The main table includes all players who made their first appearance on Jeopardy! in 2018-19. Thus, they don't take into account:
Here are some breakdowns of the data on where this season's contestants hailed from:
This year, I didn't track markets in which all the newcomers were from different media markets; such tracking is slightly complicated by the fact that the show ran two of its tournaments from Wednesday to Tuesday this season.
What's here:
A side-by-side comparison of players by media market data for each of the last three seasons.(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 Ads for Carts for the lookup tools I use for both American and Canadian DMAs.)
Complete for all of Season 35 (2019-07-26), including the separate table for the All-Star Games.
Rank | Market | Station | Players | Regular | 2018 Teen | Teachers | 2019 Teen |
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1 | New York | WABC | 39 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
6 | Washington (Hagerstown) | WJLA | 39 | 37 | 1 | 1 | |
2 | Los Angeles | KABC | 38 | 37 | 1 | ||
9 | Boston (Manchester) | WBZ | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | |
4 | Philadelphia | WPVI | 20 | 19 | 1 | ||
8 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | KGO | 18 | 17 | 1 | ||
10 | Atlanta | WXIA | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | |
3 | Chicago | WLS | 17 | 16 | 1 | ||
13 | Seattle-Tacoma | KOMO | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | |
17 | Denver | KDVR | 12 | 12 | |||
14 | Detroit | WDIV | 11 | 11 | |||
22 | Portland, OR | KATU | 7 | 6 | 1 | ||
40 | Austin | KXAN | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
7 | Houston | KTRK | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||
15 | Minneapolis-St. Paul | KARE | 5 | 5 | |||
16 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale | WPLG | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
— | Toronto / Hamilton | — | 4 | 4 | |||
18 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne | WFTV | 4 | 4 | |||
21 | St. Louis | KSDK | 4 | 4 | |||
24 | Pittsburgh | WPXI | 4 | 4 | |||
29 | San Diego | KNSD | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
33 | Hartford & New Haven | WTNH | 4 | 4 | |||
47 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | KRQE | 4 | 4 | |||
70 | Charleston-Huntington | WSAZ | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
11 | Tampa-St. Petersburg (Sarasota) | WTSP | 3 | 3 | |||
— | Vancouver / Victoria | — | 3 | 3 | |||
26 | Baltimore | WBFF | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
28 | Indianapolis | WTHR | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
30 | Salt Lake City | KJZZ | 3 | 3 | |||
35 | Cincinnati | WXIX | 3 | 3 | |||
43 | Birmingham (Anniston & Tuscaloosa) | WIAT | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
46 | Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem | WFMY | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
48 | Louisville | WLKY | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
— | Ottawa / Gatineau | — | 3 | 3 | |||
73 | Tucson (Sierra Vista) | KGUN | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
19 | Cleveland-Akron (Canton) | WOIO | 2 | 2 | |||
25 | Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville) | WTVD | 2 | 2 | |||
27 | Nashville | WZTV | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
37 | West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce | WPBF | 2 | 2 | |||
38 | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson | WLOS | 2 | 2 | |||
50 | New Orleans | WVUE | 2 | 2 | |||
56 | Richmond-Petersburg | WRIC | 2 | 2 | |||
58 | Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton) | WALA | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
59 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | WTEN | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
61 | Tulsa | KTUL | 2 | 2 | |||
88 | Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg | WPSD | 2 | 2 | |||
104 | Fort Wayne | WANE | 2 | 2 | |||
108 | Springfield-Holyoke | WWLP | 2 | 2 | |||
122 | Bakersfield | KBAK | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
157 | Gainesville | WGFL | 2 | 2 | |||
183 | Charlottesville | WVIR | 2 | 2 | |||
5 | Dallas-Fort Worth | KTXA | 1 | 1 | |||
12 | Phoenix (Prescott) | KTVK | 1 | 1 | |||
20 | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto | KXTV | 1 | 1 | |||
23 | Charlotte | WCNC | 1 | 1 | |||
32 | Kansas City | KSHB | 1 | 1 | |||
34 | Columbus, OH | WBNS | 1 | 1 | |||
36 | Milwaukee | WDJT | 1 | 1 | |||
39 | Las Vegas | KLAS | 1 | 1 | |||
41 | Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York | WHP | 1 | 1 | |||
44 | Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News | WVEC | 1 | 1 | |||
45 | Oklahoma City | KFOR | 1 | 1 | |||
49 | Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek | WWMT | 1 | 1 | |||
— | Calgary / Lethbridge | — | 1 | 1 | |||
55 | Fort Myers-Naples | WBBH | 1 | 1 | |||
57 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | KATV | 1 | 1 | |||
63 | Lexington | WKYT | 1 | 1 | |||
65 | Flint-Saginaw-Bay City | WNEM | 1 | 1 | |||
71 | Toledo | WTOL | 1 | 1 | |||
74 | Columbia, SC | WOLO | 1 | 1 | |||
75 | Des Moines-Ames | WHO | 1 | 1 | |||
77 | Spokane | KHQ | 1 | 1 | |||
81 | Syracuse | WSYT | 1 | 1 | |||
82 | Champaign & Springfield-Decatur | WAND | 1 | 1 | |||
84 | Portland-Auburn | WMTW | 1 | 1 | |||
92 | Jackson, MS | WLBT | 1 | 1 | |||
93 | Savannah | WSAV | 1 | 1 | |||
100 | Boise | KBOI | 1 | 1 | |||
— | Barrie / Orillia | — | 1 | 1 | |||
106 | Johnstown-Altoona-State College | WATM | 1 | 1 | |||
109 | Reno | KOLO | 1 | 1 | |||
112 | Tallahassee-Thomasville | WCTV | 1 | 1 | |||
115 | Sioux Falls (Mitchell) | KSFY | 1 | 1 | |||
118 | Macon | WMAZ | 1 | 1 | |||
121 | Lafayette, LA | KATC | 1 | 1 | |||
— | St. John's / Corner Brook | — | 1 | 1 | |||
124 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo | KSBY | 1 | 1 | |||
125 | Youngstown | WKBN | 1 | 1 | |||
— | Saint John / Fredericton / Moncton | — | 1 | 1 | |||
147 | Anchorage | KYUR | 1 | 1 | |||
148 | Wichita Falls & Lawton | KAUZ | 1 | 1 | |||
153 | Joplin-Pittsburg | KSNF | 1 | 1 | |||
155 | Bangor | WVII | 1 | 1 | |||
171 | Rapid City | KOTA | 1 | 1 | |||
175 | Harrisonburg | WHSV | 1 | 1 | |||
185 | Butte-Bozeman | KXLF | 1 | 1 | |||
188 | Lafayette, IN | WLFI | 1 | 1 | |||
189 | Twin Falls | KMVT | 1 | 1 | |||
— | Charlottetown | — | 1 | 1 | |||
197 | Cheyenne-Scottsbluff, NE | KGWN | 1 | 1 | |||
200 | Ottumwa-Kirksville | KTVO | 1 | 1 |
State / Province | Players | Regular | Teen | Teachers | 2019 Teen |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
California | 64 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
New York | 32 | 30 | 2 | ||
Massachusetts | 23 | 22 | 1 | ||
Georgia | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | |
Florida | 19 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
District of Columbia | 17 | 17 | |||
Pennsylvania | 17 | 16 | 1 | ||
Washington | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | |
Illinois | 16 | 14 | 2 | ||
Virginia | 16 | 16 | |||
Maryland | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Michigan | 13 | 12 | 1 | ||
New Jersey | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Texas | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Colorado | 11 | 11 | |||
Indiana | 8 | 7 | 1 | ||
North Carolina | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
Ohio | 8 | 7 | 1 | ||
Ontario | 8 | 8 | |||
Oregon | 7 | 6 | 1 | ||
Connecticut | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
Kentucky | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
Missouri | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||
Alabama | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
Arizona | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
Minnesota | 4 | 4 | |||
New Mexico | 4 | 4 | |||
British Columbia | 3 | 3 | |||
Delaware | 3 | 3 | |||
Louisiana | 3 | 3 | |||
Oklahoma | 3 | 3 | |||
Tennessee | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
Utah | 3 | 3 | |||
West Virginia | 3 | 3 | |||
Idaho | 2 | 2 | |||
Iowa | 2 | 2 | |||
Maine | 2 | 2 | |||
Nevada | 2 | 2 | |||
South Dakota | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | |||
Alaska | 1 | 1 | |||
Alberta | 1 | 1 | |||
Arkansas | 1 | 1 | |||
Kansas | 1 | 1 | |||
Mississippi | 1 | 1 | |||
Montana | 1 | 1 | |||
Nebraska | 1 | 1 | |||
New Brunswick | 1 | 1 | |||
New Hampshire | 1 | 1 | |||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 1 | 1 | |||
Prince Edward Island | 1 | 1 | |||
South Carolina | 1 | 1 | |||
Wyoming | 1 | 1 |
Rank | Market | Station | Players |
---|---|---|---|
2 | Los Angeles | KABC | 4 |
1 | New York | WABC | 3 |
3 | Chicago | WLS | 3 |
4 | Philadelphia | WPVI | 1 |
6 | Washington (Hagerstown) | WJLA | 1 |
8 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | KGO | 1 |
13 | Seattle-Tacoma | KOMO | 1 |
17 | Denver | KDVR | 1 |
23 | Charlotte | WCNC | 1 |
46 | Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem | WFMY | 1 |
57 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | KATV | 1 |