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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com August 25, 2011 09:50:00 PM ET
Census: New Mexico, Rhode Island Heavily Gay
By Trudy Ring
Census Bureau director Robert Groves The Census Snapshot of same-sex couples
across the U.S. is now complete, with the Census Bureau’s release and the
Williams Institute’s analysis of the data on five final states.
The states for which information was released today include two with
significant proportions of gay couples — New Mexico and Rhode Island — and
three with smaller numbers — Tennessee, Mississippi, and North Dakota.
New Mexico had 9.8 same-sex couples per 1,000 households, making it one of
the gayest states, behind Vermont with 10.9, Massachusetts with 10.2,
California with 9.98, and Oregon with 9.9. Rhode Island, where lawmakers
failed to pass a marriage equality bill this year but did approve civil
unions, had 8.9 gay couples per 1,000 households. The largest concentrations
of gay couples in New Mexico were in the Albuquerque–Santa Fe area, while
Providence had the largest proportion in Rhode Island.
Tennessee had 6.5 gay couples per 1,000 households, with Nashville and
Knoxville being the leading cities. Mississippi had 5.6, with Hattiesburg
and Jackson as the top cities, and North Dakota had 4, Fargo being the town
with the biggest proportion.
The information is based on the number of gay couples who self-identify on
their census forms; the Williams Institute, a University of California, Los
Angeles, think tank specializing in LGBT issues, has adjusted and analyzed
the data. Find more details, such as numbers for male and female couples and
whether they’re raising children, at the institute’s website. |
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