Where Same-Sex Couples Live

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Where same-sex couples live

Where Same-Sex Couples Live

There were almost a million same-sex couple households in the U.S. in 2017 and just over half (51.7%) of them were female coupled households.

Same-sex households make up 0.8% of all U.S. households, but some cities, such as San Francisco, have a higher percentage of same-sex households — 3.0% — than the national rate, according to the American Community Survey.

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Interestingly, while there are slightly more female same-sex couple households in the United States, male same-sex couple households are more common in cities with the most same-sex households.

The distributions do vary though.

Continue reading to see how selected cities compare and  learn more about how the Census counts same-sex couples.

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