Why are we small market again?

[ATXSPUR]

Here are the MSAs (as of 2000, but there has not been a dramatic change in SA's relative ranking since then). In a decade or so they will combine SA and the Austin-Round Rock MSAs and then things will look quite different.

United States
Metropolitan Statistical Areas (2000 Census)

1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA2/ 18,323,002
2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 12,365,627
3 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 9,098,316
4 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE 5,687,147
5 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 5,161,544
6 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 5,007,564
7 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD 4,796,183
8 Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX 4,715,407
9 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 4,452,557
10 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 4,391,344
11 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 4,247,981
12 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 4,123,740
13 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 3,254,821
14 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 3,251,876
15 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 3,043,878
16 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 2,968,806
17 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 2,813,833
18 St. Louis, MO-IL 2,698,687
19 Baltimore-Towson, MD 2,552,994
20 Pittsburgh, PA 2,431,087
21 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 2,395,997
22 Denver-Aurora, CO1/ 2,179,240
23 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 2,148,143
24 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 2,009,632
25 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 1,927,881
26 Kansas City, MO-KS 1,836,038
27 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 1,796,857
28 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1,735,819
29 San Antonio, TX 1,711,703
30 Orlando, FL 1,644,561
31 Columbus, OH 1,612,694
32 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 1,582,997
33 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 1,576,370
34 Indianapolis, IN 1,525,104
35 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1,500,741
36 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1,375,765
37 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,330,448
38 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 1,316,510
39 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 1,311,789
40 Austin-Round Rock, TX 1,249,763
41 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 1,205,204
42 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY2/ 1,170,111
43 Louisville, KY-IN 1,161,975
44 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 1,148,618
45 Jacksonville, FL 1,122,750
46 Richmond, VA 1,096,957
47 Oklahoma City, OK 1,095,421
48 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 1,052,238
49 Rochester, NY 1,037,831
50 Salt Lake City, UT 968,858

Those are old...the dallas metro area has surpassed the philly one now. And who said S.A. was bigger than the ATL metro area??? You might be right but I fidn that extremely hard to believe.

[Slo spurs fan]

They don't have TV.

LOL!!! And Sequ was asking Polandprzem if they have a TV in Poland!

[LeBrizzle]

Do they count illegal Mexicans who can't afford TV's ? You're a small time hayseed/tumbleweed town that nobody gives a about. One major league team =pathetic.

Next up? having your asses handed to you by Cavs. LOL

[Supergirl]

"Small Market" in these terms doesn't having anything to do with population, it has to do with TV market. San Antonio is the 7th largest city by population, but it's the 37th (or maybe 39th) largest TV market.

Actually last I heard SA has passed up Dallas and is now the 4th or 5th largest city in America, by population - behind NY, LA, Chicago, and Houston, I'm guessing?

But SA is a poor city, and therefore is a small market. But with the increase in biomedical and military money coming in, that may change in the next 10-20 years.

[wildbill2u]

"Market" as in "marketing".

The SA metropolitan area simply doesn't have the income per capita of the other areas to make a strong and large market for advertisers. Hence, it is a small market.