Arbitron Radio Market Rankings: Spring 2013

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Market Code* Rank Type Freq. Market Metro 12+ Population DST Hispanic 12+ Population** Black 12+ Population***
001 1 PPM 13 New York† 15,867,400 BH 3,687,600 2,682,000
003 2 PPM 13 Los Angeles 11,044,200 BH 4,669,100 779,700
005 3 PPM 13 Chicago 7,878,800 BH 1,564,000 1,367,800
009 4 PPM 13 San Francisco 6,264,600 BH 1,408,000 437,200
024 5 PPM 13 Dallas-Ft. Worth† 5,431,900 BH 1,437,100 852,700
033 6 PPM 13 Houston-Galveston 5,126,200 BH 1,749,800 890,900
015 7 PPM 13 Washington, DC† 4,635,000 BH 669,300 1,247,800
007 8 PPM 13 Philadelphia 4,517,800 BH 346,300 932,800
047 9 PPM 13 Atlanta 4,385,000 BH 458,600 1,496,500
013 10 PPM 13 Boston† 4,082,100 BH 372,600 299,100
429 11 PPM 13 Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood† 3,781,100 BH 1,927,200 777,800
011 12 PPM 13 Detroit† 3,760,200 B 134,700 839,300
039 13 PPM 13 Seattle-Tacoma† 3,538,100 BH 289,500 211,700
057 14 PPM 13 Phoenix 3,255,500 BH 891,300 179,100
540 15 4S 4 Puerto Rico† 3,152,100 * *
027 16 PPM 13 Minneapolis-St. Paul 2,793,800 BH 141,500 223,100
063 17 PPM 13 San Diego 2,700,300 BH 828,800 141,300
087 18 PPM 13 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 2,475,100 BH 404,600 284,800
321 19 PPM 13 Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island)† 2,448,100 BH 384,800 222,500
035 20 PPM 13 Denver-Boulder† 2,429,700 BH 495,300 135,600
021 21 PPM 13 Baltimore 2,341,300 BH 109,600 676,300
017 22 PPM 13 St. Louis 2,308,100 B 57,900 440,100
051 23 PPM 13 Portland, OR† 2,152,300 H 250,400 68,600
093 24 PPM 13 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 2,071,600 BH 176,300 458,200
023 25 PPM 13 Pittsburgh, PA† 2,004,900 B 25,300 176,400
379 26 PPM 13 Riverside-San Bernardino 1,986,600 BH 998,900 176,600
065 27 PPM 13 Sacramento† 1,887,800 BH 352,200 149,700
059 28 PPM 13 San Antonio 1,858,500 BH 974,200 123,700
031 29 PPM 13 Cincinnati 1,768,600 B 44,500 221,300
019 30 PPM 13 Cleveland† 1,760,100 B 77,500 351,600
101 31 PPM 13 Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo† 1,745,000 H 243,300 25,300
257 32 PPM 13 Las Vegas† 1,656,200 BH 462,500 186,100
041 33 PPM 13 Kansas City 1,649,000 BH 132,100 220,700
131 34 PPM 13 Orlando† 1,622,000 BH 461,800 267,900
045 35 PPM 13 Columbus, OH† 1,542,700 B 55,000 244,900
215 36 PPM 13 San Jose† 1,541,800 H 394,400 43,200
135 37 PPM 13 Austin† 1,537,600 BH 458,400 113,700
043 38 PPM 13 Milwaukee-Racine 1,481,300 BH 133,900 233,600
393 39 2S 2 Hudson Valley 1,478,400 BH 290,400 181,400
049 40 PPM 13 Indianapolis† 1,443,700 BH 88,700 229,300
413 41 PPM 13 Middlesex-Somerset-Union† 1,431,200 BH 292,900 188,500
115 42 PPM 13 Raleigh-Durham† 1,402,100 BH 143,000 312,500
077 43 PPM 13 Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket† 1,382,200 H 133,800 72,200
109 44 PPM 13 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News† 1,367,100 B 74,800 432,400
073 45 PPM 13 Nashville† 1,303,800 BH 87,600 210,700
166 46 PPM 13 Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point† 1,226,900 BH 99,600 270,500
053 47 4S 4 New Orleans 1,213,400 BH 91,600 378,300
299 48 PPM 13 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton† 1,176,600 BH 226,500 198,400
083 49 4S 4 Oklahoma City 1,174,300 BH 119,700 124,000
107 50 PPM 13 Jacksonville† 1,162,300 BH 82,400 245,800
075 51 PPM 13 Memphis† 1,112,400 B 55,500 506,100
061 52 PPM 13 Hartford-New Britain-Middletown† 1,072,900 BH 137,300 116,800
516 53 4S 4 Monmouth-Ocean 1,031,400 H 91,600 54,200
055 54 4S 4 Louisville 1,001,200 B 40,700 150,100
105 55 4S 4 Richmond 988,500 B 53,500 299,000
037 56 4S 4 Buffalo-Niagara Falls 980,900 B 36,700 116,800
269 57 2S 2 McAllen-Brownsville-Harlingen 965,300 H 858,500 4,100
079 58 4S 4 Rochester, NY 959,500 B 52,700 103,400
191 59 4S 4 Greenville-Spartanburg 904,200 B 53,600 153,500
095 60 4S 4 Birmingham 901,200 B 38,100 261,100
515 61 2S 2 Ft. Myers-Naples-Marco Island 854,000 H 173,400 61,900
207 62 4S 4 Tucson 847,200 H 274,700 32,000
067 63 4S 4 Dayton 839,000 B 17,100 122,100
099 64 4S 4 Honolulu 828,800 60,700 22,400
069 65 4S 4 Albany-Schenectady-Troy 797,800 34,300 60,300
103 66 4S 4 Tulsa 781,400 62,300 68,000
089 67 4S 4 Fresno 771,100 H 374,000 40,900
141 68 4S 4 Albuquerque 748,700 H 338,800 20,800
127 69 4S 4 Grand Rapids 732,700 61,600 54,400
145 70 4S 4 Allentown-Bethlehem 710,800 H 89,900 35,700
175 71 4S 4 Wilkes Barre-Scranton 697,600 49,000 37,500
121 72 4S 4 Knoxville 690,000 25,100 41,400
161 73 4S 4 El Paso 680,100 H 557,400 19,500
071 74 4S 4 Des Moines 669,700 34,700 28,000
085 75 4S 4 Omaha-Council Bluffs 667,800 60,300 59,100
373 76 2S 2 Sarasota-Bradenton 638,600 H 66,600 39,700
143 77 4S 4 Bakersfield 624,600 H 318,800 35,800
139 78 2S 2 Wilmington, DE 607,100 B 45,300 125,800
081 79 4S 4 Akron 601,500 B 8,700 74,300
223 80 4S 4 Baton Rouge 593,800 B 23,400 200,500
119 81 4S 4 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle 592,500 31,300 51,500
231 82 4S 4 Charleston, SC 589,800 B 31,900 155,700
283 83 4S 4 Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz 582,200 H 256,500 14,900
123 84 4S 4 Little Rock 578,800 B 28,300 132,400
291 85 2S 2 Stockton 574,000 H 216,300 47,100
361 86 4S 4 Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville 573,100 B 37,400 136,100
091 87 4S 4 Syracuse 567,700 18,400 46,300
183 88 4S 4 Columbia, SC 564,000 B 29,200 184,200
550 89 2S 2 Gainesville-Ocala 563,900 BH 54,600 81,300
197 90 2S 2 Portland, ME 541,100 8,300 12,200
233 91 4S 4 Colorado Springs 541,000 H 76,200 36,100
117 92 4S 4 Springfield, MA 537,400 H 83,900 37,000
177 93 4S 4 Spokane 527,300 21,700 10,500
341 94 2S 2 Daytona Beach 526,100 BH 56,000 54,900
311 95 2S 2 Lakeland-Winter Haven 521,500 BH 91,600 74,100
097 96 4S 4 Toledo 513,700 B 27,100 75,500
133 97 4S 4 Mobile 508,100 B 15,900 131,700
517 98 2S 2 Ft. Pierce-Stuart-Vero Beach 501,500 BH 69,700 63,700
171 99 4S 4 Madison 499,100 25,400 24,800
125 100 4S 4 Wichita 494,500 H 54,200 42,100
229 101 2S 2 Boise 491,700 H 57,000 6,100
259 102 2S 2 Lexington-Fayette 485,000 B 24,900 49,900
293 103 2S 2 Visalia-Tulare-Hanford 484,800 H 274,500 15,200
331 104 2S 2 Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa 482,400 B 39,200 48,900
327 105 4S 4 Huntsville 470,600 B 25,000 93,600
345 106 4S 4 Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol 469,500 8,300 11,200
253 107 2S 2 Lafayette, LA 462,300 B 14,100 122,700
301 108 4S 4 York 460,800 24,500 23,700
181 109 4S 4 Chattanooga 460,400 B 16,000 64,200
305 110 2S 2 Augusta, GA 455,800 B 20,700 155,900
155 111 2S 2 Corpus Christi 455,200 H 264,800 15,800
165 112 2S 2 Ft. Wayne 443,200 20,900 37,200
255 113 2S 2 Lancaster 441,500 36,400 16,200
277 114 2S 2 Roanoke-Lynchburg 435,000 B 11,900 69,000
419 115 2S 2 Victor Valley 434,500 BH 163,800 45,300
113 116 2S 2 Worcester 433,700 39,600 22,800
062 117 2S 2 New Haven 428,000 BH 52,500 61,300
594 117 2S 2 Oxnard-Ventura 428,000 H 220,200 9,500
343 119 2S 2 Modesto 427,900 H 174,400 13,800
590 120 2A 2 Ft. Collins-Greeley, CO 426,400 H 68,400 5,800
565 121 2C 2 Morristown, NJ 426,300 H 50,400 14,000
574 122 2S 2 Santa Rosa 423,000 H 99,400 8,400
247 123 2S 2 Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester 416,100 7,100 3,800
337 124 2S 2 Bridgeport 411,700 BH 69,200 56,000
169 125 4S 4 Jackson, MS 410,800 B 9,100 197,900
275 126 2S 2 Reno 408,100 H 83,900 10,900
195 127 2S 2 Lansing-East Lansing 400,700 B 22,700 38,400
317 128 2S 2 Pensacola 395,200 B 18,300 66,300
129 129 2S 2 Youngstown-Warren 383,100 B 11,400 46,100
359 130 2S 2 Fayetteville, NC 382,500 B 32,300 129,200
503 131 2A 2 Fayetteville (North West Arkansas) 378,600 H 54,500 9,500
265 132 2S 2 Macon 370,000 B 14,500 139,600
111 133 4S 4 Shreveport 352,900 B 11,700 132,800
273 134 2A 2 Reading, PA 351,700 H 54,500 16,300
163 135 2S 2 Flint 351,400 B 9,700 72,800
082 136 2S 2 Canton 345,000 4,700 26,100
303 137 2S 2 Appleton-Oshkosh 336,400 10,700 5,600
592 138 2S 2 Palm Springs 334,400 H 155,900 8,300
203 139 2S 2 Springfield, MO 334,300 8,600 9,500
271 140 2S 2 Salisbury-Ocean City 329,700 B 19,800 57,000
149 141 2A 2 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 329,300 BH 41,800 79,700
502 142 2S 2 Tyler-Longview 325,700 BH 53,300 59,100
505 143 2S 2 Burlington-Plattsburgh 324,500 6,400 8,300
562 144 2A 2 Killeen-Temple, TX 319,700 B 62,600 65,100
367 145 2S 2 Atlantic City-Cape May 318,800 BH 42,700 38,500
533 146 2S 2 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula 318,000 B 15,600 62,600
547 147 2A 2 Stamford-Norwalk, CT 315,100 52,000 26,400
537 148 2S 2 Trenton 314,700 BH 47,900 62,000
416 149 2S 2 Fredericksburg 312,600 B 23,800 58,500
173 150 2S 2 Montgomery 312,200 B 10,300 130,600
241 151 2S 2 Eugene-Springfield 310,900 21,300 4,600
157 152 2S 2 Quad Cities (Davenport-Rock Island-Moline) 309,400 22,200 23,300
285 153 2S 2 Savannah 304,900 B 15,400 100,400
137 154 2S 2 Peoria 304,600 B 8,100 29,300
412 155 2A 2 Flagstaff-Prescott, AZ 300,200 37,500 3,400
510 156 2A 2 Myrtle Beach, SC 297,500 B 16,700 46,700
279 157 2S 2 Rockford 289,900 B 33,400 31,100
589 158 2A 2 Ft. Smith, AR 284,100 20,200 10,300
221 159 2S 2 Asheville 281,300 13,700 14,500
333 160 2S 2 Tallahassee 271,000 B 15,400 76,400
193 161 2S 2 Huntington-Ashland 269,900 2,500 8,100
185 162 2S 2 Evansville 265,200 4,700 18,800
518 163 2A 2 Poughkeepsie, NY 259,600 B 27,200 25,800
295 164 2S 2 Utica-Rome 256,200 9,400 13,600
524 165 2A 2 Hagerstown-Chambersburg-Waynesboro, MD-PA 254,900 9,600 18,100
147 166 2A 2 Amarillo, TX 249,700 H 63,200 14,400
315 167 2S 2 Anchorage 248,300 17,700 15,900
261 168 2S 2 Lincoln 246,400 13,400 10,200
555 169 2A 2 Morgantown-Clarksburg-Fairmont, WV 243,700 3,000 7,500
556 170 2A 2 San Luis Obispo, CA 241,100 H 46,900 5,600
239 171 2S 2 Erie 240,700 7,300 17,900
263 172 2S 2 Lubbock 240,600 H 72,100 17,200
597 173 2A 2 Wausau-Stevens Point, WI (Central WI) 238,200 5,200 2,000
426 174 2S 2 Concord (Lakes Region) 236,600 3,000 2,400
563 175 2A 2 New London, CT 235,800 19,200 15,100
561 176 2A 2 Odessa-Midland, TX 232,300 H 102,200 12,500
365 177 2C 2 New Bedford-Fall River, MA 226,200 19,300 10,800
536 178 2A 2 Merced, CA 226,000 H 114,100 8,800
287 179 2S 2 South Bend 223,100 B 14,800 28,800
235 180 2S 2 Columbus, GA 221,100 B 13,000 95,700
371 181 2A 2 Tri-Cities, WA (Richland-Kennewick-Pasco) 220,000 H 58,400 3,800
251 182 2S 2 Kalamazoo 215,700 B 7,900 24,500
227 183 2S 2 Binghamton 215,200 5,900 9,500
153 184 2S 2 Charleston, WV 213,400 1,900 13,600
245 184 2S 2 Green Bay 213,400 13,900 5,700
430 186 2S 2 Lebanon-Rutland-White River Junction 210,600 3,000 2,400
501 187 2A 2 Dothan, AL 209,000 B 8,500 43,100
391 188 2A 2 Ft. Walton Beach-Destin, FL 207,100 13,200 18,000
543 189 2A 2 Tupelo, MS 203,500 B 5,600 44,900
528 190 2C 2 Frederick, MD 202,900 B 15,600 19,100
506 191 2A 2 Laredo, TX 202,200 H 193,800 400
309 192 2A 2 Waco, TX 201,600 BH 44,800 29,200
387 193 2A 2 Salina-Manhattan, KS 201,400 12,900 12,400
549 194 2A 2 Bryan-College Station, TX 200,200 BH 42,900 22,300
325 195 2A 2 Yakima, WA 200,100 H 84,700 2,100
267 196 2S 2 Manchester 196,900 10,000 4,400
535 197 2A 2 Traverse City-Petoskey, MI 196,600 3,300 2,300
205 198 2S 2 Topeka 196,500 16,000 14,200
593 199 2A 2 Danbury, CT 195,700 25,000 6,600
530 200 2A 2 Cape Cod, MA 193,200 4,000 4,400
508 201 2A 2 Chico, CA 191,400 H 25,400 4,000
567 202 2A 2 Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA 189,300 H 97,500 5,200
187 203 2S 2 Fargo-Moorhead 182,200 3,900 4,600
151 204 2S 2 Cedar Rapids 181,700 4,500 8,300
441 205 2A 2 Las Cruces, NM 180,000 H 113,300 3,100
159 206 2S 2 Duluth-Superior 178,500 2,500 4,400
307 207 2S 2 Terre Haute 177,300 3,200 8,900
339 208 2A 2 Medford-Ashland, OR 177,200 H 17,400 2,000
591 209 2A 2 Santa Barbara, CA 175,500 H 52,400 2,600
507 210 2A 2 Champaign, IL 175,100 B 9,200 21,600
436 211 2A 2 Bend, OR 174,400 13,800 1,000
554 212 2A 2 Florence, SC 173,600 B 3,300 70,600
422 213 2A 2 Muncie-Marion, IN 172,500 3,700 11,900
596 214 2A 2 Tuscaloosa, AL 171,500 B 5,400 48,900
569 215 2A 2 Winchester, VA 171,300 11,400 8,800
522 216 2A 2 Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS 169,500 B 6,100 48,100
526 217 2S 2 Bangor 167,900 1,700 1,600
575 218 2A 2 St. Cloud, MN 166,200 3,700 7,100
587 219 2A 2 Alexandria, LA 163,900 B 4,300 48,200
559 220 2A 2 La Crosse, WI 162,500 2,700 2,800
584 221 2A 2 Lake Charles, LA 162,200 B 4,200 39,800
421 222 2A 2 Olean, NY 161,600 2,300 3,000
557 223 2A 2 Elmira-Corning, NY 160,500 2,900 7,200
532 224 2A 2 Rochester, MN 156,600 5,900 6,500
576 225 2A 2 Lima, OH 155,500 3,700 11,300
497 226 2A 2 Jonesboro, AR 154,400 B 4,700 13,300
509 227 2A 2 Redding, CA 153,400 12,000 1,900
442 228 2A 2 Twin Falls (Sun Valley), ID 151,400 H 31,100 600
595 229 2S 2 Lafayette, IN 151,200 10,100 6,600
534 230 2A 2 Joplin, MO 147,200 8,100 3,200
573 231 2A 2 Panama City, FL 146,400 B 6,900 15,800
323 232 2S 2 Bloomington 145,800 6,100 11,400
564 233 2A 2 Columbia, MO 144,500 B 4,200 14,000
566 234 2A 2 Muskegon, MI 143,000 B 6,100 21,000
546 235 2A 2 Abilene, TX 140,300 H 28,000 10,700
586 235 2A 2 Eau Claire, WI 140,300 2,000 2,400
580 237 2A 2 Albany, GA 137,300 B 3,100 71,500
439 238 2A 2 Lufkin-Nacogdoches, TX 136,500 BH 23,000 22,900
353 239 2S 2 Pueblo 135,900 H 53,400 2,800
425 240 2A 2 LaSalle-Peru, IL 130,800 9,300 2,400
585 241 2A 2 Monroe, LA 129,000 B 2,300 45,900
539 242 2A 2 Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH 128,600 900 2,100
179 243 2S 2 Wheeling 128,000 900 4,900
225 244 2A 2 Billings, MT 127,900 5,400 1,300
579 245 2A 2 Sussex, NJ 127,300 8,400 2,500
404 246 2A 2 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 127,000 B 2,600 15,700
511 247 2A 2 Grand Junction, CO 123,700 15,300 1,100
433 248 2A 2 Valdosta, GA 120,300 B 6,300 40,200
209 249 2A 2 Wichita Falls, TX 116,400 B 17,600 11,800
512 250 2A 2 Texarkana, TX-AR 115,000 B 6,000 27,600
381 251 2A 2 Grand Island-Kearney-Hastings, NE 114,400 15,500 1,600
531 252 2A 2 Battle Creek, MI 113,500 B 4,500 13,100
519 253 2A 2 Harrisonburg, VA 111,300 9,700 4,300
219 254 2S 2 Altoona 109,500 1,000 2,300
545 255 2A 2 Rapid City, SD 108,200 3,400 1,600
432 256 2S 2 Montpelier-Barre-St. Johnsbury 108,000 1,700 1,200
527 257 2A 2 Augusta-Waterville, ME 105,900 1,200 900
402 258 2A 2 Mankato-New Ulm-St. Peter, MN 105,400 2,900 2,400
599 259 2A 2 Lawton, OK 105,300 B 10,900 18,900
578 260 2A 2 Williamsport, PA 101,600 1,300 4,800
523 261 2A 2 Sioux City, IA 100,800 H 16,000 3,400
577 262 2A 2 Watertown, NY 98,200 4,500 4,900
418 263 2A 2 Sheboygan, WI 97,200 4,700 1,700
582 264 2A 2 Bismarck, ND 95,700 1,300 800
548 265 2A 2 San Angelo, TX 94,900 H 32,100 3,800
499 266 2A 2 Decatur, IL 93,900 B 1,600 15,600
520 267 2A 2 Bluefield, WV 93,500 700 4,700
383 268 2A 2 Hot Springs, AR 85,000 3,800 6,900
572 269 2A 2 Grand Forks, ND-MN 83,300 2,600 1,500
289 270 2A 2 Jackson, TN 82,500 B 2,600 29,900
560 271 2A 2 Cheyenne, WY 77,800 H 9,400 2,200
513 272 2A 2 Brunswick, GA 68,300 B 4,400 17,100
558 273 2A 2 Beckley, WV 68,200 900 5,900
369 274 2A 2 Casper, WY 64,600 4,100 700

Type of Measurement Service

PPM - PPM
4S - Diary Standard Continuous Measurement
2S - Diary Standard Measurement
2C - Diary Condensed Measurement
2A - Diary 2-book Average

DST (Differential Survey Treatment)

B
 - Black ethnic controls
H - Hispanic ethnic controls
BH - Black and Hispanic ethnic controls

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*Unique numeric identifier for a market
**For a Metro to qualify for Hispanic DST, the Metro’s Hispanic P12+ population must represent 10% of the total population or number a minimum of 75,000 representing between 5% and 9% of the Metro’s population.
***For a Metro to qualify for Black DST, the Metro’s Black P12+ population must represent 10% of the total population or number a minimum of 75,000 representing between 5% and 9% of the Metro’s population.
†These markets have not received accreditation from the Media Ratings Council. All other markets have been accredited.
Based on Spring 2013 Rankings; Last updated: 3.27.13

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