Ten Places of 100,000 or More Population with Highest Percentage of Same-Sex Partners, 2009

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

The following table shows ten cities in the United States with a population of 100,000 people or more with the highest percentage of same-sex partners.

Same-sex partners Percent of all households
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif. 1.36%
Burlington-South Burlington, Vt. 1.12
Barnstable Town, Mass. 1.10
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine 1.09
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, Calif. 1.03
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Ore.-Wash. 1.00
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, Calif. 0.95
Springfield, Mass. 0.92
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. 0.91
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass. 0.91
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2005-9

Unmarried-Partner Households by Sex of Partners and Race and Hispanic Origin of Householder, 2000Marital StatusDivorce Rates by State, 1990–2004
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