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Hispanic Market Guide 2026

Where the market lives

Los Angeles, New York, Miami and the Texas metros anchor Hispanic media reach, and the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose DMA ranks among the top ten in the country with 491,440 Hispanic TV homes.

Top-10 DMA: SF Bay Area
109 majority-Hispanic counties
CA leads the nation
The analysis

Geography still decides media buys, and the concentration map is unambiguous. The ten largest Designated Market Areas by Hispanic TV homes are led by Los Angeles at over 2.25 million, with New York, Miami, Houston, Dallas and Chicago behind. In 2024, California and Texas held the nation’s largest Hispanic populations.

The Bay Area’s own DMA, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, sits in the national top ten with 491,440 Hispanic TV homes; Santa Clara County alone accounts for 123,040. For local advertisers this means top-ten-market scale without leaving home.

Density runs deeper than metros: by Census estimates, 109 U.S. counties were majority Hispanic in 2025. Brands planning national footprints and local activations alike are working from the same map, and it points to sustained, place-based investment.

Top U.S. Hispanic DMAs by TV homes
Los Angeles, CA
2,253,320
New York, NY
1,721,590
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
946,260
Houston, TX
938,530
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
755,530
Chicago, IL
687,270
San Antonio, TX
556,310
Phoenix (Prescott), AZ
504,090
SF-Oakland-San Jose, CA
491,440
our home market
Orlando-Daytona, FL
435,800
109
U.S. counties were majority Hispanic in 2025
CA + TX
the nation’s largest state Hispanic populations in 2024 (16.1M and 12.6M)
123,040
Hispanic TV households in Santa Clara County alone
Sources: Nielsen, 2025-2026 Local Television Market Universe Estimates, Hispanic or Latino TV households, Jan. 1, 2026 (Nielsen client data), as published in the Hispanic Marketing Council’s Hispanic Market Guide 2026, pp. 27 and 29 | U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 county population estimates (majority-Hispanic counties) | U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey, table B03003 (states)
Adapted from the Hispanic Marketing Council’s Hispanic Market Guide 2026 (June 2026). Figures checked against the sources above in October 2026.

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