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 16 of Season 41 (2024-12-27).

Contestants by media market

RankMarketStationPlayers
1New YorkWABC26
8Washington (Hagerstown)WJLA10
9Boston (Manchester)WBZ8
3ChicagoWLS5
Toronto / Hamilton5
13Seattle-TacomaKOMO5
14DetroitWDIV5
29BaltimoreWBFF5
2Los AngelesKABC4
10San Francisco-Oakland-San JoseKGO4
22Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville)WTVD4
33Kansas CityWDAF4
34AustinKXAN4
5PhiladelphiaWPVI3
4Dallas-Fort WorthKTVT2
7AtlantaWXIA2
Montréal / Laval2
19Cleveland-Akron (Canton)WOIO2
20Sacramento-Stockton-ModestoKXTV2
27PittsburghWPXI2
30San DiegoKNSD2
32Hartford & New HavenWTNH2
35Columbus, OHWBNS2
London / Woodstock / Wingham2
56Richmond-PetersburgWRIC2
57Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton)WALA2
62Albany-Schenectady-TroyWTEN2
77MadisonWMTV2
6HoustonKTRK1
16Minneapolis-St. PaulKARE1
Vancouver / Victoria1
23Portland, ORKATU1
24St. LouisKSDK1
25IndianapolisWTHR1
26NashvilleWZTV1
37CincinnatiWXIX1
40Las VegasKLAS1
43Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle CreekWWMT1
46Greensboro-High Point-Winston-SalemWFMY1
48Albuquerque-Santa FeKRQE1
50New OrleansWVUE1
Ottawa / Gatineau1
51MemphisWREG1
52Providence-New BedfordWPRI1
54BuffaloWIVB1
58Little Rock-Pine BluffKATV1
60KnoxvilleWBIR1
61TulsaKTUL1
65Tucson (Sierra Vista)KGUN1
Winnipeg / Brandon1
69HonoluluKGMB1
73OmahaWOWT1
79Rochester, NYWROC1
82Charleston-HuntingtonWSAZ1
85Charleston, SCWCBD1
87Colorado Springs-PuebloKKTV1
88SyracuseWSYT1
100South Bend-ElkhartWSBT1
Halifax / Dartmouth1
112Johnstown-Altoona-State CollegeWATM1
113Fargo-Valley CityKXJB-LD1
122Peoria-BloomingtonWMBD1
123Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis ObispoKSBY1
128Monterey-SalinasKSBW1
130Corpus ChristiKZTV1
162BinghamtonWIVT1
Dawson Creek1
United Kingdom1

Contestants by state/province

State / ProvincePlayers
New York22
California14
Texas8
Ontario8
Maryland8
Michigan7
Virginia7
Massachusetts7
Pennsylvania6
Illinois6
Ohio5
North Carolina5
New Jersey5
Washington5
Connecticut5
Missouri4
Tennessee3
Florida2
Georgia2
Quebec2
Wisconsin2
British Columbia2
New Hampshire2
District of Columbia2
Arizona1
Indiana1
Colorado1
Minnesota1
South Carolina1
Louisiana1
Oregon1
Oklahoma1
Nevada1
Arkansas1
Kansas1
New Mexico1
Nebraska1
West Virginia1
Manitoba1
Hawaii1
Rhode Island1
Nova Scotia1
North Dakota1
Vermont1
International1

Second Chance Competition

RankMarketStationPlayers
15Orlando-Daytona Beach-MelbourneWFTV2
1New YorkWABC1
3ChicagoWLS1
5PhiladelphiaWPVI1
8Washington (Hagerstown)WJLA1
9Boston (Manchester)WBZ1
10San Francisco-Oakland-San JoseKGO1
17DenverKDVR1
23Portland, ORKATU1
47Oklahoma CityKFOR1
48Albuquerque-Santa FeKRQE1
Ottawa / Gatineau1
56Richmond-PetersburgWRIC1
69HonoluluKGMB1
113Fargo-Valley CityKXJB-LD1
120EugeneKVAL1
130Corpus ChristiKZTV1

Champions Wildcard

RankMarketStationPlayers
1New YorkWABC4
Toronto / Hamilton2
22Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville)WTVD2
3ChicagoWLS1
13Seattle-TacomaKOMO1
14DetroitWDIV1
28Salt Lake CityKJZZ1
62Albany-Schenectady-TroyWTEN1
69HonoluluKGMB1
130Corpus ChristiKZTV1