U.S. Cities

Bring the NBA back to Baltimore!!

Rank City Population

1 New York City, New York 8,143,197

2 Los Angeles, California 3,844,829

3 Chicago, Illinois 2,842,518

4 Houston, Texas 2,016,582

5 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1,463,281

6 Phoenix, Arizona 1,461,575

7 San Antonio, Texas 1,256,509

8 San Diego, California 1,255,540

9 Dallas, Texas 1,213,825

10 San Jose, California 912,332

11 Detroit, Michigan 886,671

12 Indianapolis (balance), Indiana* 784,118

13 Jacksonville, Florida 782,623

14 San Francisco, California 739,426

15 Columbus, Ohio 730,657

16 Austin, Texas 690,252

17 Memphis, Tennessee 672,277

18 Baltimore, Maryland 635,815

19 Fort Worth, Texas 624,067

20 Charlotte, North Carolina 610,949

21 El Paso, Texas 598,590

22 Washington, District of Columbia** 582,049

23 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 578,887

24 Seattle, Washington 573,911

25 Boston, Massachusetts 559,034

26 Denver, Colorado 557,917

27 Louisville-Jefferson County (balance), Kentucky* 556,429

28 Nashville-Davidson (balance), Tennessee* 549,110

29 Las Vegas, Nevada 545,147

30 Portland, Oregon 533,427

31 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 531,324

32 Tucson, Arizona 515,526

33 Albuquerque, New Mexico 494,236

34 Long Beach, California 474,014

35 Atlanta, Georgia 470,688

36 Fresno, California 461,116

37 Sacramento, California 456,441

38 New Orleans, Louisiana*** 454,863

39 Cleveland, Ohio 452,208

40 Kansas City, Missouri 444,965

41 Mesa, Arizona 442,780

42 Virginia Beach, Virginia 438,415

43 Omaha, Nebraska 414,521

44 Oakland, California 395,274

45 Miami, Florida 386,417

46 Tulsa, Oklahoma 382,457

47 Honolulu CDP, Hawaii**** 377,379

48 Minneapolis, Minnesota 372,811

49 Colorado Springs, Colorado 369,815

50 Arlington, Texas 362,805

51 Wichita, Kansas 354,865

52 St. Louis, Missouri** 352,572

53 Raleigh, North Carolina 341,530

55 Santa Ana, California 340,368

55 Anaheim, California 331,804

56 Tampa, Florida 325,989

57 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 316,718

58 Cincinnati, Ohio 308,728

59 Toledo, Ohio 301,285

60 Aurora, Colorado 297,235

61 Bakersfield, California 295,536

62 Riverside, California 290,086

63 Stockton, California 286,926

64 Corpus Christi, Texas 283,474

65 Newark, New Jersey 280,666

66 Buffalo, New York 279,745

67 Saint Paul, Minnesota 275,150

68 Anchorage, Alaska 275,043

69 Lexington, Kentucky 268,080

70 Plano, Texas 250,096

71 St. Petersburg, Florida 249,079

72 Jersey City, New Jersey 239,614

73 Glendale, Arizona 239,435

74 Lincoln, Nebraska 239,213

75 Chandler, Arizona 234,939

76 Henderson, Nevada 232,146

77 Greensboro, North Carolina 231,962

78 Norfolk, Virginia 231,954

79 Birmingham, Alabama 231,483

80 Scottsdale, Arizona 226,013

81 Fort Wayne, Indiana 223,341

82 Baton Rouge, Louisiana ****** 222,064

83 Madison, Wisconsin 221,551

84 Hialeah, Florida 220,485

85 Chesapeake, Virginia 218,968

86 Garland, Texas 216,346

87 Orlando, Florida 213,223

88 Rochester, New York 211,091

89 Akron, Ohio 210,795

90 Chula Vista, California 210,497

91 Lubbock, Texas 209,737

92 Laredo, Texas 208,754

93 Modesto, California 207,011

94 Durham, North Carolina 204,845

95 Reno, Nevada 203,550

96 Fremont, California 200,468

97 Montgomery, Alabama 200,127

98 Glendale, California 200,065

99 Shreveport, Louisiana 198,874

100 San Bernardino, California 198,550

101 Spokane, Washington 196,818

102 Yonkers, New York 196,425

103 Arlington CDP, Virginia***** 195,965

104 Tacoma, Washington 195,898

105 Huntington Beach, California 194,457

106 Des Moines, Iowa 194,163

107 Grand Rapids, Michigan 193,780

108 Richmond, Virginia 193,777

109 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 193,755

110 Irving, Texas 193,649

111 Boise, Idaho 193,161

112 Mobile, Alabama 191,544

113 Augusta-Richmond County (balance), Georgia* 190,782

114 Irvine, California 186,852

115 Columbus, Georgia 185,271

116 Little Rock, Arkansas 184,564

117 Oxnard, California 183,628

118 Amarillo, Texas 183,021

119 Knoxville, Tennessee 180,130

120 Newport News, Virginia 179,899

121 Moreno Valley, California 178,367

122 Salt Lake City, Utah 178,097

123 Jackson, Mississippi 177,977

124 Providence, Rhode Island 176,862

125 North Las Vegas, Nevada 176,635

126 Worcester, Massachusetts 175,898

127 Gilbert, Arizona 173,989

128 Ontario, California 172,679

129 Rancho Cucamonga, California 169,353

130 Santa Clarita, California 168,253

131 Aurora, Illinois 168,181

132 Brownsville, Texas 167,493

133 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 167,380

134 Huntsville, Alabama 166,313

135 Oceanside, California 166,108

136 Garden Grove, California 166,075

137 Overland Park, Kansas 164,811

138 Fontana, California 163,860

139 Tempe, Arizona 161,143

140 Dayton, Ohio 158,873

141 Tallahassee, Florida 158,500

142 Vancouver, Washington 157,493

143 Chattanooga, Tennessee 154,762

144 Pomona, California 153,787

145 Santa Rosa, California 153,158

146 Rockford, Illinois 152,916

147 Springfield, Massachusetts 151,732

148 Pembroke Pines, Florida 150,380

149 Springfield, Missouri 150,298

150 Paterson, New Jersey 149,843

151 Corona, California 149,387

152 Salem, Oregon 148,751

153 Salinas, California 146,431

154 Hollywood, Florida 145,629

155 Hampton, Virginia 145,579

156 Eugene, Oregon 144,515

157 Grand Prairie, Texas 144,337

158 Kansas City, Kansas 144,210

159 Pasadena, Texas 143,852

160 Pasadena, California 143,731

161 Torrance, California 142,384

162 Syracuse, New York 141,683

163 Naperville, Illinois 141,579

164 Lakewood, Colorado 140,671

165 Hayward, California 140,293

166 Cape Coral, Florida 140,010

167 Sioux Falls, South Dakota 139,517

168 Bridgeport, Connecticut 139,008

169 Peoria, Arizona 138,200

170 Joliet, Illinois 136,208

171 Alexandria, Virginia 135,337

172 Warren, Michigan 135,311

173 Orange, California 134,950

174 Palmdale, California 134,570

175 Escondido, California 134,085

176 Lancaster, California 134,032

177 Fullerton, California 132,787

178 Port St. Lucie, Florida 131,692

179 Fayetteville, North Carolina 129,928

180 Mesquite, Texas 129,902

181 Sunnyvale, California 128,902

182 Coral Springs, Florida 128,804

183 Savannah, Georgia 128,453

184 Sterling Heights, Michigan 128,034

185 Fort Collins, Colorado 128,026

186 Elizabeth, New Jersey 125,809

187 New Haven, Connecticut 124,791

188 Hartford, Connecticut 124,397

189 Thousand Oaks, California 124,359

190 McAllen, Texas 123,622

191 Concord, California 123,252

192 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 123,119

193 El Monte, California 122,513

194 Topeka, Kansas 121,946

195 Waco, Texas 120,465

196 Stamford, Connecticut 120,045

197 Carrollton, Texas 118,870

198 Simi Valley, California 118,687

199 Flint, Michigan 118,551

200 Vallejo, California 117,483

BRING IT BACK TO SANDIEGO FIRST!!!!!!!

So does that make Salt Lake City the smallest city with an NBA team?

These numbers are a little deceptive.  There are over a million people in Salt Lake Valley now.  I think these numbers are either old, very strict on the defining the city limits or both.

To be fair, I got this data from Wikipedia...  So it probably old, limiting & slightly erroneous...

More important to the NBA is TV market size.  Here's the top 100 from Nielsen:

RANK	Designated Market Area (DMA)				TV Homes	% of US
1	New York				7,375,530	6.692
2	Los Angeles				5,536,430	5.023
3	Chicago				3,430,790	3.113
4	Philadelphia				2,925,560	2.654
5	Boston (Manchester)				2,375,310	2.155
6	San Francisco-Oak-San Jose				2,355,740	2.137
7	Dallas-Ft. Worth				2,336,140	2.120
8	Washington, DC (Hagrstwn)				2,252,550	2.044
9	Atlanta				2,097,220	1.903
10	Houston				1,938,670	1.759
11	Detroit				1,936,350	1.757
12	Tampa-St. Pete (Sarasota)				1,710,400	1.552
13	Seattle-Tacoma				1,701,950	1.544
14	Phoenix (Prescott)				1,660,430	1.507
15	Minneapolis-St. Paul				1,652,940	1.500
16	Cleveland-Akron (Canton)				1,541,780	1.399
17	Miami-Ft. Lauderdale				1,522,960	1.382
18	Denver				1,415,180	1.284
19	Sacramnto-Stkton-Modesto				1,345,820	1.221
20	Orlando-Daytona Bch-Melbrn				1,345,700	1.221
21	St. Louis				1,222,380	1.109
22	Pittsburgh				1,169,800	1.061
23	Portland, OR				1,099,890	0.998
24	Baltimore				1,089,220	0.988
25	Indianapolis				1,053,750	0.956
26	San Diego				1,026,160	0.931
27	Charlotte				1,020,130	0.926
28	Hartford & New Haven				1,013,350	0.919
29	Raleigh-Durham (Fayetvlle)				985,200	0.894
30	Nashville				927,500	0.842
31	Kansas City				903,540	0.820
32	Columbus, OH				890,770	0.808
33	Milwaukee				880,390	0.799
34	Cincinnati				880,190	0.799
35	Greenvll-Spart-Ashevll-And				815,460	0.740
36	Salt Lake City				810,830	0.736
37	San Antonio				760,410	0.690
38	West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce				751,930	0.682
39	Grand Rapids-Kalmzoo-B.Crk				731,630	0.664
40	Birmingham (Ann, Tusc)				716,520	0.650
41	Harrisburg-Lncstr-Leb-York				707,010	0.641
42	Norfolk-Portsmth-Newpt Nws				704,810	0.640
43	New Orleans				672,150	0.610
44	Memphis				657,670	0.597
45	Oklahoma City				655,400	0.595
46	Albuquerque-Santa Fe				653,680	0.593
47	Greensboro-H.Point-W.Salem				652,020	0.592
48	Las Vegas				651,110	0.591
49	Buffalo				644,430	0.585
50	Louisville				643,290	0.584
51	Providence-New Bedford				639,590	0.580
52	Jacksonville				624,220	0.566
53	Austin				589,360	0.535
54	Wilkes Barre-Scranton				588,540	0.534
55	Albany-Schenectady-Troy				552,250	0.501
56	Fresno-Visalia				546,210	0.496
57	Little Rock-Pine Bluff				531,470	0.482
58	Knoxville				516,180	0.468
59	Dayton				513,610	0.466
60	Richmond-Petersburg				510,770	0.463
61	Tulsa				510,480	0.463
62	Mobile-Pensacola (Ft Walt)				501,130	0.455
63	Lexington				478,560	0.434
64	Charleston-Huntington				477,890	0.434
65	Flint-Saginaw-Bay City				475,500	0.431
66	Ft. Myers-Naples				461,920	0.419
67	Wichita-Hutchinson Plus				446,820	0.405
68	Roanoke-Lynchburg				440,390	0.400
69	Green Bay-Appleton				432,810	0.393
70	Toledo				426,520	0.387
71	Tucson (Sierra Vista)				422,480	0.383
72	Honolulu				414,960	0.377
73	Des Moines-Ames				413,590	0.375
74	Portland-Auburn				407,050	0.369
75	Omaha				399,830	0.363
76	Syracuse				398,240	0.361
77	Springfield, MO				395,820	0.359
78	Spokane				389,630	0.354
79	Rochester, NY				385,460	0.350
80	Paducah-Cape Girard-Harsbg				383,330	0.348
81	Shreveport				382,080	0.347
82	Champaign&Sprngfld-Decatur				378,100	0.343
83	Columbia, SC				373,260	0.339
84	Huntsville-Decatur (Flor)				370,820	0.336
85	Madison				365,550	0.332
86	Chattanooga				354,230	0.321
87	South Bend-Elkhart				333,190	0.302
88	Cedar Rapids-Wtrlo-IWC&Dub				331,480	0.301
89	Jackson, MS				328,350	0.298
90	Burlington-Plattsburgh				325,720	0.296
91	Tri-Cities, TN-VA				323,690	0.294
92	Harlingen-Wslco-Brnsvl-McA				318,800	0.289
93	Colorado Springs-Pueblo				315,010	0.286
94	Waco-Temple-Bryan				310,960	0.282
95	Davenport-R.Island-Moline				308,380	0.280
96	Baton Rouge				305,810	0.277
97	Savannah				296,100	0.269
98	Johnstown-Altoona				294,810	0.267
99	El Paso (Las Cruces)				290,540	0.264
100	Evansville				288,800	0.262

So how long til the sonics move to Tampa?
nice list...

That list makes a lot more sense to me.....and yes Tampa looks like they need a team!

Isn't Orlando going to be looking for a new home soon?

Maybe so, but I lived in Orlando back in the days of Penny & Shaquille (as he was still known), & that was the hottest ticket in town.  All they need is to give their fans some hope & the Ooooooo-renaaaaaaa will fill up again.  If they do move, Baltimore would be more likely than Tampa 'cuz theres no hockey team to compete with for the $$$s.

freelanceobgyn wrote:

BRING IT BACK TO SANDIEGO FIRST!!!!!!!

you said it! they need the clippers to come back!