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.
Complete for all of Season 41 (2025-07-26).
| Rank | Market | Station | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | WABC | 58 |
| 8 | Washington (Hagerstown) | WJLA | 24 |
| 9 | Boston (Manchester) | WBZ | 18 |
| 2 | Los Angeles | KABC | 14 |
| 3 | Chicago | WLS | 12 |
| 5 | Philadelphia | WPVI | 11 |
| 10 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | KGO | 9 |
| 13 | Seattle-Tacoma | KOMO | 8 |
| 29 | Baltimore | WBFF | 8 |
| — | Toronto / Hamilton | — | 7 |
| 14 | Detroit | WDIV | 7 |
| 22 | Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville) | WTVD | 7 |
| 7 | Atlanta | WXIA | 6 |
| 34 | Austin | KXAN | 6 |
| 6 | Houston | KTRK | 5 |
| 19 | Cleveland-Akron (Canton) | WOIO | 5 |
| 23 | Portland, OR | KATU | 5 |
| 33 | Kansas City | WDAF | 5 |
| 35 | Columbus, OH | WBNS | 5 |
| 16 | Minneapolis-St. Paul | KARE | 4 |
| 27 | Pittsburgh | WPXI | 4 |
| 32 | Hartford & New Haven | WTNH | 4 |
| 17 | Denver | KDVR | 3 |
| — | Vancouver / Victoria | — | 3 |
| 20 | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto | KXTV | 3 |
| 21 | Charlotte | WCNC | 3 |
| 25 | Indianapolis | WTHR | 3 |
| 26 | Nashville | WZTV | 3 |
| 37 | Cincinnati | WXIX | 3 |
| 40 | Las Vegas | KLAS | 3 |
| 43 | Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek | WWMT | 3 |
| 50 | New Orleans | WVUE | 3 |
| 56 | Richmond-Petersburg | WRIC | 3 |
| 57 | Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton) | WALA | 3 |
| 60 | Knoxville | WBIR | 3 |
| 62 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | WTEN | 3 |
| 69 | Honolulu | KGMB | 3 |
| 77 | Madison | WMTV | 3 |
| 93 | Burlington-Plattsburgh | WPTZ | 3 |
| 113 | Fargo-Valley City | KXJB-LD | 3 |
| 128 | Monterey-Salinas | KSBW | 3 |
| 4 | Dallas-Fort Worth | KTVT | 2 |
| 12 | Phoenix (Prescott) | KTVK | 2 |
| — | Montréal / Laval | — | 2 |
| 24 | St. Louis | KSDK | 2 |
| 30 | San Diego | KNSD | 2 |
| 31 | San Antonio | KENS | 2 |
| 38 | Milwaukee | WDJT | 2 |
| — | Ottawa / Gatineau | — | 2 |
| — | London / Woodstock / Wingham | — | 2 |
| 58 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | KATV | 2 |
| 63 | Lexington | WKYT | 2 |
| 67 | Des Moines-Ames | WHO | 2 |
| 82 | Charleston-Huntington | WSAZ | 2 |
| 100 | South Bend-Elkhart | WSBT | 2 |
| 11 | Tampa-St. Petersburg (Sarasota) | WTSP | 1 |
| 18 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale | WPLG | 1 |
| 28 | Salt Lake City | KJZZ | 1 |
| 36 | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson | WLOS | 1 |
| 39 | West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce | WPBF | 1 |
| 41 | Jacksonville | WTLV | 1 |
| 46 | Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem | WFMY | 1 |
| 48 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | KRQE | 1 |
| 51 | Memphis | WREG | 1 |
| 52 | Providence-New Bedford | WPRI | 1 |
| 54 | Buffalo | WIVB | 1 |
| 61 | Tulsa | KTUL | 1 |
| 65 | Tucson (Sierra Vista) | KGUN | 1 |
| — | Winnipeg / Brandon | — | 1 |
| 70 | Roanoke-Lynchburg | WDBJ | 1 |
| 73 | Omaha | WOWT | 1 |
| 75 | Huntsville-Decatur (Florence) | WAAY | 1 |
| 78 | Portland-Auburn | WMTW | 1 |
| 79 | Rochester, NY | WROC | 1 |
| 83 | Waco-Temple-Bryan | KCEN | 1 |
| 84 | Savannah | WSAV | 1 |
| 85 | Charleston, SC | WCBD | 1 |
| 87 | Colorado Springs-Pueblo | KKTV | 1 |
| 88 | Syracuse | WSYT | 1 |
| — | Halifax / Dartmouth | — | 1 |
| 104 | Davenport-Rock Island-Moline | KWQC | 1 |
| 105 | Tallahassee-Thomasville | WCTV | 1 |
| 112 | Johnstown-Altoona-State College | WATM | 1 |
| 115 | Springfield-Holyoke | WWLP | 1 |
| 117 | Lansing | WILX | 1 |
| 122 | Peoria-Bloomington | WMBD | 1 |
| 123 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo | KSBY | 1 |
| 125 | Bakersfield | KBAK | 1 |
| 130 | Corpus Christi | KZTV | 1 |
| 134 | Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston | WTVA | 1 |
| 136 | Chico-Redding | KNVN | 1 |
| 145 | Palm Springs | KMIR | 1 |
| 146 | Anchorage | KYUR | 1 |
| 148 | Panama City | WJHG | 1 |
| 156 | Bangor | WVII | 1 |
| 162 | Binghamton | WIVT | 1 |
| 176 | Charlottesville | WVIR | 1 |
| 197 | San Angelo | KLST | 1 |
| — | Dawson Creek | — | 1 |
| — | United Kingdom | — | 1 |
| State / Province | Players |
|---|---|
| New York | 43 |
| California | 35 |
| Texas | 18 |
| New Jersey | 17 |
| Massachusetts | 17 |
| Virginia | 15 |
| Illinois | 14 |
| Maryland | 14 |
| Pennsylvania | 13 |
| Ohio | 13 |
| Michigan | 12 |
| Ontario | 11 |
| North Carolina | 10 |
| Washington | 9 |
| Connecticut | 9 |
| Florida | 8 |
| District of Columbia | 8 |
| Georgia | 7 |
| Tennessee | 7 |
| Missouri | 6 |
| Wisconsin | 5 |
| Indiana | 4 |
| Colorado | 4 |
| Minnesota | 4 |
| British Columbia | 4 |
| Oregon | 4 |
| New Hampshire | 4 |
| Arizona | 3 |
| South Carolina | 3 |
| Louisiana | 3 |
| Nevada | 3 |
| Hawaii | 3 |
| North Dakota | 3 |
| Vermont | 3 |
| Quebec | 2 |
| Alabama | 2 |
| Kentucky | 2 |
| Iowa | 2 |
| Arkansas | 2 |
| West Virginia | 2 |
| Maine | 2 |
| Oklahoma | 1 |
| Utah | 1 |
| Kansas | 1 |
| Mississippi | 1 |
| New Mexico | 1 |
| Nebraska | 1 |
| Manitoba | 1 |
| Rhode Island | 1 |
| Nova Scotia | 1 |
| Delaware | 1 |
| Alaska | 1 |
| International | 1 |
| Rank | Market | Station | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne | WFTV | 2 |
| 1 | New York | WABC | 1 |
| 3 | Chicago | WLS | 1 |
| 5 | Philadelphia | WPVI | 1 |
| 8 | Washington (Hagerstown) | WJLA | 1 |
| 9 | Boston (Manchester) | WBZ | 1 |
| 10 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | KGO | 1 |
| 17 | Denver | KDVR | 1 |
| 23 | Portland, OR | KATU | 1 |
| 47 | Oklahoma City | KFOR | 1 |
| 48 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | KRQE | 1 |
| — | Ottawa / Gatineau | — | 1 |
| 56 | Richmond-Petersburg | WRIC | 1 |
| 69 | Honolulu | KGMB | 1 |
| 113 | Fargo-Valley City | KXJB-LD | 1 |
| 120 | Eugene | KVAL | 1 |
| 130 | Corpus Christi | KZTV | 1 |
| Rank | Market | Station | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | WABC | 4 |
| — | Toronto / Hamilton | — | 2 |
| 22 | Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville) | WTVD | 2 |
| 3 | Chicago | WLS | 1 |
| 13 | Seattle-Tacoma | KOMO | 1 |
| 14 | Detroit | WDIV | 1 |
| 28 | Salt Lake City | KJZZ | 1 |
| 62 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | WTEN | 1 |
| 69 | Honolulu | KGMB | 1 |
| 130 | Corpus Christi | KZTV | 1 |
| Rank | Market | Station | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | WABC | 2 |
| 13 | Seattle-Tacoma | KOMO | 2 |
| 2 | Los Angeles | KABC | 1 |
| 3 | Chicago | WLS | 1 |
| 5 | Philadelphia | WPVI | 1 |
| 8 | Washington (Hagerstown) | WJLA | 1 |
| 9 | Boston (Manchester) | WBZ | 1 |
| 10 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | KGO | 1 |
| 12 | Phoenix (Prescott) | KTVK | 1 |
| 14 | Detroit | WDIV | 1 |
| 19 | Cleveland-Akron (Canton) | WOIO | 1 |
| 26 | Nashville | WZTV | 1 |
| 34 | Austin | KXAN | 1 |
| 35 | Columbus, OH | WBNS | 1 |
| 38 | Milwaukee | WDJT | 1 |
| 40 | Las Vegas | KLAS | 1 |
| 48 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | KRQE | 1 |
| 69 | Honolulu | KGMB | 1 |
| 189 | Lafayette, IN | WLFI | 1 |
| Rank | Market | Station | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Atlanta | WXIA | 3 |
| 1 | New York | WABC | 2 |
| 3 | Chicago | WLS | 2 |
| — | Toronto / Hamilton | — | 2 |
| 5 | Philadelphia | WPVI | 2 |
| 8 | Washington (Hagerstown) | WJLA | 2 |
| 10 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | KGO | 2 |
| 49 | Louisville | WLKY | 2 |
| 2 | Los Angeles | KABC | 1 |
| 4 | Dallas-Fort Worth | KTVT | 1 |
| 16 | Minneapolis-St. Paul | KARE | 1 |
| 18 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale | WPLG | 1 |
| 19 | Cleveland-Akron (Canton) | WOIO | 1 |
| 23 | Portland, OR | KATU | 1 |
| 27 | Pittsburgh | WPXI | 1 |
| 58 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | KATV | 1 |
| 68 | Green Bay-Appleton | WLUK | 1 |
| 89 | El Paso (Las Cruces) | KDBC | 1 |