UPDATED Obama Inaugural Events Viewed By 30.1% In Top Markets

Updated 01/27: The updated %figures and chart reflect updated data relative to select West Coast markets.

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The combined overall household rating for the inauguration of President Barack Obama in the top 56 local television markets where Nielsen maintains TV meters was 30.1%.

The Raleigh-Durham market had the largest TV audience with more than 51% of households tuned in to the day’s events.

Rank by HH Rating	Market Name	Market Rank by Number of TV Households	Household Rating % of TV households in market tuned in
1	Raleigh-Durham (Fayetvlle)	27	51.2
2	Washington, DC (Hagrstwn)	9	47.7
3	Norfolk-Portsmth-Newpt Nws	43	46.7
4	Baltimore	26	44.3
5	Greensboro-H.Point-W.Salem	46	42.3
6	Charlotte	24	40.8
7	West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce	38	39.6
8	Memphis	48	39.4
9	Richmond-Petersburg	58	37.2
10	Greenvll-Spart-Ashevll-And	36	35.9
11	Birmingham (Ann and Tusc)	40	35.7
12	Miami-Ft. Lauderdale	16	35.5
13	Knoxville	59	35.3
14	Ft. Myers-Naples	62	33.8
15	Las Vegas	42	33.4
16	Kansas City	31	32.9
17	Philadelphia	4	32.5
18	Nashville	29	31.6
19	Columbus, OH	32	31.3
19	New Orleans	53	31.3
21	Buffalo	51	31.0
22	Detroit	11	30.8
22	Pittsburgh	23	30.8
24	Providence-New Bedford	52	30.0
25	Dayton	64	29.9
25	Indianapolis	25	29.9
25	New York	1	29.9
28	Louisville	50	29.7
29	Atlanta	8	29.3
29	Hartford & New Haven	30	29.3
31	Oklahoma City	45	29.2
32	San Antonio	37	28.9
33	Cincinnati	34	28.6
33	Jacksonville	47	28.6
35	Albuquerque-Santa Fe	44	28.5
36	Orlando-Daytona Bch-Melbrn	19	28.3
37	San Diego	28	28.2
38	Tampa-St. Pete (Sarasota)	13	28.0
39	St. Louis	21	27.9
40	Chicago	3	27.8
41	Cleveland-Akron (Canton)	17	27.2
42	Houston	10	26.9
43	Los Angeles	2	26.6
44	Portland, OR	22	25.9
44	Sacramnto-Stkton-Modesto	20	25.9
44	San Francisco-Oak-San Jose	6	25.9
47	Tulsa	61	25.8
48	Milwaukee	35	25.7
49	Boston (Manchester)	7	25.4
49	Seattle-Tacoma	14	25.4
51	Austin	49	25.1
52	Dallas-Ft. Worth	5	24.6
53	Salt Lake City	33	23.7
54	Minneapolis-St. Paul	15	23.6
55	Phoenix (Prescott)	12	22.4
56	Denver	18	21.8
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