US Counties By Share of Same-Sex Couples

This map shows the share of coupled households in each U.S. county that are composed of same-sex couples, either male-male or female-female, based on the 2020 Census. Both married and unmarried partnered/dating couples are included. Percentages are calculated relative to all coupled households.

The counties and cities the highest overall shares of partnered households that are same-sex, among counties with at least 100 such couples, are the District of Columbia (7.97%), San Francisco County, California (7.82%), New York County, New York (7.13%), St. Louis city, Missouri (5.67%), Suffolk County, Massachusetts (5.49%), Multnomah County, Oregon (5.19%), Richmond city, Virginia (5.15%), Hampshire County, Massachusetts (4.95%), Orleans Parish, Louisiana (4.83%), Baltimore city, Maryland (4.80%), Denver County, Colorado (4.78%), DeKalb County, Georgia (4.73%), Santa Fe County, New Mexico (4.17%), and Fulton County, Georgia (4.05%).
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