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A new analysis of Gallup survey data offers the most detailed estimates yet about where people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender live.
Metropolitan areas with the highest rates of L.G.B.T. residents
San Francisco 6.2%
Portland, Ore. 5.4%
Austin, Tex. 5.3%
New Orleans 5.1%
Boston 4.8%
Seattle 4.8%
Salt Lake City 4.7%
Denver 4.6%
Hartford 4.6%
Los Angeles 4.6%
Louisville, Ky. 4.5%
Providence, R.I. 4.4%
Virginia Beach 4.4%
Columbus, Ohio 4.3%
Jacksonville 4.3%
Metropolitan areas with the lowest rates of L.G.B.T. residents
Birmingham, Ala. 2.6%
Pittsburgh 3.0%
Memphis 3.1%
Cincinnati 3.2%
Raleigh, N.C. 3.2%
San Jose, Calif. 3.2%
Houston 3.3%
Milwaukee 3.5%
Nashville 3.5%
Oklahoma City 3.5%
Richmond, Va. 3.5%
Kansas City 3.6%
Minneapolis-St. Paul 3.6%
St. Louis 3.6%
Cleveland 3.7%
It gives you an idea on which cities are the most open-minded!
This is an interesting list. I don't agree that this is a good gauge of open mindedness however. Do you think OKC and Nashville are really more open minded than San Jose? Also, other than San Francisco at the top and Birmingham at the bottom, most of these cities fall within a range and there isn't a huge difference in percentage between cities at the top of this list and those at the bottom. Gay people are everywhere and this shows that most LGBT Americans aren't migrating to places considered to be gay meccas.
Notice how most of the highest rates of LGBT residents are in the North while lowest rates are in the South. Most of the lowest rates are in southern states / red states where gay marriage is banned.
Notice how most of the highest rates of LGBT residents are in the North while lowest rates are in the South. Most of the lowest rates are in southern states / red states where gay marriage is banned.
You know I really don't think that's a fair statement. If you look the list you see some atypical results on both sides. It shows that trying to assign a mathematical number to a population that often doesn't self identify is unrealistic. Or that our assumptions on what cities are "better for gay people" aren't always accurate, or both.
Notice how most of the highest rates of LGBT residents are in the North while lowest rates are in the South. Most of the lowest rates are in southern states / red states where gay marriage is banned.
As a former resident of Washington DC I would have to disagree with these "poll findings" as DC has an extraordinarily high LGBT population, even of a city of 600K.
As a former resident of Washington DC I would have to disagree with these "poll findings" as DC has an extraordinarily high LGBT population, even of a city of 600K.
I don't like it either, i'm not sure what criteria they used to measure it and how they determined what was an accurate sampling to come to this conclusion. I'm really hoping this isn't used as a catalyst for people to start another south bashing thread, because these results really don't differentiate regionally like it's been suggested.
That full list seems a bit inconsistent in regards to metro population. For example, it shows St. Louis with a raw number of 6,912 at 3.6% and Pittsburgh with a raw number of 7,638 at 3.0%, yet St. Louis's metro is 2.8 million and Pittsburgh's metro is 2.3 million. Something doesn't add up, which makes me question the entire survey. I wonder if certain cities are only counting city population, while others count the entire core county population. That may explain the discrepancy, since St. Louis City is not part of St. Louis County. Regardless, something doesn't jive.
That full list seems a bit inconsistent in regards to metro population. For example, it shows St. Louis with a raw number of 6,912 at 3.6% and Pittsburgh with a raw number of 7,638 at 3.0%, yet St. Louis's metro is 2.8 million and Pittsburgh's metro is 2.3 million. Something doesn't add up, which makes me question the entire survey. I wonder if certain cities are only counting city population, while others count the entire core county population. That may explain the discrepancy, since St. Louis City is not part of St. Louis County. Regardless, something doesn't jive.
6,912 and 7,638 are the total number of interviews Gallup did in the metro, not the amount of gay people.
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