Characteristics of Nielsen SCANTRACK designated market areas
| Market name | State (minimum price status) | Number of counties within state | Per cent of market population living within each state* | Market minimum price (MP) designation |
| Albany | New York (MP-strong) | 15 | 91 | MP-strong |
| Massachusetts (MP) | 1 | 7 | ||
| Vermont (non-MP) | 1 | 2 | ||
| Atlanta | Georgia (non-MP) | 57 | 98 | Non-MP |
| Alabama (non-MP) | 4 | 1 | ||
| North Carolina (non-MP) | 1 | 0 | ||
| Baltimore | Maryland (MP) | 12 | 100 | MP |
| Birmingham | Alabama (non-MP) | 42 | 100 | Non-MP |
| Boston | Massachusetts (MP) | 10 | 72 | MP |
| New Hampshire (non-MP) | 5 | 13 | ||
| Rhode Island (MP) | 5 | 13 | ||
| Connecticut (MP) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Vermont (non-MP) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Buffalo | New York (MP-strong) | 13 | 96 | MP-strong |
| Pennsylvania (MP-strong) | 3 | 4 | ||
| Charlotte | North Carolina (non-MP) | 17 | 87 | Non-MP |
| South Carolina (non-MP) | 4 | 13 | ||
| Chicago | Illinois (non-MP) | 6 | 93 | Non-MP |
| Indiana (MP) | 2 | 7 | ||
| Cincinnati | Ohio (MP) | 12 | 79 | MP |
| Kentucky (MP) | 17 | 17 | ||
| Indiana (MP) | 6 | 4 | ||
| Cleveland | Ohio (MP) | 20 | 92 | MP |
| Pennsylvania (MP-strong) | 2 | 8 | ||
| Columbus | Ohio (MP) | 26 | 100 | MP |
| Dallas | Texas (non-MP) | 34 | 99 | Non-MP |
| Oklahoma (MP) | 4 | 1 | ||
| Denver | Colorado (non-MP) | 26 | 97 | Non-MP |
| Wyoming (non-MP) | 2 | 3 | ||
| Nebraska (MP-strong) | 1 | 0 | ||
| Des Moines | Iowa (MP) | 33 | 100 | MP |
| Detroit | Michigan (non-MP) | 12 | 90 | Non-MP |
| Ohio (MP) | 3 | 10 | ||
| Grand Rapids | Michigan (non-MP) | 21 | 100 | Non-MP |
| Hartford | Connecticut (MP) | 6 | 78 | MP |
| Massachusetts (MP) | 3 | 22 | ||
| Houston | Texas (non-MP) | 23 | 100 | Non-MP |
| Indianapolis | Indiana (MP) | 45 | 99 | MP |
| Illinois (non-MP) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jacksonville | Florida (non-MP) | 13 | 89 | Non-MP |
| Georgia (non-MP) | 8 | 11 | ||
| Kansas City | Missouri (non-MP) | 30 | 57 | Non-MP |
| Kansas (non-MP) | 17 | 43 | ||
| Las Vegas | Nevada (non-MP) | 4 | 100 | Non-MP |
| Little Rock | Arkansas (MP-strong) | 45 | 95 | MP-strong |
| Oklahoma (MP) | 3 | 5 | ||
| Los Angeles | California (non-MP) | 4 | 100 | Non-MP |
| Louisville | Kentucky (MP) | 45 | 84 | MP |
| Indiana (MP) | 10 | 16 | ||
| Memphis | Tennessee (MP) | 16 | 55 | MP |
| Mississippi (MP) | 21 | 27 | ||
| Arkansas (MP) | 13 | 16 | ||
| Missouri (non-MP) | 3 | 2 | ||
| Miami | Florida (non0MP) | 8 | 100 | Non-MP |
| Milwaukee | Wisconsin (MP) | 11 | 100 | MP |
| Minneapolis | Minnesota (MP-strong) | 38 | 93 | MP-strong |
| Wisconsin (MP) | 8 | 7 | ||
| Nashville | Tennessee (MP) | 41 | 83 | MP |
| Kentucky (MP) | 18 | 17 | ||
| New Orleans | Louisiana (MP) | 27 | 69 | MP |
| Mississippi (MP) | 15 | 17 | ||
| Alabama (non-MP) | 2 | 14 | ||
| New York | New York (MP-strong) | 11 | 64 | MP-strong |
| New Jersey (MP) | 12 | 31 | ||
| Connecticut (MP) | 1 | 4 | ||
| Oklahoma City | Oklahoma (MP) | 56 | 99 | MP |
| Kansas (non-MP) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Omaha | Nebraska (MP-strong) | 22 | 85 | MP-strong |
| Iowa (MP) | 13 | 15 | ||
| Missouri (non-MP) | 1 | 0 | ||
| Orlando | Florida (non-MP) | 9 | 100 | Non-MP |
| Philadelphia | Pennsylvania (MP-strong) | 13 | 67 | MP-strong |
| New Jersey (MP) | 9 | 26 | ||
| Delaware (MP) | 2 | 8 | ||
| Phoenix | Arizona (non-MP) | 15 | 100 | Non-MP |
| Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania (MP-strong) | 16 | 80 | MP-strong |
| West Virginia (non-MP) | 14 | 13 | ||
| Ohio (MP) | 4 | 7 | ||
| Maryland (MP) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Portland | Oregon (non-MP) | 24 | 85 | Non-MP |
| Washington (MP) | 5 | 15 | ||
| Raleigh/Durham | North Carolina (non-MP) | 35 | 99 | Non-MP |
| Virginia (non-MP) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Richmond | Virginia (non-MP) | 47 | 93 | Non-MP |
| North Carolina (non-MP) | 10 | 7 | ||
| Sacramento | California (non-MP) | 17 | 100 | Non-MP |
| Salt Lake City | Utah (non-MP) | 29 | 67 | Non-MP |
| Idaho (non-MP) | 34 | 30 | ||
| Wyoming (non-MP) | 3 | 2 | ||
| Nevada (non-MP) | 2 | 1 | ||
| San Antonio | Texas (non-MP) | 40 | 100 | Non-MP |
| San Diego | California (non-MP) | 1 | 100 | Non-MP |
| San Francisco | California (non-MP) | 11 | 100 | Non-MP |
| Seattle | Washington (MP) | 16 | 100 | MP |
| St. Louis | Missouri (non-MP) | 19 | 70 | Non-MP |
| Illinois (non-MP) | 19 | 30 | ||
| Syracuse | New York (MP-strong) | 20 | 100 | MP-strong |
| Tampa | Florida (non-MP) | 16 | 100 | Non-MP |
| Washington, DC | Maryland (MP) | 11 | 39 | Not classified, dropped from analysis |
| Virginia (non-MP) | 16 | 36 | ||
| Pennsylvania (MP-strong) | 4 | 10 | ||
| District of Colombia (MP-strong) | 1 | 9 | ||
| West Virginia (non-MP) | 5 | 3 | ||
| Delaware (MP) | 1 | 3 | ||
| West Texas | Texas (non-MP) | 67 | 78 | Non-MP |
| New Mexico (non-MP) | 9 | 20 | ||
| Oklahoma (MP) | 3 | 1 |
↵* Numbers may not add to 100% due to rounding.