The RabbitEars Area Designation System (READS™) is the ranking system utilized by RabbitEars to rank television markets. It was implemented out of caution after Nielsen sent a Cease and Desist letter to Wikipedia over their own use of the Nielsen DMA system.
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| Rank | Order | Market Name | Indian Population | Percent | Total Population |
| 248 | 0 | Rural Alaska | 0 | 0% | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | New York City, New York | 529,948 | 2.75% | 19,302,889 |
| 7 | 2 | San Francisco, California | 230,756 | 3.73% | 6,178,759 |
| 3 | 3 | Chicago, Illinois | 172,336 | 1.78% | 9,665,041 |
| 2 | 4 | Los Angeles, California | 151,349 | 0.88% | 17,245,060 |
| 10 | 5 | Washington, District of Columbia | 127,883 | 2.37% | 5,392,997 |
| 4 | 6 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 127,205 | 1.54% | 8,271,909 |
| 5 | 7 | Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas | 100,805 | 1.5% | 6,708,057 |
| 6 | 8 | Houston, Texas | 92,006 | 1.49% | 6,188,913 |
| 8 | 9 | Atlanta, Georgia | 82,047 | 1.38% | 5,926,676 |
| 11 | 10 | Sacramento, California | 79,817 | 1.69% | 4,711,961 |
| 9 | 11 | Boston, Massachusetts | 76,035 | 1.38% | 5,496,037 |
| 12 | 12 | Detroit, Michigan | 61,945 | 1.35% | 4,586,278 |
| 13 | 13 | Seattle, Washington | 54,485 | 1.24% | 4,408,004 |
| 27 | 14 | Hartford, Connecticut | 32,695 | 1.17% | 2,798,763 |
| 20 | 15 | Orlando, Florida | 32,003 | 0.92% | 3,482,945 |
| 29 | 16 | Baltimore, Maryland | 31,912 | 1.15% | 2,783,874 |
| 15 | 17 | Phoenix, Arizona | 31,194 | 0.75% | 4,180,815 |
| 14 | 18 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 30,514 | 0.71% | 4,286,327 |
| 16 | 19 | Tampa, Florida | 28,798 | 0.73% | 3,941,143 |
| 30 | 20 | Raleigh, North Carolina | 27,408 | 1.01% | 2,719,261 |
| 17 | 21 | Miami, Florida | 26,085 | 0.68% | 3,825,146 |
| 22 | 22 | San Diego, California | 24,306 | 0.79% | 3,094,451 |
| 42 | 23 | Fresno, California | 22,753 | 1.16% | 1,958,847 |
| 26 | 24 | Charlotte, North Carolina | 21,514 | 0.75% | 2,850,975 |
| 48 | 25 | Austin, Texas | 20,920 | 1.23% | 1,700,382 |
| 36 | 26 | Columbus, Ohio | 19,884 | 0.87% | 2,272,822 |
| 21 | 27 | Cleveland, Ohio | 19,783 | 0.58% | 3,434,300 |
| 25 | 28 | Indianapolis, Indiana | 18,989 | 0.66% | 2,882,010 |
| 19 | 29 | Denver, Colorado | 17,926 | 0.5% | 3,605,962 |
| 37 | 30 | West Palm Beach, Florida | 17,086 | 0.76% | 2,252,857 |
| 23 | 31 | St. Louis, Missouri | 17,018 | 0.56% | 3,022,373 |
| 24 | 32 | Portland, Oregon | 16,189 | 0.56% | 2,884,755 |
| 32 | 33 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 14,584 | 0.61% | 2,401,550 |
| 45 | 34 | Albany, New York | 14,517 | 0.79% | 1,830,733 |
| 38 | 35 | Cincinnati, Ohio | 14,509 | 0.67% | 2,173,669 |
| 57 | 36 | Richmond, Virginia | 13,376 | 0.92% | 1,452,932 |
| 41 | 37 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 12,970 | 0.66% | 1,973,157 |
| 33 | 38 | Kansas City, Missouri | 12,143 | 0.51% | 2,358,840 |
| 31 | 39 | San Antonio, Texas | 10,890 | 0.45% | 2,419,176 |
| 34 | 40 | Nashville, Tennessee | 9,998 | 0.43% | 2,308,223 |
| 53 | 41 | Jacksonville, Florida | 9,661 | 0.61% | 1,575,739 |
| 40 | 42 | Providence, Rhode Island | 8,988 | 0.45% | 2,009,359 |
| 47 | 43 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | 8,860 | 0.5% | 1,781,046 |
| 39 | 44 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 8,749 | 0.4% | 2,166,481 |
| 112 | 45 | Bakersfield, California | 8,412 | 1.11% | 759,526 |
| 54 | 46 | Buffalo, New York | 7,997 | 0.51% | 1,570,226 |
| 123 | 47 | Peoria, Illinois | 7,842 | 1.15% | 684,131 |
| 50 | 48 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 7,727 | 0.46% | 1,690,660 |
| 51 | 49 | Memphis, Tennessee | 7,176 | 0.43% | 1,674,817 |
| 35 | 50 | Greenville, South Carolina | 7,064 | 0.31% | 2,291,665 |
| 101 | 51 | Gainesville, Florida | 6,510 | 0.74% | 883,969 |
| 86 | 52 | Rochester, New York | 6,472 | 0.67% | 971,192 |
| 28 | 53 | Salt Lake City, Utah | 6,220 | 0.22% | 2,798,596 |
| 58 | 54 | Dayton, Ohio | 6,204 | 0.43% | 1,431,057 |
| 89 | 55 | Champaign, Illinois | 6,040 | 0.64% | 948,217 |
| 52 | 56 | Greensboro, North Carolina | 5,946 | 0.37% | 1,616,921 |
| 49 | 57 | Louisville, Kentucky | 5,913 | 0.35% | 1,699,777 |
| 43 | 58 | Norfolk, Virginia | 5,882 | 0.3% | 1,949,878 |
| 46 | 59 | Birmingham, Alabama | 5,619 | 0.31% | 1,811,285 |
| 44 | 60 | Grand Rapids, Michigan | 5,554 | 0.3% | 1,870,742 |
| 55 | 61 | Scranton, Pennsylvania | 5,316 | 0.34% | 1,563,999 |
| 73 | 62 | Madison, Wisconsin | 5,250 | 0.49% | 1,075,893 |
| 92 | 63 | Springfield, Massachusetts | 5,143 | 0.55% | 936,662 |
| 79 | 64 | Columbia, South Carolina | 4,866 | 0.47% | 1,034,347 |
| 81 | 65 | Syracuse, New York | 4,840 | 0.48% | 1,008,605 |
| 97 | 66 | Waco, Texas | 4,657 | 0.51% | 912,245 |
| 76 | 67 | Des Moines, Iowa | 4,615 | 0.44% | 1,049,802 |
| 111 | 68 | Lansing, Michigan | 4,567 | 0.6% | 760,640 |
| 102 | 69 | Monterey, California | 4,522 | 0.53% | 858,364 |
| 56 | 70 | Fort Myers, Florida | 4,447 | 0.3% | 1,481,945 |
| 82 | 71 | Omaha, Nebraska | 4,380 | 0.43% | 1,007,558 |
| 59 | 72 | New Orleans, Louisiana | 4,283 | 0.31% | 1,370,384 |
| 94 | 73 | Fayetteville, Arkansas | 4,034 | 0.43% | 932,573 |
| 68 | 74 | Roanoke, Virginia | 3,981 | 0.33% | 1,201,929 |
| 104 | 75 | Tallahassee, Florida | 3,963 | 0.47% | 834,423 |
| 77 | 76 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 3,724 | 0.36% | 1,048,976 |
| 99 | 77 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 3,715 | 0.41% | 906,648 |
| 69 | 78 | Huntsville, Alabama | 3,583 | 0.3% | 1,188,726 |
| 70 | 79 | Tucson, Arizona | 3,579 | 0.3% | 1,179,690 |
| 62 | 80 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 3,562 | 0.27% | 1,338,032 |
| 18 | 81 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 3,523 | 0.09% | 3,725,789 |
| 96 | 82 | Lexington, Kentucky | 3,500 | 0.38% | 912,571 |
| 63 | 84 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | 3,391 | 0.26% | 1,316,402 |
| 64 | 85 | Little Rock, Arkansas | 3,271 | 0.25% | 1,307,603 |
| 71 | 86 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 3,257 | 0.28% | 1,155,922 |
| 66 | 87 | Flint, Michigan | 3,212 | 0.25% | 1,274,626 |
| 65 | 88 | Knoxville, Tennessee | 3,211 | 0.25% | 1,284,017 |
| 98 | 89 | Savannah, Georgia | 3,020 | 0.33% | 909,173 |
| 122 | 90 | Macon, Georgia | 2,998 | 0.44% | 686,790 |
| 125 | 91 | Reno, Nevada | 2,991 | 0.44% | 682,368 |
| 78 | 92 | Toledo, Ohio | 2,981 | 0.29% | 1,040,454 |
| 114 | 93 | Augusta, Georgia | 2,959 | 0.4% | 747,203 |
| 190 | 94 | Bryan, Texas | 2,850 | 1.16% | 244,922 |
| 91 | 95 | Johnstown, Pennsylvania | 2,663 | 0.28% | 939,750 |
| 110 | 96 | Jackson, Mississippi | 2,654 | 0.34% | 784,362 |
| 87 | 97 | South Bend, Indiana | 2,640 | 0.27% | 964,950 |
| 118 | 98 | Salisbury, Maryland | 2,606 | 0.36% | 721,521 |
| 116 | 99 | San Luis Obispo, California | 2,592 | 0.36% | 723,864 |
| 60 | 100 | Mobile, Alabama | 2,563 | 0.19% | 1,361,161 |
| 127 | 101 | Columbus, Georgia | 2,561 | 0.39% | 656,253 |
| 85 | 102 | Colorado Springs, Colorado | 2,335 | 0.24% | 971,703 |
| 107 | 103 | Davenport, Iowa | 2,309 | 0.29% | 799,322 |
| 75 | 104 | Green Bay, Wisconsin | 2,278 | 0.22% | 1,055,988 |
| 72 | 105 | Portland, Maine | 2,228 | 0.2% | 1,092,891 |
| 61 | 106 | Honolulu, Hawaii | 2,201 | 0.16% | 1,360,301 |
| 105 | 107 | Wichita, Kansas | 2,177 | 0.27% | 811,869 |
| 130 | 108 | Beaumont, Texas | 2,155 | 0.38% | 574,096 |
| 137 | 109 | Topeka, Kansas | 2,029 | 0.38% | 539,576 |
| 131 | 110 | Jefferson City, Missouri | 2,028 | 0.36% | 563,282 |
| 67 | 111 | Harlingen, Texas | 2,009 | 0.16% | 1,266,952 |
| 175 | 112 | Charlottesville, Virginia | 1,896 | 0.62% | 307,633 |
| 109 | 113 | Charleston, South Carolina | 1,873 | 0.24% | 791,128 |
| 106 | 114 | Fort Wayne, Indiana | 1,832 | 0.23% | 800,357 |
| 160 | 115 | Binghamton, New York | 1,756 | 0.44% | 401,494 |
| 74 | 116 | El Paso, Texas | 1,731 | 0.16% | 1,070,579 |
| 150 | 117 | Rochester, Minnesota | 1,719 | 0.37% | 459,524 |
| 95 | 118 | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | 1,703 | 0.19% | 920,423 |
| 124 | 119 | Eugene, Oregon | 1,641 | 0.24% | 682,984 |
| 157 | 120 | Lubbock, Texas | 1,631 | 0.39% | 421,516 |
| 139 | 121 | Rockford, Illinois | 1,604 | 0.3% | 527,393 |
| 90 | 122 | Paducah, Kentucky | 1,590 | 0.17% | 947,614 |
| 128 | 123 | Montgomery, Alabama | 1,538 | 0.25% | 625,015 |
| 88 | 124 | Tyler, Texas | 1,518 | 0.16% | 956,281 |
| 132 | 125 | Corpus Christi, Texas | 1,501 | 0.27% | 556,340 |
| 119 | 126 | Hagerstown, Maryland | 1,467 | 0.21% | 714,083 |
| 117 | 127 | Boise, Idaho | 1,463 | 0.2% | 722,430 |
| 113 | 128 | Evansville, Indiana | 1,463 | 0.19% | 755,705 |
| 93 | 129 | Shreveport, Louisiana | 1,435 | 0.15% | 936,382 |
| 134 | 130 | Fargo, North Dakota | 1,433 | 0.26% | 548,865 |
| 84 | 131 | Huntington, West Virginia | 1,431 | 0.15% | 983,192 |
| 83 | 132 | Springfield, Missouri | 1,407 | 0.14% | 998,341 |
| 103 | 133 | Greenville, North Carolina | 1,401 | 0.16% | 855,175 |
| 142 | 134 | Rural Vermont | 1,389 | 0.27% | 510,653 |
| 129 | 135 | Burlington, Vermont | 1,367 | 0.23% | 593,344 |
| 169 | 136 | Albany, Georgia | 1,366 | 0.39% | 352,689 |
| 213 | 137 | Ottumwa, Iowa | 1,295 | 0.92% | 141,242 |
| 80 | 138 | Spokane, Washington | 1,275 | 0.12% | 1,024,886 |
| 115 | 139 | Lafayette, Louisiana | 1,272 | 0.18% | 724,184 |
| 100 | 140 | Johnson City, Tennessee | 1,272 | 0.14% | 892,082 |
| 144 | 141 | Clarksburg, West Virginia | 1,233 | 0.25% | 494,299 |
| 136 | 142 | Palm Springs, California | 1,227 | 0.23% | 540,813 |
| 151 | 143 | Lincoln, Nebraska | 1,193 | 0.26% | 458,862 |
| 108 | 144 | Youngstown, Ohio | 1,143 | 0.14% | 792,590 |
| 165 | 145 | Utica, New York | 1,030 | 0.28% | 372,939 |
| 120 | 146 | Tupelo, Mississippi | 987 | 0.14% | 710,326 |
| 154 | 147 | Amarillo, Texas | 949 | 0.22% | 440,813 |
| 133 | 148 | Erie, Pennsylvania | 907 | 0.16% | 551,044 |
| 135 | 149 | Monroe, Louisiana | 900 | 0.17% | 544,222 |
| 158 | 150 | Kennewick, Washington | 885 | 0.21% | 420,232 |
| 162 | 151 | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 859 | 0.22% | 398,355 |
| 121 | 152 | Northern Arizona | 857 | 0.12% | 697,660 |
| 126 | 153 | Eau Claire, Wisconsin | 846 | 0.13% | 670,646 |
| 145 | 154 | Anchorage, Alaska | 841 | 0.17% | 487,764 |
| 153 | 155 | Odessa, Texas | 837 | 0.19% | 445,313 |
| 149 | 156 | Terre Haute, Indiana | 795 | 0.17% | 462,228 |
| 156 | 157 | Wichita Falls, Texas | 730 | 0.17% | 427,420 |
| 155 | 158 | Sherman, Texas | 706 | 0.16% | 430,434 |
| 143 | 159 | Wausau, Wisconsin | 701 | 0.14% | 502,851 |
| 159 | 160 | Yuma, Arizona | 684 | 0.16% | 416,642 |
| 195 | 161 | Elmira, New York | 671 | 0.3% | 226,624 |
| 209 | 162 | Pullman, Washington | 668 | 0.42% | 159,300 |
| 163 | 163 | Harrisonburg, Virginia | 602 | 0.16% | 385,778 |
| 170 | 164 | Bowling Green, Kentucky | 592 | 0.17% | 350,902 |
| 187 | 165 | Redding, California | 588 | 0.24% | 249,665 |
| 171 | 166 | Panama City, Florida | 572 | 0.17% | 344,500 |
| 141 | 167 | Eastern Kentucky | 571 | 0.11% | 525,433 |
| 181 | 168 | Lima, Ohio | 564 | 0.2% | 286,589 |
| 147 | 169 | Joplin, Missouri | 561 | 0.12% | 470,330 |
| 152 | 170 | Wilmington, North Carolina | 526 | 0.12% | 447,348 |
| 146 | 171 | Biloxi, Mississippi | 519 | 0.11% | 481,314 |
| 164 | 172 | Bluefield, West Virginia | 488 | 0.13% | 381,909 |
| 161 | 173 | Jackson, Tennessee | 484 | 0.12% | 398,819 |
| 174 | 174 | Alexandria, Louisiana | 463 | 0.15% | 310,538 |
| 191 | 175 | Mankato, Minnesota | 457 | 0.19% | 239,163 |
| 140 | 176 | Wheeling, West Virginia | 442 | 0.08% | 526,514 |
| 180 | 177 | Yakima, Washington | 441 | 0.15% | 289,475 |
| 193 | 178 | Marquette, Michigan | 407 | 0.18% | 230,073 |
| 173 | 179 | Abilene, Texas | 390 | 0.13% | 310,968 |
| 192 | 180 | Parkersburg, West Virginia | 381 | 0.16% | 232,063 |
| 148 | 181 | Sioux City, Iowa | 379 | 0.08% | 463,704 |
| 176 | 182 | Hattiesburg, Mississippi | 369 | 0.12% | 307,536 |
| 167 | 183 | Medford, Oregon | 363 | 0.1% | 358,075 |
| 183 | 184 | Dothan, Alabama | 351 | 0.13% | 280,015 |
| 185 | 185 | Quincy, Illinois | 339 | 0.13% | 270,649 |
| 168 | 186 | Bangor, Maine | 322 | 0.09% | 356,170 |
| 178 | 187 | Jonesboro, Arkansas | 314 | 0.11% | 293,914 |
| 177 | 188 | Duluth, Minnesota | 308 | 0.1% | 293,975 |
| 138 | 189 | Traverse City, Michigan | 290 | 0.05% | 529,649 |
| 186 | 190 | Laredo, Texas | 282 | 0.11% | 264,044 |
| 215 | 191 | Cheyenne, Wyoming | 281 | 0.21% | 135,643 |
| 166 | 192 | Idaho Falls, Idaho | 276 | 0.08% | 363,222 |
| 214 | 193 | Mansfield, Ohio | 262 | 0.19% | 140,647 |
| 189 | 194 | Greenwood, Mississippi | 262 | 0.11% | 246,508 |
| 204 | 195 | Victoria, Texas | 261 | 0.15% | 175,504 |
| 224 | 196 | Norwood, New York | 255 | 0.27% | 94,056 |
| 200 | 197 | Roswell, New Mexico | 255 | 0.13% | 191,661 |
| 205 | 198 | Eureka, California | 238 | 0.14% | 171,383 |
| 218 | 199 | Fairbanks, Alaska | 214 | 0.17% | 128,058 |
| 217 | 200 | Klamath Falls, Oregon | 208 | 0.16% | 128,709 |
| 196 | 201 | Rapid City, South Dakota | 207 | 0.1% | 216,637 |
| 172 | 202 | Missoula, Montana | 198 | 0.06% | 311,042 |
| 188 | 203 | Meridian, Mississippi | 181 | 0.07% | 248,987 |
| 194 | 204 | Hays, Kansas | 181 | 0.08% | 227,116 |
| 207 | 205 | Watertown, New York | 170 | 0.1% | 162,494 |
| 184 | 206 | Grand Island, Nebraska | 169 | 0.06% | 279,118 |
| 206 | 207 | San Angelo, Texas | 166 | 0.1% | 167,522 |
| 210 | 208 | Garden City, Kansas | 166 | 0.11% | 156,386 |
| 197 | 209 | Bend, Oregon | 161 | 0.08% | 213,900 |
| 179 | 210 | Grand Junction, Colorado | 160 | 0.05% | 292,746 |
| 227 | 211 | Elko, Nevada | 158 | 0.19% | 83,097 |
| 225 | 212 | Clovis, New Mexico | 146 | 0.16% | 92,450 |
| 198 | 214 | Billings, Montana | 140 | 0.07% | 209,590 |
| 216 | 215 | Bismarck, North Dakota | 130 | 0.1% | 134,137 |
| 238 | 216 | Key West, Florida | 119 | 0.25% | 46,940 |
| 221 | 217 | Bozeman, Montana | 100 | 0.09% | 109,791 |
| 212 | 218 | Zanesville, Ohio | 91 | 0.06% | 142,674 |
| 202 | 219 | Twin Falls, Idaho | 89 | 0.05% | 186,792 |
| 242 | 220 | Juneau, Alaska | 86 | 0.24% | 36,441 |
| 201 | 221 | Northeastern South Dakota | 76 | 0.04% | 187,411 |
| 220 | 222 | Minot, North Dakota | 71 | 0.06% | 112,015 |
| 208 | 223 | Great Falls, Montana | 70 | 0.04% | 159,979 |
| 199 | 224 | Farmington, New Mexico | 69 | 0.03% | 208,558 |
| 229 | 225 | Sheridan, Wyoming | 68 | 0.08% | 82,148 |
| 226 | 226 | Casper, Wyoming | 67 | 0.07% | 89,368 |
| 211 | 227 | Hibbing, Minnesota | 65 | 0.04% | 147,417 |
| 230 | 228 | North Platte, Nebraska | 48 | 0.06% | 78,634 |
| 233 | 229 | Helena, Montana | 46 | 0.07% | 68,907 |
| 228 | 230 | Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan | 43 | 0.05% | 82,220 |
| 222 | 232 | Alpena, Michigan | 41 | 0.04% | 105,950 |
| 231 | 233 | Presque Isle, Maine | 41 | 0.06% | 71,870 |
| 232 | 234 | Butte, Montana | 37 | 0.05% | 69,583 |
| 243 | 235 | Sitka/Ketchikan, Alaska | 37 | 0.11% | 34,561 |
| 235 | 236 | Williston, North Dakota | 36 | 0.06% | 63,267 |
| 219 | 237 | Scottsbluff, Nebraska | 34 | 0.03% | 112,673 |
| 241 | 238 | Dickinson, North Dakota | 33 | 0.08% | 39,203 |
| 223 | 239 | Silver City, New Mexico | 33 | 0.03% | 103,447 |
| 234 | 240 | Montrose, Colorado | 32 | 0.05% | 68,353 |
| 246 | 241 | Ely, Nevada | 29 | 0.13% | 22,597 |
| 240 | 242 | Pierre, South Dakota | 26 | 0.06% | 42,465 |
| 236 | 243 | Goodland, Kansas | 24 | 0.04% | 61,093 |
| 239 | 244 | La Grande, Oregon | 24 | 0.05% | 46,465 |
| 245 | 245 | Jackson, Wyoming | 20 | 0.06% | 31,464 |
| 244 | 246 | Saint John, New Brunswick | 10 | 0.03% | 32,856 |
| 247 | 247 | Glendive, Montana | 7 | 0.04% | 17,307 |
| Total Population: | 2,840,336 | 311,316,360 | |||
