates for January 1, 2007. The biggest change, as you would expect, is for hurricane-ravaged New Orleans, which dropped 11 slots to #54. Many of those former residents are now in the Baton Rouge market, which moved up three spots to #93. The biggest move up was by fast-growing Las Vegas, up five positions to #43. In the top 10 markets, San Francisco and Dallas-Ft. Worth each moved up one slot, while Boston fell two to #7. All in all, Nielsen says the number of US TV households has increased 1.1% over the past year to 111.4 million. Here is the complete list, with rankings for the new and past season.

Nielsen Media Research Local Market Universe Estimates
Comparisons of 2005-06 and 2006-07 Market Ranks

2005-06 Rank	2006-07 Rank	Difference	DMA Name	2006 TV Homes	2007 TV Homes
1	1		New York	7,375,530	7,366,950
2	2		Los Angeles	5,536,430	5,611,110
3	3		Chicago	3,430,790	3,455,020
4	4		Philadelphia	2,925,560	2,941,450
6	5	+1	San Francisco-Oak-San Jose	2,355,740	2,383,570
7	6	+1	Dallas-Ft. Worth	2,336,140	2,378,660
5	7	-2	Boston (Manchester)	2,375,310	2,372,030
8	8		Washington, DC (Hagrstwn)	2,252,550	2,272,120
9	9		Atlanta	2,097,220	2,205,510
10	10		Houston	1,938,670	1,982,120
11	11		Detroit	1,936,350	1,938,320
12	12		Tampa-St. Pete (Sarasota)	1,710,400	1,755,750
14	13	+1	Phoenix (Prescott)	1,660,430	1,725,000
13	14	-1	Seattle-Tacoma	1,701,950	1,724,450
15	15		Minneapolis-St. Paul	1,652,940	1,678,430
17	16	+1	Miami-Ft. Lauderdale	1,522,960	1,538,620
16	17	-1	Cleveland-Akron (Canton)	1,541,780	1,537,500
18	18		Denver	1,415,180	1,431,910
20	19	+1	Orlando-Daytona Bch-Melbrn	1,345,700	1,395,830
19	20	-1	Sacramnto-Stkton-Modesto	1,345,820	1,368,680
21	21		St. Louis	1,222,380	1,228,980
22	22		Pittsburgh	1,169,800	1,163,150
23	23		Portland, OR	1,099,890	1,117,990
24	24		Baltimore	1,089,220	1,097,290
25	25		Indianapolis	1,053,750	1,060,550
27	26	+1	Charlotte	1,020,130	1,045,240
26	27	-1	San Diego	1,026,160	1,030,020
28	28		Hartford & New Haven	1,013,350	1,014,630
29	29		Raleigh-Durham (Fayetvlle)	985,200	1,006,330
30	30		Nashville	927,500	944,100
31	31		Kansas City	903,540	913,280
32	32		Columbus, OH	890,770	898,030
34	33	+1	Cincinnati	880,190	886,910
33	34	-1	Milwaukee	880,390	882,990
36	35	+1	Salt Lake City	810,830	839,170
35	36	-1	Greenvll-Spart-Ashevll-And	815,460	826,290
37	37		San Antonio	760,410	774,470
38	38		West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce	751,930	772,140
39	39		Grand Rapids-Kalmzoo-B.Crk	731,630	734,670
40	40		Birmingham (Ann, Tusc)	716,520	723,210
41	41		Harrisburg-Lncstr-Leb-York	707,010	713,960
42	42		Norfolk-Portsmth-Newpt Nws	704,810	712,790
48	43	+5	Las Vegas	651,110	671,630
44	44		Memphis	657,670	664,290
45	45		Oklahoma City	655,400	662,380
46	45	+1	Albuquerque-Santa Fe	653,680	662,380
47	47		Greensboro-H.Point-W.Salem	652,020	660,570
50	48	+2	Louisville	643,290	648,190
49	49		Buffalo	644,430	639,990
52	50	+2	Jacksonville	624,220	639,110
51	51		Providence-New Bedford	639,590	633,950
53	52	+1	Austin	589,360	602,340
54	53	+1	Wilkes Barre-Scranton	588,540	590,170
43	54	-11	New Orleans	672,150	566,960
56	55	+1	Fresno-Visalia	546,210	557,380
55	56	-1	Albany-Schenectady-Troy	552,250	554,970
57	57		Little Rock-Pine Bluff	531,470	539,900
59	58	+1	Dayton	513,610	531,120
62	59	+3	Mobile-Pensacola (Ft Walt)	501,130	524,200
58	60	-2	Knoxville	516,180	523,010
60	61	-1	Richmond-Petersburg	510,770	517,800
61	62	-1	Tulsa	510,480	513,090
63	63		Lexington	478,560	483,520
66	64	+2	Ft. Myers-Naples	461,920	479,130
64	65	-1	Charleston-Huntington	477,890	477,040
65	66	-1	Flint-Saginaw-Bay City	475,500	474,430
67	67		Wichita-Hutchinson Plus	446,820	445,860
68	68		Roanoke-Lynchburg	440,390	445,840
69	69		Green Bay-Appleton	432,810	434,760
71	70	+1	Tucson (Sierra Vista)	422,480	433,310
70	71	-1	Toledo	426,520	425,820
72	72		Honolulu	414,960	419,160
73	73		Des Moines-Ames	413,590	417,900
74	74		Portland-Auburn	407,050	409,180
75	75		Omaha	399,830	403,560
77	76	+1	Springfield, MO	395,820	402,310
78	77	+1	Spokane	389,630	395,490
79	78	+1	Rochester, NY	385,460	392,630
76	79	-3	Syracuse	398,240	386,940
80	80		Paducah-Cape Girard-Harsbg	383,330	384,510
81	81		Shreveport	382,080	381,200
82	82		Champaign&Sprngfld-Decatur	378,100	378,150
83	83		Columbia, SC	373,260	377,940
84	84		Huntsville-Decatur (Flor)	370,820	375,270
85	85		Madison	365,550	369,220
86	86		Chattanooga	354,230	347,380
89	87	+2	Jackson, MS	328,350	343,550
87	88	-1	South Bend-Elkhart	333,190	334,370
88	89	-1	Cedar Rapids-Wtrlo-IWC&Dub	331,480	333,270
90	90		Burlington-Plattsburgh	325,720	327,480
92	91	+1	Harlingen-Wslco-Brnsvl-McA	318,800	327,070
91	92	-1	Tri-Cities, TN-VA	323,690	326,560
96	93	+3	Baton Rouge	305,810	322,540
93	94	-1	Colorado Springs-Pueblo	315,010	316,630
94	95	-1	Waco-Temple-Bryan	310,960	311,690
95	96	-1	Davenport-R.Island-Moline	308,380	308,360
97	97		Savannah	296,100	298,130
98	98		Johnstown-Altoona	294,810	294,160
99	99		El Paso (Las Cruces)	290,540	293,700
101	100	+1	Charleston, SC	283,730	290,110
100	101	-1	Evansville	288,800	289,730
104	102	+2	Ft. Smith-Fay-Sprngdl-Rgrs	273,000	280,510
102	103	-1	Youngstown	276,720	276,550
103	104	-1	Lincoln & Hastings-Krny	274,150	275,970
107	105	+2	Myrtle Beach-Florence	265,770	272,340
106	106		Ft. Wayne	270,500	271,550
105	107	-2	Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn	271,130	270,420
109	108	+1	Tallahassee-Thomasville	261,250	266,210
108	109	-1	Springfield-Holyoke	264,840	264,480
112	110	+2	Reno	255,090	261,250
111	111		Tyler-Longview(Lfkn&Ncgd)	255,770	258,860
110	112	-2	Lansing	256,790	256,190
113	113		Traverse City-Cadillac	247,600	248,680
115	114	+1	Augusta	245,590	247,450
114	115	-1	Sioux Falls(Mitchell)	246,020	247,000
117	116	+1	Peoria-Bloomington	241,800	243,280
116	117	-1	Montgomery-Selma	245,090	241,130
119	118	+1	Boise	230,100	238,990
118	119	-1	Fargo-Valley City	234,190	235,320
121	120	+1	Eugene	229,280	231,710
120	121	-1	Macon	229,870	230,180
122	122		SantaBarbra-SanMar-SanLuOb	224,290	227,700
124	123	+1	Lafayette, LA	220,030	225,650
125	124	+1	Monterey-Salinas	218,080	218,390
126	125	+1	Yakima-Pasco-Rchlnd-Knnwck	211,610	213,780
128	126	+2	Bakersfield	201,850	210,960
123	127	-4	La Crosse-Eau Claire	224,090	209,870
127	128	-1	Columbus, GA	205,300	207,180
129	129		Corpus Christi	192,380	194,160
130	130		Chico-Redding	191,190	193,590
131	131		Amarillo	190,250	190,590
132	132		Columbus-Tupelo-West Point	186,510	187,150
133	133		Rockford	183,090	184,560
134	134		Wausau-Rhinelander	182,620	180,640
135	135		Monroe-El Dorado	174,370	178,200
139	136	+3	Wilmington	167,810	174,170
137	137		Duluth-Superior	168,650	171,780
136	138	-2	Topeka	170,650	171,310
138	139	-1	Columbia-Jefferson City	167,860	170,260
140	140		Beaumont-Port Arthur	167,430	167,090
141	141		Medford-Klamath Falls	163,090	164,780
142	142		Erie	158,660	157,860
143	143		Sioux City	156,950	156,480
145	144	+1	Joplin-Pittsburg	153,720	154,640
147	145	+2	Albany, GA	152,140	153,190
144	146	-2	Wichita Falls & Lawton	154,960	152,380
146	147	-1	Lubbock	152,150	151,610
148	148		Salisbury	147,890	150,790
153	149	+4	Palm Springs	142,730	149,880
149	150	-1	Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill	145,850	145,550
150	151	-1	Terre Haute	145,630	144,880
151	152	-1	Bangor	142,790	143,170
152	153	-1	Rochestr-Mason City-Austin	142,770	143,090
155	154	+1	Anchorage	141,290	142,230
154	155	-1	Wheeling-Steubenville	142,020	140,950
157	156	+1	Panama City	136,450	140,790
156	157	-1	Binghamton	138,560	138,220
160	158	+2	Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson	133,910	135,550
159	159		Odessa-Midland	135,100	135,270
158	160	-2	Biloxi-Gulfport	135,540	134,320
161	161		Sherman-Ada	124,060	124,330
162	162		Gainesville	117,190	119,590
163	163		Idaho Falls-Pocatello	114,560	116,560
164	164		Abilene-Sweetwater	112,510	114,210
167	165	+2	Hattiesburg-Laurel	105,000	111,580
165	166	-1	Clarksburg-Weston	108,730	109,020
170	167	+3	Yuma-El Centro	103,170	107,360
168	168		Missoula	104,700	106,250
166	169	-3	Utica	106,130	106,080
171	170	+1	Billings	102,620	103,710
169	171	-2	Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk	103,890	103,690
172	172		Dothan	98,370	99,410
173	173		Elmira (Corning)	97,210	96,690
174	174		Jackson, TN	95,010	95,070
175	175		Lake Charles	94,090	94,840
178	176	+2	Watertown	90,930	94,050
177	177		Rapid City	91,070	93,870
180	178	+2	Marquette	89,160	89,670
176	179	-3	Alexandria, LA	93,120	89,600
179	180	-1	Jonesboro	89,530	89,500
181	181		Harrisonburg	85,870	87,630
186	182	+4	Charlottesville	69,750	83,850
183	183		Bowling Green	75,420	76,910
182	184	-2	Greenwood-Greenville	76,800	76,830
184	185	-1	Meridian	71,210	74,440
187	186	+1	Grand Junction-Montrose	65,190	69,560
188	187	+1	Laredo	64,410	65,790
191	188	+3	Lafayette, IN	63,330	64,680
190	189	+1	Parkersburg	63,990	63,850
189	190	-1	Great Falls	64,130	63,510
192	191	+1	Twin Falls	60,400	61,160
193	192	+1	Butte-Bozeman	59,300	60,560
194	193	+1	Eureka	58,340	59,360
196	194	+2	Bend, OR	54,250	57,790
195	195		Cheyenne-Scottsbluff	54,320	54,030
185	196	-11	Lima	70,940	53,180
197	197		San Angelo	53,330	52,930
198	198		Casper-Riverton	52,070	52,400
199	199		Ottumwa-Kirksville	51,290	51,470
200	200		Mankato	50,930	51,090
201	201		St. Joseph	45,840	45,840
203	202	+1	Fairbanks	32,310	33,240
202	203	-1	Zanesville	33,080	33,090
204	204		Presque Isle	31,140	31,170
205	205		Victoria	30,250	30,450
206	206		Helena	25,810	25,970
207	207		Juneau	24,130	23,910
208	208		Alpena	17,790	17,600
209	209		North Platte	15,320	15,480
210	210		Glendive	5,020	3,980
			NSI Total U.S.	110,213,910	111,348,110