I don't why, but tracking down the current top 20 U.S. markets in google was difficult for us today. Also, I swear I read somewhere that Detroit is finally dropping out of the top ten (to be replaced by Houston, I'm assuming). Here's the 2004-2005 Nielsen list:
1 New York 7,355,710
2 Los Angeles 5,431,140
3 Chicago 3,417,330
4 Philadelphia 2,919,410
5 Boston 2,391,840
6 San Francisco-Oak-San Jose 2,359,870
7 Dallas-Ft. Worth 2,292,760
8 Washington, DC (Hagrstwn) 2,241,610
9 Atlanta 2,059,450
10 Detroit 1,943,930
11 Houston 1,902,810
12 Seattle-Tacoma 1,690,640
13 Tampa-St. Pete (Sarasota) 1,671,040
14 Minneapolis-St. Paul 1,665,540
15 Phoenix (Prescott), AZ 1,596,950
16 Cleveland-Akron (Canton) 1,556,670
17 Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 1,496,810
18 Denver 1,401,760
19 Sacramnto-Stktn-Modesto 1,315,030
20 Orlando-Daytona Bch-Melbrn 1,303,150
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