The Geography of Same-Sex Couples in the United States

[Slyman11]

Top ten metropolitan areas (among the fifty largest in the U.S.) ranked by the estimated size of the gay, lesbian and bisexual population.Estimated % of gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals in the adult population

1 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 8.2% 15.4%
2 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue 6.5% 12.9%
3 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 6.2% 12.3%
4 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton 6.1% 8.8%
5 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 5.9% 6.1%
6 Austin-Round Rock 5.9% 4.8%
7 Denver-Aurora 5.8% 8.2%
8 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington 5.7% 12.5%
9 Orlando-Kissimmee 5.7% 7.7%
10 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford 5.6% 6.8%

Rank Estimated size of the gay, lesbian, and bisexual population

1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 568,903
2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 442,211
3 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet 288,748
4 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 256,313
5 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 201,344
6 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 191,959
7 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 183,718
8 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach 183,346
9 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta 180,168
10 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 179,459

Rank Estimated % of gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals in the adult population

1 District 8, California (San Francisco) 16.6%
2 District 7, Washington (Seattle) 13.2%
3 District 9, California (Oakland) 12.4%
4 District 8, Massachusetts (Somerville) 11.3%
5 District 45, California (Palm Springs) 10.8%
6 District 5, Georgia (Atlanta) 10.8%
7 District 8, New York (NY City) 10.6%
8 District 53, California (San Diego) 10.5%
9 District 5, Minnesota (Minneapolis) 9.5%
10 District 9, Illinois (Evanston) 9.3%

Rank Estimated size of the gay, lesbian, and bisexual population

1 District 8, California 83,229
2 District 7, Washington 67,652
3 District 45, California 59,533
4 District 8, New York 58,871
5 District 9, California 57,228
6 District 5, Georgia 51,456
7 District 8, Massachusetts 50,837
8 District 53, California 46,791
9 District 9, Illinois 42,861
10 District 5, Minnesota 42,124

http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu//publications/SameSexCouplesandGLBpopACS.pdf (broken link)

[andrew61]

Originally Posted by PeterRabbit

Not couples, but gayest cities:

1) Minneapolis
2) Santa Fe
3) Las Vegas
4) Orlando
5) Pittsburgh
6) Vancouver, WA
7) Atlanta
8) D.C.
9) Seattle
10) St. Louis
11) San Francisco
12) Cleveland
13) Denver
14) Oakland
15) Miami

Gayest Cities in America | Travel | The Advocate

I saw this ranking some months ago, and all I can say is that you should take this list with a grain of salt.

For example, Cleveland comes in at No. 12, apparently only because the city was chosen to host the Gay Games in 2014. Yet Chicago didn't even make the top 15 even though it already hosted the Gay Games back in 2006? And hosts the International Mr. Leather contest every Memorial Day weekend, year in and year out? Plus has the largest gay nightlife district in the entire Midwest? What's up with that?

This list sounds to me like someone just sat down one day and made it up.

[westhou]

Originally Posted by jm02

Yes, this is always a very strange list. But look at the criteria it is based upon:


Tegan and Sara performances? Please.

They were just trying to be cute. That list isn't meant to be taken too seriously.

[Pine to Vine]

Originally Posted by westhou

They were just trying to be cute. That list isn't meant to be taken too seriously.

Yep. And yet some folks do.

[Vatnos]

Originally Posted by jm02

Yes, this is always a very strange list. But look at the criteria it is based upon:


Tegan and Sara performances? Please.

That list makes my brain hurt to look at.

Rank Estimated % of gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals in the adult population

1 District 8, California (San Francisco) 16.6%
2 District 7, Washington (Seattle) 13.2%
3 District 9, California (Oakland) 12.4%
4 District 8, Massachusetts (Somerville) 11.3%
5 District 45, California (Palm Springs) 10.8%
6 District 5, Georgia (Atlanta) 10.8%
7 District 8, New York (NY City) 10.6%
8 District 53, California (San Diego) 10.5%
9 District 5, Minnesota (Minneapolis) 9.5%
10 District 9, Illinois (Evanston) 9.3%

I wish they would stop lumping them all together. It'd be interesting to see what the individual statistics are for each subset (for instance, if one city has a lot of gays but few bisexuals, or if one has a lot of lesbians but few gay men). Also, I wish they'd stop erasing the transsexuals and include them in these surveys for once.