The main table includes all players who made their first appearance on Jeopardy! in 2022-23. Thus, they exclude:
Jeopardy! is continuing the practice, revived two seasons ago, of allowing contestants to be introduced as "originally from" a location other than their current residence, which had been ended in 2016; however, it is being used much more sparingly than in Season 37 or last season.
What's here:
(Credits: Zap2it & TitanTV for TV schedules for each market; John Coryat (yes, that's actually the last name) for ZIP code maps; ThinkTV for a listing of Canadian market sizes, enabling me to rank them properly with the U.S. markets; and OpenStreetMap for county mapping information.)
The tables below are newly updated with market size estimates for 2022–23.
Updated through Week 21 of Season 39 (2023-02-03), including the separate tables for Second Chance and the Tournament of Champions.
Rank | Market | Station | Players |
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1 | New York | WABC | 22 |
3 | Chicago | WLS | 12 |
2 | Los Angeles | KABC | 10 |
8 | Washington (Hagerstown) | WJLA | 9 |
4 | Philadelphia | WPVI | 7 |
9 | Boston (Manchester) | WBZ | 7 |
10 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | KGO | 7 |
16 | Denver | KDVR | 5 |
23 | Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville) | WTVD | 5 |
— | Toronto / Hamilton | — | 4 |
12 | Seattle-Tacoma | KOMO | 4 |
34 | Hartford & New Haven | WTNH | 4 |
6 | Atlanta | WXIA | 3 |
7 | Houston | KTRK | 3 |
30 | San Diego | KNSD | 3 |
33 | Kansas City | WDAF | 3 |
42 | Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek | WWMT | 3 |
85 | Syracuse | WSYT | 3 |
11 | Phoenix (Prescott) | KTVK | 2 |
19 | Cleveland-Akron (Canton) | WOIO | 2 |
22 | Portland, OR | KATU | 2 |
28 | Baltimore | WBFF | 2 |
51 | Providence-New Bedford | WPRI | 2 |
90 | Champaign & Springfield-Decatur | WAND | 2 |
94 | Burlington-Plattsburgh | WPTZ | 2 |
127 | Monterey-Salinas | KSBW | 2 |
5 | Dallas-Fort Worth | KTXA | 1 |
— | Montréal / Laval | — | 1 |
13 | Tampa-St. Petersburg (Sarasota) | WTSP | 1 |
14 | Detroit | WDIV | 1 |
26 | Pittsburgh | WPXI | 1 |
29 | Salt Lake City | KJZZ | 1 |
35 | Austin | KXAN | 1 |
36 | Cincinnati | WXIX | 1 |
45 | Birmingham (Anniston & Tuscaloosa) | WIAT | 1 |
50 | New Orleans | WVUE | 1 |
— | Ottawa / Gatineau | — | 1 |
— | Edmonton | — | 1 |
57 | Wilkes Barre-Scranton-Hazleton | WBRE | 1 |
59 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | WTEN | 1 |
60 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | KATV | 1 |
62 | Tulsa | KTUL | 1 |
64 | Dayton | WDTN | 1 |
68 | Des Moines-Ames | WHO | 1 |
77 | Rochester, NY | WROC | 1 |
80 | Toledo | WTOL | 1 |
81 | Huntsville-Decatur (Florence) | WAAY | 1 |
97 | Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | KFSM | 1 |
98 | Boise | KBOI | 1 |
— | Barrie / Orillia | — | 1 |
106 | Lincoln & Hastings-Kearney | KOLN | 1 |
117 | Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick | KNDO | 1 |
138 | Rockford | WREX | 1 |
199 | Mankato | KMNF-LD | 1 |
State / Province | Players |
---|---|
California | 22 |
New York | 22 |
Illinois | 15 |
New Jersey | 9 |
Massachusetts | 6 |
Ontario | 6 |
Colorado | 5 |
District of Columbia | 5 |
North Carolina | 5 |
Ohio | 5 |
Pennsylvania | 5 |
Texas | 5 |
Washington | 5 |
Connecticut | 4 |
Michigan | 4 |
Georgia | 3 |
Maryland | 3 |
Virginia | 3 |
Alabama | 2 |
Arizona | 2 |
Arkansas | 2 |
Missouri | 2 |
Oregon | 2 |
Rhode Island | 2 |
Vermont | 2 |
Alberta | 1 |
Florida | 1 |
Idaho | 1 |
Iowa | 1 |
Kansas | 1 |
Louisiana | 1 |
Minnesota | 1 |
Nebraska | 1 |
New Hampshire | 1 |
Oklahoma | 1 |
Quebec | 1 |
Utah | 1 |
Rank | Market | Station | Players |
---|---|---|---|
10 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | KGO | 3 |
3 | Chicago | WLS | 2 |
9 | Boston (Manchester) | WBZ | 2 |
27 | Nashville | WZTV | 2 |
1 | New York | WABC | 1 |
— | Toronto / Hamilton | — | 1 |
4 | Philadelphia | WPVI | 1 |
5 | Dallas-Fort Worth | KTXA | 1 |
8 | Washington (Hagerstown) | WJLA | 1 |
15 | Minneapolis-St. Paul | KARE | 1 |
18 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale | WPLG | 1 |
22 | Portland, OR | KATU | 1 |
23 | Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville) | WTVD | 1 |
26 | Pittsburgh | WPXI | 1 |
91 | El Paso (Las Cruces) | KDBC | 1 |
127 | Monterey-Salinas | KSBW | 1 |
Rank | Market | Station | Players |
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1 | New York | WABC | 4 |
28 | Baltimore | WBFF | 2 |
30 | San Diego | KNSD | 2 |
2 | Los Angeles | KABC | 1 |
3 | Chicago | WLS | 1 |
4 | Philadelphia | WPVI | 1 |
8 | Washington (Hagerstown) | WJLA | 1 |
15 | Minneapolis-St. Paul | KARE | 1 |
25 | Indianapolis | WTHR | 1 |
27 | Nashville | WZTV | 1 |
35 | Austin | KXAN | 1 |
74 | Flint-Saginaw-Bay City | WNEM | 1 |
117 | Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick | KNDO | 1 |