DMA® Regions
DMA® data is essential for any marketer, researcher or organization seeking to use standardized geographic areas within their business.
DMA® (Designated Market Area) regions are the geographic areas in the U.S. in which local television viewing is measured by Nielsen.
A DMA® region is a group of counties and zip codes that form an exclusive geographic area in which the home market television stations hold a dominance of total hours viewed.
There are 210 DMA® regions, covering the entire continental U.S., Hawaii, and parts of Alaska. DMA® boundaries and data are solely owned and exclusive to Nielsen.
Thanks for your interest in our ZIP by DMA Report. To help us provide the right licensing option for your needs, please select how you plan to use the data:
Internal Use Only
Ideal for companies requiring access to a comprehensive list of U.S. ZIP codes for internal reporting purposes. This license is for reporting use only and cannot be used for ad targeting, media buying or sales.
Comprehensive Access
Designed for companies utilizing DMA data for planning tools, ad targeting and media sales. This license offers the flexibility to optimize your strategies with full access.
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Key Benefits
Target local advertising and direct marketing campaigns across channels and platforms
Sell advertising by local television market
Select local research samples
Segment and analyze internal and third-party data by local television market
Map locations by DMA region
DMA Data Reports
ZIP by DMA
The ZIP by DMA database provides ZIP code listings within U.S. counties by DMA region. The ZIP by DMA report is produced annually and consists of three sections:
- Alphabetical sequence by DMA name
- Numeric sequence by ZIP Code
- 51,000+ zip codes
Data files for ZIP by DMA are available via Excel® and delivered via email
U.S. Television Household Estimates
- Provides household population estimates for each DMA region
- Data includes county-level data, county size designation, and TV penetration
- Data file is available via PDF or Excel® format
DMA market and demographic rank
- Provides population estimates for 31 demographic and household categories in each DMA region
- Demographics are ranked by DMA penetration and alphabetically
- Data file is available via PDF or Excel® format
Directory of TV stations
- Provides a complete list of call letters, city of origin, network, and market affiliates for TV stations in North America by DMA region
- Spanish-language TV stations are also listed
- Does not include addresses of TV stations
- Data file is available via PDF format only
DMA Shapefile
- Provides the DMA boundaries in shapefile format for all 210 DMA regions
- Allows user to visualize their own data by DMA region
- Can be used to plot latitude/longitude by DMA region
- Data file is available via shapefile format and delivered via email
DMA Map
- Provides PDF map of DMA boundaries for all 210 DMA regions
- Includes county boundaries
- Data file is available via PDF format and delivered via email
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