Season 41 Jeopardy! contestants - where they're from

The main table includes all players who made their first appearance on Jeopardy! in 2024-25. Thus, they exclude:

Jeopardy! is continuing the practice, revived in Season 37, of allowing contestants to be introduced as "originally from" a location other than their current residence, which had been ended in 2016. Those introductions are not separated out in these statistics.

What's here:

(Credits: Zap2it & TitanTV for TV schedules for each market; ThinkTV for a listing of Canadian market sizes, enabling me to rank them properly with the U.S. markets; and the U.S. Census Bureau for KML files of county boundaries for use with Google Earth.)

Ranks represent market size estimates for 2024-25.

Updated through Week 10 of Season 41 (2024-11-15).

Contestants by media market

RankMarketStationPlayers
1New YorkWABC15
9Boston (Manchester)WBZ5
Toronto / Hamilton4
8Washington (Hagerstown)WJLA4
22Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville)WTVD4
13Seattle-TacomaKOMO3
33Kansas CityWDAF3
34AustinKXAN3
2Los AngelesKABC2
3ChicagoWLS2
5PhiladelphiaWPVI2
10San Francisco-Oakland-San JoseKGO2
14DetroitWDIV2
19Cleveland-Akron (Canton)WOIO2
32Hartford & New HavenWTNH2
London / Woodstock / Wingham2
56Richmond-PetersburgWRIC2
57Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton)WALA2
62Albany-Schenectady-TroyWTEN2
77MadisonWMTV2
7AtlantaWXIA1
Montréal / Laval1
16Minneapolis-St. PaulKARE1
Vancouver / Victoria1
20Sacramento-Stockton-ModestoKXTV1
23Portland, ORKATU1
24St. LouisKSDK1
25IndianapolisWTHR1
27PittsburghWPXI1
29BaltimoreWBFF1
30San DiegoKNSD1
35Columbus, OHWBNS1
37CincinnatiWXIX1
40Las VegasKLAS1
43Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle CreekWWMT1
48Albuquerque-Santa FeKRQE1
Ottawa / Gatineau1
52Providence-New BedfordWPRI1
58Little Rock-Pine BluffKATV1
65Tucson (Sierra Vista)KGUN1
69HonoluluKGMB1
73OmahaWOWT1
82Charleston-HuntingtonWSAZ1
85Charleston, SCWCBD1
87Colorado Springs-PuebloKKTV1
88SyracuseWSYT1
100South Bend-ElkhartWSBT1
Halifax / Dartmouth1
112Johnstown-Altoona-State CollegeWATM1
113Fargo-Valley CityKXJB-LD1
123Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis ObispoKSBY1
128Monterey-SalinasKSBW1
130Corpus ChristiKZTV1
162BinghamtonWIVT1
Dawson Creek1

Contestants by state/province

State / ProvincePlayers
New York11
California8
Ontario7
Connecticut5
Massachusetts5
Michigan4
North Carolina4
Ohio4
Pennsylvania4
Texas4
Virginia4
Missouri3
New Jersey3
Washington3
British Columbia2
Florida2
Illinois2
Maryland2
Wisconsin2
Arizona1
Arkansas1
Colorado1
District of Columbia1
Georgia1
Hawaii1
Indiana1
Kansas1
Minnesota1
Nebraska1
Nevada1
New Hampshire1
New Mexico1
North Dakota1
Nova Scotia1
Oregon1
Quebec1
Rhode Island1
South Carolina1
Vermont1
West Virginia1