Source: Williams Institute (click to enlarge)
With 2010 Census figures from the final five states released today, UCLA’s Williams Institute has now posted a nationwide snapshot of same-sex couples in the U.S.
And Dallas, with 15.01 same-sex couples per 1,000 households, ranks 13th on the list of cities with populations above 250,000. San Francisco is No. 1 at 33.41 same-sex couples per 1,000 households, and Austin is 15th with 14.42 same-sex couples per 1,000 households.
No other Texas city — large, mid-size or small — cracked the top 25. But Texas as a whole is the 21st-gayest state, with 7.56 same-sex couples per 1,000 households. The District of Columbia is No. 1, with 19.29 same-sex couples per 1,000 households, followed by Vermont, Massachusetts, California and Oregon.
View the Williams Institute’s national snapshot here. And read today’s story from The New York Times about the gayest cities here.
Provincetown, Ma leads for small cities, as it should.
No real surprises here, though some of the towns in the small cities list I’ve never heard of (and I thought I was well-informed!). The rates for small cities are by far the highest, which makes sense given that many are well-known gay-friendly havens. Also some of those places are quite small so the presence of a relative handful of gay couples has a large statistical impact. What IS interesting is that with the exception of Ft Lauderdale (again, not surprising), the mid-sized cities have lower rates per thousand of same-sex couples than do the large cites. The differences aren’t that great but still seem counter-intuitive, given that many are located close to larger, more expensive ones; you’d think gay couples would move to more moderately-priced locations in order to improve their quality of life while staying within reach of the urban centers, but judging from the data that does not appear to be the case. Two other surprises (to me at least): Miami doesn’t make the top 25 of big cities; Sebastopol, CA doesn’t make the top 25 list of small cities.
Not surprised that Dallas made the top 20. With the ranking based on number of same-sex couple, just imagine if they could count all the gay sluts in Dallas 🙂
Hi John, Just a quick edit to your post, you said “No other Texas city — large, mid-size or small — cracked the top 25”, however, according to the report you posted, Austin, TX is number 15 on the list, just two down from Dallas.
What is interested is that Houston is not on the list. I think these numbers are a bit funny though, it’s hard to compare cities with each other. If you look at Dallas, they don’t include the rest of the Metroplex, which has huge numbers of gay people not counted. Also, the percentages are skewed too. Take Dallas and Atlanta, we have way more gays than Atlanta just based on number, but because Atlanta is a much smaller city than Dallas, it makes them have a larger percentage than we do. If you look at just raw numbers, Dallas would be around 5th or 6th.
But none-the-less, it sure feels good to be better than Houston, again!
Lol for all the homophobes you are surrounded by more gays then you think… Your bf is probably gay! Get the hell over it and love people for who they are!