Effective Buying Income by DMA Effective Buying Income (EBI), or disposable personal income, can vary significantly from DMA to DMA. The following chart provides EBI figures for all DMAs, and indexes each market's EBI to the national average. Click here for definition of this category
Effective Buying Income   DMA 2009 DMA Rank DMA % US Pop. Avg HH EBI EBI DMA/US AVG   Abilene-Sweetwater, TX 165   0.10%   $42,420   76     Albany, GA 59   0.14%   $39,686   71     Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 143   0.45%   $51,738   93     Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM 45   0.61%   $47,516   85     Alexandria, LA 180   0.08%   $42,426   76     Alpena, MI 208   0.01%   $39,009   70     Amarillo, TX 131   0.17%   $44,368   79     Anchorage, AK 142   0.14%   $67,731   121     Atlanta, GA 7   2.14%   $58,520   105     Augusta, GA 114   0.22%   $45,316   81     Austin, TX 46   0.59%   $61,080   109     Bakersfield, CA 103   0.24%   $49,988   89     Baltimore, MD 27   0.94%   $65,364   117     Bangor, ME 157   0.11%   $41,380   74     Baton Rouge, LA 93   0.29%   $48,759   87     Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 140   0.15%   $46,459   83     Bend, OR 190   0.05%   $56,365   101     Billings, MT 168   0.09%   $48,084   86     Biloxi-Gulfport, MS 162   0.11%   $45,538   81     Binghamton, NY 158   0.11%   $44,186   79     Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa), AL 43   0.60%   $47,810   86     Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV 160   0.11%   $38,143   68     Boise, ID 106   0.24%   $51,072   91     Boston, MA (Manchester, NH) 8   2.04%   $68,467   123     Bowling Green, KY 183   0.07%   $41,995   75     Buffalo, NY 54   0.52%   $45,052   81     Burlington, VT-Plattsburgh, NY 96   0.28%   $50,505   90     Butte-Bozeman, MT 193   0.05%   $48,912   88     Casper-Riverton, WY 196   0.04%   $50,573   90     Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City and Dubuque, IA 94   0.28%   $48,468   87     Champaign and Springfield-Decatur, IL 87   0.31%   $45,043   81     Charleston, SC 65   0.26%   $50,870   91     Charleston-Huntington, WV 98   0.38%   $39,361   70     Charlotte, NC 24   0.95%   $51,008   91     Charlottesville, VA 186   0.06%   $59,279   106     Chattanooga, TN 88   0.30%   $45,490   81     Cheyenne, WY-Scottsbluff, NE 198   0.04%   $50,270   90     Chicago, IL 3   3.19%   $62,237   111     Chico-Redding, CA 130   0.17%   $45,332   81     Cincinnati, OH 33   0.77%   $54,938   98     Clarksburg-Weston, WV 169   0.09%   $39,000   70     Cleveland-Akron (Canton), OH 19   1.26%   $50,350   90     Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO 92   0.29%   $51,843   93     Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO 79   0.15%   $45,124   81     Columbia, SC 139   0.33%   $47,854   86     Columbus, GA 36   0.18%   $42,688   76     Columbus, OH 133   0.77%   $51,575   92     Columbus-Tupelo-West Point, MS 129   0.16%   $39,105   70     Corpus Christi, TX 127   0.18%   $45,869   82     Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX 5   2.28%   $61,356   110     Davenport, IA-Rock Island-Moline, IL 100   0.25%   $45,503   81     Dayton, OH 68   0.39%   $47,943   86     Denver, CO 17   1.30%   $60,950   109     Des Moines-Ames, IA 74   0.35%   $50,459   90     Detroit, MI 12   1.63%   $56,075   100     Dothan, AL 173   0.08%   $41,937   75     Duluth, MN-Superior, WI 145   0.14%   $42,326   76     El Paso, TX 84   0.32%   $41,549   74     Elmira, NY 177   0.08%   $42,295   76     Erie, PA 148   0.13%   $42,852   77     Eugene, OR 125   0.20%   $43,828   78     Eureka, CA 195   0.05%   $42,340   76     Evansville, IN 104   0.24%   $44,729   80     Fairbanks, AK 202   0.04%   $63,594   114     Fargo-Valley City, ND 126   0.19%   $45,222   81     Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI 70   0.39%   $44,031   79     Fresno-Visalia, CA 42   0.63%   $49,609   89     Ft. Myers-Naples, Fl 66   0.40%   $62,112   111     Ft. Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR 99   0.26%   $45,166   81     Ft. Wayne, IN 108   0.23%   $46,524   83     Gainesville, FL 164   0.11%   $45,083   81     Glendive, MT 210   0.00%   $40,283   72     Grand Junction-Montrose, CO 185   0.06%   $50,175   90     Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI 39   0.65%   $47,930   86     Great Falls, MT 192   0.05%   $43,057   77     Green Bay-Appleton, WI 71   0.36%   $48,105   86     Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC 50   0.56%   $45,463   81     Greenville-New Bern-Washington, NC 105   0.24%   $42,004   75     Greenville-Spartanburg, SC-Asheville, NC-Anderson,SC 37   0.70%   $44,153   79     Greenwood-Greenville, MS 184   0.07%   $35,856   64     Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen, TX 64   0.40%   $36,914   66     Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA 40   0.62%   $51,902   93     Harrisonburg, VA 179   0.08%   $45,811   82     Hartford and New Haven, CT 31   0.85%   $61,700   110     Hattiesburg-Laurel, MS 166   0.10%   $40,929   73     Helena, MT 207   0.02%   $47,965   86     Honolulu, HI 62   0.42%   $65,049   116     Houston, TX 10   2.00%   $61,068   109     Huntsville-Decatur (Florence), AL 82   0.31%   $46,102   82     Idaho Falls-Pocatello, ID 154   0.12%   $50,136   90     Indianapolis, IN 28   0.93%   $50,420   90     Jackson, MS 90   0.30%   $45,015   81     Jackson, TN 176   0.08%   $41,765   75     Jacksonville, FL 48   0.57%   $54,597   98     Johnstown-Altoona, PA 102   0.24%   $41,385   74     Jonesboro, AR 182   0.07%   $40,075   72     Joplin, MO-Pittsburg, KS 147   0.13%   $39,291   70     Juneau, AK 206   0.02%   $64,895   116     Kansas City, MO 32   0.78%   $54,146   97     Knoxville, TN 61   0.43%   $44,667   80     La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI 128   0.18%   $44,045   79     Lafayette, IN 191   0.06%   $44,197   79     Lafayette, LA 122   0.20%   $43,622   78     Lake Charles, LA 175   0.08%   $45,596   82     Lansing, MI 118   0.22%   $47,863   86     Laredo, TX 171   0.08%   $41,202   74     Las Vegas, NV 38   0.64%   $60,808   109     Lexington, KY 63   0.41%   $42,280   76     Lima, OH 187   0.06%   $46,487   83     Lincoln and Hastings-Kearney, NE 112   0.23%   $45,137   81     Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR 56   0.47%   $43,986   79     Los Angeles, CA 2   5.84%   $65,024   116     Louisville, KY 52   0.54%   $48,100   86     Lubbock, TX 144   0.14%   $45,018   81     Macon, GA 120   0.21%   $43,741   78     Madison, WI 86   0.31%   $52,410   94     Mankato, MN 199   0.04%   $47,506   85     Marquette, MI 181   0.07%   $41,140   74     Medford-Klamath Falls, OR 141   0.14%   $43,928   79     Memphis, TN 47   0.58%   $47,825   86     Meridian, MS 188   0.06%   $36,603   65     Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL 16   1.40%   $57,115   102     Milwaukee, WI 35   0.75%   $52,359   94     Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN 14   1.46%   $59,530   107     Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson(Williston), ND 159   0.11%   $45,681   82     Missoula, MT 167   0.09%   $46,196   83     Mobile, AL-Pensacola (Ft. Walton Beach), FL 58   0.45%   $47,942   86     Monroe, LA-El Dorado, AR 136   0.15%   $40,140   72     Monterey-Salinas, CA 109   0.24%   $66,602   119     Montgomery-Selma, AL 123   0.21%   $42,641   76     Myrtle Beach-Florence, SC 101   0.24%   $41,976   75     Nashville, TN 30   0.85%   $50,857   91     New Orleans, LA 51   0.53%   $50,495   90     New York, NY 1   6.79%   $70,077   125     Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA 44   0.62%   $53,646   96     North Platte, NE 209   0.01%   $43,354   78     Odessa-Midland, TX 151   0.13%   $50,772   91     Oklahoma City, OK 49   0.57%   $46,407   83     Omaha, NE 76   0.34%   $51,976   93     Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, FL 20   1.21%   $52,938   95     Ottumwa, IA-Kirksville, MO 200   0.04%   $38,967   70     Paducah, KY-Cape Girardeau, MO-Harrisburg, IL 85   0.32%   $39,255   70     Palm Springs, CA 134   0.15%   $61,068   109     Panama City, FL 156   0.12%   $47,787   86     Parkersburg, WV 194   0.05%   $42,412   76     Peoria-Bloomington, IL 121   0.21%   $50,539   90     Philadelphia, PA 4   2.56%   $61,305   110     Phoenix, AZ 11   1.68%   $58,318   104     Pittsburgh, PA 29   0.92%   $48,692   87     Portland, OR 22   1.02%   $52,684   94     Portland-Auburn, ME 81   0.32%   $50,197   90     Presque Isle, ME 205   0.02%   $36,291   65     Providence, RI-New Bedford, MA 53   0.52%   $54,977   98     Quincy, IL-Hannibal, MO-Keokuk, IA 172   0.09%   $40,838   73     Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville), NC 26   0.92%   $50,780   91     Rapid City, SD 174   0.08%   $47,384   85     Reno, NV 107   0.24%   $59,806   107     Richmond-Petersburg, VA 57   0.46%   $57,020   102     Roanoke-Lynchburg, VA 72   0.37%   $44,798   80     Rochester, MN-Mason City, IA-Austin, MN 78   0.12%   $51,488   92     Rochester, NY 152   0.33%   $50,841   91     Rockford, IL 132   0.16%   $48,143   86     Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, CA 18   1.32%   $59,225   106     Salisbury, MD 149   0.13%   $51,062   91     Salt Lake City, UT 25   0.95%   $56,508   101     San Angelo, TX 197   0.05%   $45,169   81     San Antonio, TX 34   0.77%   $50,793   91     San Diego, CA 23   1.00%   $67,386   121     San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA 6   2.29%   $81,637   146     Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA 116   0.22%   $64,388   115     Savannah, GA 95   0.28%   $49,417   88     Seattle-Tacoma, WA 13   1.54%   $63,722   114     Sherman, TX-Ada, OK 161   0.11%   $41,693   75     Shreveport, LA 80   0.33%   $43,024   77     Sioux City, IA 146   0.13%   $45,037   81     Sioux Falls (Mitchell), SD 117   0.22%   $46,821   84     South Bend-Elkhart, IN 91   0.29%   $46,803   84     Spokane, WA 73   0.36%   $46,518   83     Springfield, MO 77   0.34%   $41,072   73     Springfield-Holyoke, MA 113   0.22%   $48,678   87     St. Joseph, MO 201   0.04%   $42,913   77     St. Louis, MO 21   1.04%   $53,046   95     Syracuse, NY 83   0.32%   $47,670   85     Tallahassee, FL-Thomasville, GA 110   0.24%   $45,998   82     Tampa-St. Petersburg (Sarasota), FL 15   1.43%   $52,827   95     Terre Haute, IN 153   0.12%   $40,202   72     Toledo, OH 75   0.35%   $47,798   86     Topeka, KS 137   0.15%   $44,661   80     Traverse City-Cadillac, MI 124   0.20%   $43,018   77     Tri-Cities, TN-VA 97   0.26%   $39,888   71     Tucson (Sierra Vista), AZ 67   0.39%   $50,490   90     Tulsa, OK 60   0.44%   $46,310   83     Twin Falls, ID 189   0.06%   $48,019   86     Tyler-Longview(Lufkin and Nacogdoches), TX 111   0.23%   $45,833   82     Utica, NY 170   0.09%   $42,446   76     Victoria, TX 203   0.03%   $50,466   90     Waco-Temple-Bryan, TX 9   0.30%   $47,625   85     Washington, DC (Hagerstown, MD) 178   2.02%   $78,926   141     Watertown, NY 135   0.08%   $40,959   73     Wausau-Rhinelander, WI 41   0.15%   $46,042   82     West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL 89   0.62%   $64,858   116     Wheeling, WV-Steubenville, OH 163   0.10%   $40,199   72     Wichita Falls, TX-Lawton, OK 69   0.14%   $43,875   79     Wichita-Hutchinson, KS Plus 150   0.38%   $46,327   83     Wilkes Barre-Scranton, PA 55   0.49%   $44,372   79     Wilmington, NC 138   0.14%   $45,846   82     Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick, WA 119   0.21%   $48,906   88     Youngstown, OH 115   0.22%   $42,496   76     Yuma, AZ-El Centro, CA 155   0.12%   $43,300   77     Zanesville, OH 204   0.03%   $42,508   76

	Note:	DMA Rankings based on Nielsen Media Research DMA Market and Demographic Rank, Sept. 2009
	Source:	TVB analysis of income and population data published by TradeDimensions International, Inc. - Demographics USA 2009

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