Percentage of Same-Sex Couple Households by Selected Cities: 2017

Universe: Households
Table with column headings in rows 7 through 9, and row headings in columns b and c
[Columns D through I are in Percent, column J indicates significant differences between column F and Column H]
% of Same-Sex Households
% of All Households
that are Same-Sex Female Couples Male Couples
Households
State City % SE % SE % SE

Total US 0.8 0.01 51.7 0.48 48.3 0.48 *

CA San Francisco, CA 3.0 0.23 28.4 4.37 71.6 4.37 *

DC Washington, DC 2.9 0.27 22.6 3.66 77.4 3.66 *
OR Portland, OR 2.1 0.23 53.4 5.31 46.6 5.31
WA Seattle, WA 2.0 0.25 46.2 6.37 53.8 6.37
CO Denver, CO 1.9 0.25 33.9 5.90 66.1 5.90 *
MA Boston, MA 1.7 0.22 37.8 5.99 62.2 5.99 *
AZ Phoenix, AZ 1.4 0.18 43.6 5.28 56.4 5.28 *
OH Columbus, OH 1.3 0.17 52.3 6.47 47.7 6.47
CA San Diego, CA 1.3 0.16 42.8 5.19 57.2 5.19 *
TX Austin, TX 1.3 0.18 53.7 7.55 46.3 7.55
IN Indianapolis, IN 1.2 0.18 57.7 8.35 42.3 8.35
IL Chicago, IL 1.2 0.09 33.6 3.79 66.4 3.79 *
CA Los Angeles, CA 1.1 0.07 38.7 3.25 61.3 3.25 *
TX Dallas, TX 1.1 0.13 36.5 5.78 63.5 5.78 *
NY New York, NY 1.1 0.06 40.4 2.62 59.6 2.62 *
TX San Antonio, TX 1.0 0.14 46.5 6.78 53.5 6.78
PA Philadelphia, PA 1.0 0.11 52.6 6.46 47.4 6.46
TX Houston, TX 0.8 0.09 32.2 5.07 67.8 5.07 *

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017 American Community Survey, 1-Year estimates. For
more information, see https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/

* Indicates the percent of male couples is significantly different from the percent of female
couples at the 90 percent confidence level.
SE represents "Standard Error"
1
Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. SE indicates the
standard error. A standard error is a measure of an estimate's variability. The larger
the standard error in relation to the size of the estimates, the less reliable the
estimate.

This table accompanies the America Counts publication "Where Same-Sex Couples Live",
released on September 18, 2019 (https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/09/where-
same-sex-couples-live.html)
DAO Number: CBDRB-FY19-POP001-0013
Internet release date: November 8, 2019
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