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Same-Sex Households with Children in the United States

The following table lists the percentage of same-sex households that have children under 18 in the United States. Find information on female partners and male partners in the four regions of the U.S. Nationwide.

	Male partners		Female partners
Region	Own children¹	Own and/or unrelated children²	Own children¹	Own and/or unrelated children²
United States	10.5%	10.7%	21.8%	23.9%
Region
Northeast	10.3	10.7	21.8	23.6
Midwest	10.3	10.9	21.8	24.7
South	10.1	10.9	22.4	24.1
West	10.6	11.1	21.5	23.1

1. Refers to own sons/daughters of the householder.

2. Refers to own sons/daughters of the householder and other children not related to the householder.

Source: Married-Couple and Unmarried-Partner Households: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, 2010.

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