Television digest with electronic reports (Jan-Dec 1954)

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Markets and Market Groups Estimated No. of Households Estimated No. TV Households Ratio of TV Households to Total Per cent of i;.s. Total TV (See text) Ccunties Jan. 1, 1954f Jan. 1, 1954 Households H ousehoMs ♦RICHMOND (D) Wayne, Ind.: 22,400 15,398 68.7% .0570% RICHMOND (C) Richmond City, Chesterfield, Henrico, 101,300 65,607 64.7% .2430% ♦RIVERSIDE (D) Va, (Including Independent City of Colonial Heights, Va,): Riverside, Calif.: 69,500 36,622 52.7% .1356% ROANOKE (D’) Roanoke, Roanoke City, Va.: 39,200 21,617 55.1% .0801% ROCHESTER (D) Olmsted, Minn.: 14,300 6,617 46.3% .0245% ROCHESTER (B) Monroe , N . Y .: 161,800 145,620 90.0% .5646% ROCKFORD (C) Winnebago, 111.: 52,700 23,873 45.3% .0884% ♦ROCKY MOUNT (D) ... Nash, Edgecombe, N.C.: 26,500 4,536 17.1% .0168% ROME (D) Floyd, Ga.: 17,600 9,102 51.7% .0337% ROSVELL (D) Chaves, N. M .: 14,100 3,769 26.7% .0140% SACRAMENTO (C) .... Sacramento, Calif.: 106,700 52,816 49.5% .1956% SAGINAW (C) Saginaw, Mich.: 48,100 31,674 65.9% .1173% ♦SALEM (D) Marion, Polk, Ore.: 42,100 13,482 32.0% .0499% ♦SALINA (D) Salina, Kan.: 11,700 2,617 22.4% .0097% SALT LAKE CITY (C) . . Salt Lake City, Utah: 88,400 76,964 87.1% .2850% SAN ANGELO (D’) .... Tom Green, Texas: 20,300 4,617 22.7% .0171% SAN ANTONIO (B) .... Bexar, Texas: 143,200 94,878 66.3% .3514% ♦SAN BERNARDINO (C) . San Bernardino, Calif.: 109,200 57,327 52.5% .2123% SAN DIEGO (B) San Diego, Calif.: 240,100 152,018 63.3% .5630% SAN FRANCISCO (A) Alameda, Contra Costa, San Fran 838,900 536,896 64.0% 1.9885% OAKLAND ♦SAN JOSE (C) cisco, San Mateo, Solano, Marin, Calif, : Santa Clara, Calif.: 108,500 73,129 67.4% .2708% SAN LUIS OBISPO (F’) . San Luis Obispo, Calif.: 25,400 5,576 22.0% .0207% ♦SANDUSKY (D) Erie, Ohio: 17,300 12,733 73.6% .0472% SANTA BARBARA (D) . . Santa Barbara, Calif,: 36,100 14,241 39.4% .0527% ♦SANTA FE (D) Santa Fe, N. M. 10,800 1,687 15.6% .0062% ♦SAVANNAH (C) Chatham, Ga.: 47,400 8,849 18.7% .0328% SCRANTON (C) Lackawanna, Pa.: 72,300 39,096 54.1% .1448% SEATTLE (B) King, Wash.: 268,800 170,722 63.5% .6323% ♦SHEBOYGAN (D) Sheboygan, Wis.: 25,400 16,982 66.9% .0629% SHREVEPORT (C) Caddo Parish, La.: 54,800 7,722 14.1% .0286% SIOUX CITY (D’) Woodbury, Iowa: 34,800 24,472 70.3% .0906% SIOUX FALLS (D’) .... Minnehaha, S, D.: 23,200 10,396 44.8% .0385% SOUTH BEND (C) St. Joseph, Ind.: 68,200 55,023 80.7% .2038% ♦SPARTANBURG (D) . . . . Spartanburg, S. C.: 40,900 15,128 37.0% .0560% SPOKANE (C) Spokane, Wash.: 78,600 41,987 53.4% .1555% SPRINGFIELD (D’) .... Sangamon, 111.: 44,600 12,983 29.1% .0481% SPRINGFIELD (B) Hampden, Hampshire, Mass.: 139,100 103,075 74.1% .3817% HOLYOKE SPRINGFIELD (D’) .... Greene, Mo.: 37,100 14,541 39.2% .0539% ♦SPRINGFIELD (D’) .... Clark, Ohio: 36,100 30,887 85.6% .1144% ♦ST. CLOUD (D) Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, Minn.: 24,100 10,120 42.0% .0375% ST. JOSEPH (D’) Buchanan, Mo.: 31,900 14,646 45.9% .0542% ST. LOUIS (B) St. Louis City, St. Charles, St. Louis, 560,400 446,722 79.7% 1.6545% STOCKTON (C) Mo.; Madison, St. Clair, 111,: San Joaquin, Calif.: 69,600 42,456 61.0% .1572% SYRACUSE (C) Onondaga, N. Y .: 110,800 99,720 90.0% .3737% TACOMA (C) Pierce, Wash.: 93,100 50,440 54.2% .1868% 9