DMA
In 2010, Nielsen will continue to rank Pittsburgh as the 23rd largest television Designated Market Area (DMA) in the country, with 1,154,950 households. That is a drop from Nielsen's 2009 estimate of 1,156,460. Despite the decline in households, Pittsburgh still has 22,090 more households than the next closest television DMA which is Charlotte, NC.
In 2004 Pittsburgh was the 24th largest DMA in the U.S. as ranked by population, with a population of 2,881,200. Pittsburgh's DMA covers a land area of 10,083 square miles (26,110 km2) in three states.
Other definitions of the "Pittsburgh region" include the Pittsburgh Metro Area, and the Pittsburgh "Tri-State Region."
The Pittsburgh DMA includes the following counties:
Pennsylvania counties:
- Allegheny
- Armstrong
- Beaver
- Butler
- Clarion
- Fayette
- Greene
- Indiana
- Lawrence
- Venango
- Washington
- Westmoreland
West Virginia counties:
- Monongalia
- Preston
Maryland counties:
- Garrett
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