Which states have the fewest same-sex couples? These are the bottom 10
These are the states with the fewest same-sex couples cohabiting, per capita.
October 7, 2025
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Gay men prefer cities whereas lesbians prefer the country, census (finally) proves
The long-standing joke among the LGBTQ+ community finally has data behind it.
August 27, 2024
Lawsuit seeks release of Census data on sexual orientation and gender identity
The information can help in enforcement of civil rights laws, the suit notes.
September 24, 2025
Census Data Reveals Area With Highest Percentage of Same-Sex Couples
The newly released information finds about 1 million same-sex households living in the U.S.
September 17, 2020
Where Are 1.5 Million Missing Black Men?
Census data of male-female ratios by race underscore disproportionate homicide and incarceration rates and reveal HIV infection disparities
July 6, 2015
Survey: LGBTQ+ Americans in Greater Financial Peril Than Others
New Census Bureau data finds more food and housing insecurity among LGBTQ+ people than straight and cisgender Americans.
August 13, 2021
A nonbinary Census? American Community Survey tests questions on sexual orientation and gender identity
The latest data collection also tries to use gender-neutral terms throughout.
November 13, 2024
Study: Same-Sex Couples Migrating to the Heartland
The Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles, released a report Monday documenting what it called "a gay demographic explosion" in some of the country's reddest of regions. Using recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, the analyses show that the number of same-sex couples in the United States has quadrupled since 1990, growing at a rate 21 times that of the population. But increases have been the most dramatic in the Midwest, Mountain, and Southern states.
November 6, 2007
A man in Provincetown was called a homophobic slur and assaulted. Police need information
Provincetown police are investigating a potential hate crime after a man was assaulted and called a homophobic slur.
July 2, 2025
Want to Count? Then Queer the Census and Be Tallied
Trump wanted to make us disappear with the 2020 Census; don't let him win.
March 24, 2020
U.S. Census Will Finally Count Gay, Lesbian Families
But the Census Bureau will only consider legally married same-sex couples in its new definition of 'family.'
September 19, 2014
Dem Senators Pen Letter Asking Why LGBT Questions Were Omitted From Census
The senators hope to get an answer by June 19.
May 23, 2017
At Least One Census Survey Will Include Sexual Orientation Question
It's not the Census Bureau's biggest survey, however, which backtracked on plans for such questions earlier this year.
September 28, 2017
The Census Is Messy, But LGBTQ Lives Depend on It
Glenn D. Magpantay has many reservations about the census, but he won't make perfect the enemy of good.
April 16, 2020
More Than 1 Million Same-Sex Couples Live in the U.S., Census Says
This marks the first time this figure, drawn from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, has exceeded 1 million.
December 1, 2022
Meals on Wheels Incites Scare With LGBTQ Survey of Elders
The charity that feeds elderly Americans asked them questions about their sexuality and gender identity.
October 24, 2018
Beware the Pitfalls of Estimating the Number of LGBT People
The author on a Williams Institute study of the size of the LGBT population explains why the numbers have set off such a firestorm.
September 2, 2011