New data shows gay & lesbian couples don’t live in the same places. Where does your city rank? [Video]

New data from the 2020 U.S. Census reveals where same-sex male and female couples are living in states across the country, and it’s not always in the same places.

While both male and female coupled households were often found in and around the main population centers of each state, coupled women gravitate toward smaller towns on average compared to coupled men, who reside in larger numbers than women in the country’s biggest cities, all with larger LGBTQ+ populations.

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According to figures broken down by study authors Amara Jones-Myers and Lydia Anderson, female same-sex couples made up just under one percent of U.S. coupled households in 2020, with the number of male same-sex couples coming in at 0.8%.

County-level maps show higher percentages of both types of same-sex couples in Florida, the Northeast, and on the West …