Seattle now has the highest concentration of gay-couple households among America’s large cities.
Recently-released estimates from the Census Bureau show that in 2012, 2.6 percent of Seattle households were gay couples. That is the highest percentage among the 50 most populous cities in the United States.
San Francisco, which had held the top spot since the Census Bureau began counting same-sex couples in 2000, ranked second with 2.5 percent of all households.
It’s a sharp reversal from previous census estimates. In 2011, San Francisco had 2.4 percent gay-couple households to Seattle’s 1.7.
We are still No. 2 to San Francisco, however, for the percentage of gay-male households. But Seattle claimed the top city for the percentage of lesbian couples by a relatively wide margin. With lesbian couples making up 1.2 percent of households in 2012, Seattle was the only large city to exceed 1 percent.
There are about 125,000 couples living together in Seattle; of those, an estimated 7,551 are gay couples, whether married or unmarried. That pencils out to about one in every 17 couple households in the city.
In Seattle, as in most of the 50 cities, the majority of gay couple households are men, but it is a fairly even split here: 46 percent of Seattle’s gay couples are women. Some cities are more lopsided; in Atlanta, 80 percent of the households are male, while in Wichita, 88 percent are lesbian.
At the opposite end of the spectrum from Seattle is El Paso, Texas, which edged out Fort Worth as having the lowest concentration of same-sex couples. El Paso has just one-tenth the percentage of gay-couple households as Seattle.
Recently-released estimates from the Census Bureau show that in 2012, 2.6 percent of Seattle households were gay couples. That is the highest percentage among the 50 most populous cities in the United States.
San Francisco, which had held the top spot since the Census Bureau began counting same-sex couples in 2000, ranked second with 2.5 percent of all households.
It’s a sharp reversal from previous census estimates. In 2011, San Francisco had 2.4 percent gay-couple households to Seattle’s 1.7.
We are still No. 2 to San Francisco, however, for the percentage of gay-male households. But Seattle claimed the top city for the percentage of lesbian couples by a relatively wide margin. With lesbian couples making up 1.2 percent of households in 2012, Seattle was the only large city to exceed 1 percent.
There are about 125,000 couples living together in Seattle; of those, an estimated 7,551 are gay couples, whether married or unmarried. That pencils out to about one in every 17 couple households in the city.
In Seattle, as in most of the 50 cities, the majority of gay couple households are men, but it is a fairly even split here: 46 percent of Seattle’s gay couples are women. Some cities are more lopsided; in Atlanta, 80 percent of the households are male, while in Wichita, 88 percent are lesbian.
At the opposite end of the spectrum from Seattle is El Paso, Texas, which edged out Fort Worth as having the lowest concentration of same-sex couples. El Paso has just one-tenth the percentage of gay-couple households as Seattle.
According
to the US Census Bureau, the city of Seattle has overtaken San
Francisco as the city with the highest concentration of gay couples.
2.6% of Seattle's households are gay couples (or 1 in 17), which barely edges out San Francisco at 2.5% in the study which considered the top 50 US cities by population.
The third is Minneapolis at 2.4%. According to the bureau, the reason Seattle beat out San Francisco is because there are many more lesbian couples in Seattle.
If you're curious, the bottom 3 are Colorado Springs (0.29%), Fort Worth (0.26%) and El Paso (0.25%)
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2.6% of Seattle's households are gay couples (or 1 in 17), which barely edges out San Francisco at 2.5% in the study which considered the top 50 US cities by population.
The third is Minneapolis at 2.4%. According to the bureau, the reason Seattle beat out San Francisco is because there are many more lesbian couples in Seattle.
If you're curious, the bottom 3 are Colorado Springs (0.29%), Fort Worth (0.26%) and El Paso (0.25%)
(Source)
Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/#LXiFL18cto3geXK8.99
According
to the US Census Bureau, the city of Seattle has overtaken San
Francisco as the city with the highest concentration of gay couples.
2.6% of Seattle's households are gay couples (or 1 in 17), which barely edges out San Francisco at 2.5% in the study which considered the top 50 US cities by population.
The third is Minneapolis at 2.4%. According to the bureau, the reason Seattle beat out San Francisco is because there are many more lesbian couples in Seattle.
If you're curious, the bottom 3 are Colorado Springs (0.29%), Fort Worth (0.26%) and El Paso (0.25%)
(Source)
Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/#LXiFL18cto3geXK8.99
2.6% of Seattle's households are gay couples (or 1 in 17), which barely edges out San Francisco at 2.5% in the study which considered the top 50 US cities by population.
The third is Minneapolis at 2.4%. According to the bureau, the reason Seattle beat out San Francisco is because there are many more lesbian couples in Seattle.
If you're curious, the bottom 3 are Colorado Springs (0.29%), Fort Worth (0.26%) and El Paso (0.25%)
(Source)
Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/#LXiFL18cto3geXK8.99
