Ranking The Top 20 Metros Where Alarms Go Unanswered
| Metro Area | # of cities surveyed within metro and total population | % of surveyed cities within metro with no response or no guaranteed response | % & population affected by surveyed cities with no response or no guaranteed response |
| 1. New York-Newark-Jersey City | 19 (10,487,219) | 21% | 85% (8,950,191) |
| 2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim | 58 (10,573,197) | 40% | 60% (6,364,202) |
| 3. Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land | 9 (3,065,741) | 33% | 81% (2,471,592) |
| 4. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward | 24 (3,419,419) | 50% | 60% (2,046,604) |
| 5. San Diego-Carlsbad | 13 (2,727,861) | 38% | 74% (2,025,861) |
| 6. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | 22 (5,109,666) | 23% | 35% (1,789,911) |
| 7. Philadelphia-Wilmington | 2 (1,651,969) | 100% | 100% (1,651,969) |
| 8. Denver-Aurora-Lakewood | 9 (1,827,592) | 67% | 86% (1,568,071) |
| 9. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue | 14 (1,945,524) | 64% | 71% (1,376,601) |
| 10. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara | 8 (1,661,270) | 50% | 77% (1,287,293) |
| 11. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario | 29 (3,275,667) | 35% | 29% (948,810) |
| 12. Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade | 10 (1,295,954) | 40% | 59% (759,728) |
| 13. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn | 14 (1,744,667) | 14% | 43% (754,851) |
| 14. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale | 11 (2,095,808) | 55% | 32% (675,356) |
| 15. Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis | 3 (727,774) | 67% | 90% (655,285) |
| 16. Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise | 3 (1,187,190) | 33% | 54% (641,676) |
| 17. Salt Lake City | 7 (737,902) | 71% | 77% (570,803) |
| 18. Boston-Cambridge-Newton | 16 (1,218,420) | 50% | 45% (546,804) |
| 19. Fresno | 2 (637,129) | 50% | 83% (527,438) |
| 20. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater | 5 (901,806) | 40% | 56% (500,943) |