Arbitron Radio Market Rankings

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Rank Type DST Qual Type Market Name Metro 12+ Population
1 PPM BH S/PPM New York 15,393,700
2 PPM BH S/PPM Los Angeles 10,877,600
3 PPM BH S/PPM Chicago 7,813,900
4 PPM BH S/PPM San Francisco 6,013,700
5 PPM BH S/PPM Dallas-Ft. Worth 5,120,100
6 PPM BH S/PPM Houston-Galveston 4,759,600
7 PPM BH S/PPM Atlanta 4,378,000
8 PPM BH S/PPM Philadelphia 4,352,800
9 PPM BH S/PPM Washington, DC 4,238,100
10 PPM BH S Boston 3,912,000
11 PPM B S/PPM Detroit 3,866,900
12 PPM BH S Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood 3,559,700
13 PPM BH S Seattle-Tacoma 3,353,200
14 CM    QD Puerto Rico 3,327,100
15 PPM H S Phoenix 3,249,200
16 PPM B S Minneapolis-St. Paul 2,697,500
17 PPM BH S San Diego 2,536,000
18 CM BH  S Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 2,387,300
19 PPM BH S/PPM Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island) 2,325,200
20 CM B  S St. Louis 2,299,000
21 CM BH  S Denver-Boulder 2,298,100
22 CM B  S Baltimore 2,271,500
23 CM H  S Portland, OR 2,078,300
24 CM B  S Pittsburgh, PA 1,975,700
25 CM BH  S Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 1,962,300
26 PPM BH S/PPM Riverside-San Bernardino 1,854,600
27 CM BH  S Sacramento 1,824,400
28 CM B  S Cincinnati 1,773,000
29 CM B  S Cleveland 1,764,400
30 CM H  S Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo 1,676,000
31 CM BH  S San Antonio 1,675,200
32 CM BH  S Kansas City 1,599,600
33 CM BH  S Las Vegas 1,586,300
34 CM BH  S Orlando 1,519,700
35 PPM H S/PPM San Jose 1,482,100
36 CM B  S Columbus, OH 1,448,200
37 CM BH  S Milwaukee-Racine 1,447,700
38 PPM BH S/PPM Middlesex-Somerset-Union 1,381,900
39 CM BH  S Austin 1,381,800
40 CM B  S Indianapolis 1,379,600
41 CM H  S Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket 1,368,300
42 CM B  S Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News 1,334,800
43 CM BH  S Raleigh-Durham 1,286,600
44 CM B  S Nashville 1,237,500
45 CM BH  S Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point 1,179,100
46 CM B  S Jacksonville 1,140,100
47 CM BH  S West Palm Beach-Boca Raton 1,117,800
48 CM BH  S Oklahoma City 1,099,900
49 CM B  S Memphis 1,069,400
50 CM BH  S Hartford-New Britain-Middletown 1,051,800
Rank Type DST Qual Type Market Name Metro 12+ Population
51 S H S Monmouth-Ocean 1,033,700
52 CM B  S Buffalo-Niagara Falls 966,000
53 CM B  S Louisville 953,500
54 CM B  S Richmond 941,600
55 CM B  S New Orleans 936,700
56 CM B  S Rochester, NY 932,800
57 CM B  S Birmingham 886,400
58 S H  S McAllen-Brownsville-Harlingen 868,900
59 CM B  S Greenville-Spartanburg 863,400
60 CM H  S Tucson 839,600
61 S H  S Ft. Myers-Naples-Marco Island 836,700
62 CM B  S Dayton 824,200
63 CM    S Albany-Schenectady-Troy 784,400
64 CM    S Honolulu 766,100
65 CM    S Tulsa 747,400
66 CM H  S Fresno 741,800
67 CM    S Grand Rapids 717,900
68 CM H  S Albuquerque 701,300
69 CM H  RD Allentown-Bethlehem 700,600
70 CM    S Wilkes Barre-Scranton 682,900
71 CM    S Knoxville 669,900
72 CM   S Omaha-Council Bluffs 627,500
73 S   S Sarasota-Bradenton 626,700
74 CM H  S Bakersfield 596,900
75 CM B  QD Akron 596,500
76 CM H  S El Paso 594,700
77 S B  QD Wilmington, DE 592,000
78 CM B  RD Baton Rouge 570,300
79 CM    S Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle 569,800
80 S H  QD Stockton 561,100
81 CM B  RD Gainesville-Ocala 560,700
82 CM H  RD Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz 556,200
83 CM    S Syracuse 550,800
84 CM B  RD Charleston, SC 542,700
85 CM B  S Little Rock 542,000
86 S BH  QD Daytona Beach 538,900
87 CM B  RD Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville 528,900
88 CM H  RD Springfield, MA 525,800
89 CM B S Columbia, SC 519,500
90 CM    S Des Moines 516,400
91 CM B  S Toledo 511,400
92 CM    S Spokane 510,000
93 S BH  QD Lakeland-Winter Haven 501,400
94 CM H  S Colorado Springs 498,800
95 S BH S Ft. Pierce-Stuart-Vero Beach 491,500
96 CM B  S Mobile 489,300
97 S    QD Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa 485,600
98 CM    QD Madison 477,300
99 CM    S Wichita 475,100
100 S H  QD Boise 472,700
Rank Type DST Qual Type Market Name Metro 12+ Population
101 S H  QD Visalia-Tulare-Hanford 468,200
102 CM    QD Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol 462,500
103 CM   S York 456,600
104 S    S Lexington-Fayette 454,800
105 S B  RD Lafayette, LA 452,600
106 CM B  S Chattanooga 444,900
107 S    RD Ft. Wayne 435,100
108 CM B  RD Huntsville 435,000
109 S H  QD Modesto 428,400
110 S B  QD Augusta, GA 428,100
111 S B  S Roanoke-Lynchburg 422,700
112 S   S Lancaster 421,100
113 S BH S New Haven 418,800
114 S    QD Worcester 416,600
115 C H NA Morristown, NJ 415,300
116 S    QD Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester 414,500
117 S H  QD Victor Valley 412,900
118 S H  QD Oxnard-Ventura 405,900
119 S H NA Santa Rosa 403,900
120 C H  QD Ft. Collins-Greeley, CO 403,600
121 CM B  QD Jackson, MS 397,600
122 S H QD Reno 393,800
123 S BH NA Bridgeport 393,400
124 S B S Pensacola 389,900
125 CM    QD Lansing-East Lansing 389,200
126 S B  RD Youngstown-Warren 387,500
127 S B  S Flint 360,300
128 S B  QD Fayetteville, NC 354,300
129 S    QD Canton 347,800
130 C H  QD Reading, PA 346,800
131 S H  RD Palm Springs 346,400
132 C H  QD Fayetteville (North West Arkansas) 340,600
133 CM B  QD Shreveport 338,000
134 S B S Saginaw-Bay City-Midland 331,100
135 S   NA Appleton-Oshkosh 326,800
136 S    RD Springfield, MO 325,400
137 S H  QD Corpus Christi 319,600
138 S    QD Burlington-Plattsburgh 318,300
139 C BH  QD Newburgh-Middletown, NY (Mid-Hudson Valley) 318,100
140 C BH  QD Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 316,600
141 S BH  RD Atlantic City-Cape May 315,200
142 S BH  S Trenton 312,700
143 S B  QD Salisbury-Ocean City 311,300
144 S BH  QD Tyler-Longview 306,500
145 C H  QD Flagstaff-Prescott, AZ 306,200
146 S    QD Quad Cities (Davenport-Rock Island-Moline) 303,800
147 S    QD Eugene-Springfield 303,100
148 S B  QD Ann Arbor 303,000
149 S H  RD Rockford 301,500
150 C H NA Stamford-Norwalk, CT 300,600
Rank Type DST Qual Type Market Name Metro 12+ Population
151 S B NA Fredericksburg 299,500
152 S    QD Peoria 299,000
153 S B  QD Montgomery 298,400
154 C BH  QD Killeen-Temple, TX 292,200
155 S B  QD Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula 291,800
156 S B  RD Macon 284,300
157 S B  QD Savannah 280,300
158 C B  QD Myrtle Beach, SC 278,600
159 S   QD Asheville 267,200
160 S    QD Huntington-Ashland 267,000
161 S B  QD Wilmington, NC 259,900
162 S B  QD Tallahassee 259,100
163 S    RD Evansville 258,300
164 S    QD Utica-Rome 254,900
165 C B  QD Poughkeepsie, NY 253,600
166 C    QD Hagerstown-Chambersburg-Waynesboro, MD-PA 250,000
167 S    QD Portland, ME 239,300
168 C    QD Wausau-Stevens Point, WI (Central WI) 237,700
169 S    QD Erie 237,400
170 S    QD Concord (Lakes Region) 237,300
171 S    QD Anchorage 236,900
172 S    QD Lincoln 234,300
173 C H  QD San Luis Obispo, CA 233,600
174 C    QD New London, CT 229,700
175 C    QD Ft. Smith, AR 228,000
176 C H QD Wenatchee, WA 227,900
177 C    QD Morgantown-Clarksburg-Fairmont, WV 226,700
178 S B  QD South Bend 221,600
179 C   NA New Bedford-Fall River, MA 221,400
180 C H  QD Merced, CA 218,900
181 S H  RD Lubbock 216,400
182 S    QD Binghamton 213,800
183 S    QD Lebanon-Rutland-White River Junction 212,300
184 C H  QD Odessa-Midland, TX 211,700
185 S    S Charleston, WV 210,200
186 S B  QD Kalamazoo 208,800
187 S    S Green Bay 206,300
188 S B  QD Columbus, GA 204,900
189 C B  QD Tupelo, MS 200,600
190 C B  QD Dothan, AL 199,400
191 S    QD Manchester 198,200
192 C    QD Traverse City-Petoskey, MI 197,100
193 C    QD Cape Cod, MA 196,800
194 C H  QD Amarillo, TX 195,300
195 C B  QD Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY 193,500
196 C H  QD Tri-Cities, WA (Richland-Kennewick-Pasco) 193,100
197 S    QD Topeka 193,000
198 C   NA Frederick, MD 192,000
199 C BH  QD Waco, TX 191,000
200 C H  QD Chico, CA 190,800
Rank Type DST Qual Type Market Name Metro 12+ Population
201 C H NA Danbury, CT 190,000
202 C B  QD Rocky Mount-Wilson, NC 188,300
203 C   QD Salina-Manhattan, KS 188,200
204 C H  QD Yakima, WA 187,600
205 C    QD Bend, OR 182,300
206 C H  QD Laredo, TX 179,200
207 C    QD Bowling Green, KY 177,000
208 C    QD Medford-Ashland, OR 176,900
209 S    QD Terre Haute 175,100
210 S    QD Cedar Rapids 174,900
211 S    QD Duluth-Superior 174,500
212 C H  QD Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA 174,400
213 C B  QD Hilton Head, SC 172,100
213 S H  RD Santa Barbara 172,100
215 C    QD Muncie-Marion, IN 168,800
216 C    QD St. Cloud, MN 167,900
217 C B  QD Florence, SC 167,200
218 S    QD Fargo-Moorhead 167,000
219 C    QD Sunbury-Selinsgrove-Lewisburg, PA 166,300
220 C B  QD Champaign, IL 166,000
221 C    QD Winchester, VA 165,700
222 C H  QD Las Cruces, NM 165,400
223 S    QD Bangor 164,100
224 C    QD Olean, NY 163,000
225 C B  QD Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS 162,300
226 C B  QD Alexandria, LA 161,700
227 C B  QD Ft. Walton Beach, FL 159,400
228 C    QD Elmira-Corning, NY 158,400
229 C    QD La Crosse, WI 157,600
230 C    QD Redding, CA 157,200
231 C B QD Charlottesville, VA 156,500
232 C B  QD Lake Charles, LA 154,200
233 C B  QD Tuscaloosa, AL 153,700
234 C    QD Rochester, MN 152,900
235 C BH  QD Bryan-College Station, TX 147,000
236 C B  QD Muskegon, MI 146,800
237 C    QD Joplin, MO 144,700
238 C H  QD Twin Falls (Sun Valley), ID 144,600
239 C B  QD Panama City, FL 142,500
240 S    QD Lafayette, IN 142,100
241 S    QD Bloomington 141,600
242 C    QD Marion-Carbondale (Southern IL) 141,400
243 C    QD Dubuque, IA 141,300
244 C    QD Eau Claire, WI 137,800
245 C    QD Pittsburg, KS (Southeast Kansas) 134,200
246 C H  QD Abilene, TX 133,600
247 S H  QD Pueblo 133,200
248 C    QD Columbia, MO 132,700
249 C    QD LaSalle-Peru, IL 131,600
250 C    QD Sussex, NJ 130,800
Rank Type DST Qual Type Market Name Metro 12+ Population
251 C    QD State College, PA 130,500
252 S    QD Waterloo-Cedar Falls 129,000
253 C BH  QD Lufkin-Nacogdoches, TX 128,800
254 C    QD Lima, OH 126,600
254 C    QD Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH 126,600
256 S    QD Wheeling 126,000
257 C B  QD Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 124,100
257 C B  QD Monroe, LA 124,100
259 C H  QD Grand Junction, CO 123,000
260 C    QD Billings, MT 119,900
261 C    QD Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT 117,400
262 S H S Hamptons-Riverhead 116,400
263 C B  QD Texarkana, TX-AR 115,200
264 C B  QD Battle Creek, MI 114,400
265 C BH  QD Wichita Falls, TX 114,300
266 C H QD Grand Island-Kearney, NE 112,200
267 C B  QD Valdosta, GA 109,600
268 S    QD Altoona 107,800
268 S    QD Montpelier-Barre-St. Johnsbury 107,800
270 C B  QD Albany, GA 107,600
271 C    QD Augusta-Waterville, ME 105,800
272 C   QD Harrisonburg, VA 104,200
273 C B  QD Columbus-Starkville-West Point, MS 103,300
274 C    QD Mankato-New Ulm-St. Peter, MN 101,900
275 C    QD Rapid City, SD 100,800
276 C    QD Williamsport, PA 100,700
277 C    QD Elkins-Buckhannon-Weston, WV 100,000
278 C H  QD Sioux City, IA 99,300
279 C    QD Watertown, NY 99,100
280 C    QD Sheboygan, WI 98,900
281 C B  QD Lawton, OK 91,900
282 C B  QD Decatur, IL 91,800
283 C    QD Ithaca, NY 91,600
283 C    QD Lewiston-Auburn, ME 91,600
285 C    QD Bismarck, ND 90,600
286 C    QD Bluefield, WV 90,300
287 C H  QD Sebring, FL 88,800
288 C    QD Cookeville, TN 88,500
289 C H  QD San Angelo, TX 87,600
290 C    QD Hot Springs, AR 84,600
291 C    QD Grand Forks, ND-MN 83,800
292 C B  QD Jackson, TN 81,400
293 C B  QD Jonesboro, AR 78,200
294 C H  QD Cheyenne, WY 72,900
295 C    QD Beckley, WV 68,900
296 C    QD Mason City, IA 67,600
297 C H QD Clovis, NM 65,500
298 C B  QD Brunswick, GA 64,400
299 C B  QD Meridian, MS 63,200
300 C    QD Casper, WY 61,600

Market Type

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

Qualitative Type

S
 - Scarborough
S/PPM - Scarborough/PPM
QD - Qualitative Diary
RD - RetailDirect
* - Extracted from the DMA® geography of a Scarborough report.
NA - Currently, there is no qualitative service available specifically for this
   Metro as it is part of a larger Scarborough Metro, DMA or TSA.
SM - Mid-Tier Scarborough

DST

B
 - Black markets
H - Hispanic markets
BH - Black and Hispanic markets

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Based on Spring 2009 Rankings; Last updated: 4.9.09