Which states have the fewest same-sex couples? These are the bottom 10

If there's one place queer couples won't live, apparently it's the Dakotas.

There are 1,168,566 same-sex couples living together in the United States, according to a snapshot of the 2020 census by the Williams Institute, 57 percent of whom are married and 22 percent of whom are raising their own children. Among the couples, 52.4 percent are female and 47.7 percent are male.

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While some states are more popular than others, it depends on who you ask. The states with the most and fewest same-sex couples overall differ from those with the most or fewest couples who are married, and lesbians prefer different states than gay men — Vermont has the highest proportion of female same-sex couples while New York has the fewest.

Still, there are some areas that queer couples and families seem to be avoiding. Here are the states with the fewest same-sex couples living together per capita, all of which lean Republican.