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TV Households to Increase 1.3%; Baby Boomers Grow 3.8%

Published on August 23, 2007 | Email this article

The number of TV households in the U.S. will increase by 1.3 percent to 112.8 million by January 1, 2008, Nielsen predicts, while the number of people aged 2 and older will increase 1 percent. Nielsen’s new estimates are effective August 27 and will be used for the 2007-2008 season, writes Mediaweek.

Baby boomers - those aged 55-64 - are the fastest-growing demo, climbing 3.8 percent to 32.8 million. The 18-24 demo had no growth and remained steady at 28.4 million.

Most of the changes are taking place in the southern and western regions of the U.S. New Orleans grew 6 percent and moved up one place in rank, to No. 53. Dallas-Ft. Worth moved from No. 6 to No. 5, Atlanta moved up one place to No. 8, and Phoenix moved up for the third year in a row, to No. 12 from No. 13.

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