Husband/wife
Unmarried partner
28,312
69,841
Same-sex “husband/wife” couples per
1,000 “husband/wife” couples
Same-sex “unmarried partner” couples per 1,000 “unmarried partner” couples
by Census tract (adjusted)
4.5
82.4

All Same-sex Couples
by county (adjusted)
Female
45,663
47%
Male
52,490
53%
Same-sex couples who identify as spouses
Female
13,915
49%
Male
14,397
51%
by county (adjusted)
Same-sex couples who identify as unmarried partners
Female
31,748
45%
Male
38,093
55%
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by county (adjusted)
*“Own” children are never-married children under 18 who are sons or daughters of one partner or spouse (Person 1) by birth, marriage (stepchild), or adoption.
All Same-sex Couples
Raising
"own" children
15,698
16%
Not raising
"own" children
82,455
84%
Same-sex couples who identify as spouses
Raising
"own" children
7,676
27%
Not raising
"own" children
20,636
73%
Same-sex couples who identify as unmarried partners
Raising
"own" children
8,022
11%
Not raising
"own" children
61,819
89%
Data and methodology
Data are compiled using the US Census Bureau’s state-level preferred estimates for same-sex couples found here . Same-sex couples are identified in households where Person 1 describes his or her relationship with another adult of the same sex as either a “husband/wife” or “unmarried partner”. The Census Bureau preferred estimates adjust original Census tabulations reported in the Census 2010 SF-1, PCT15 to account for the likelihood that a small portion of different-sex couples miscode the sex of a spouse or partner and are incorrectly counted as a same-sex couple.
Adjusted data
The Census Bureau only released preferred estimates for states. County, city, and tract data used in this report are adjusted by the authors and do not represent official Census Bureau tabulations. Like the Census Bureau preferred estimates, the adjustment procedure accounts for the likelihood that a small portion of different-sex couples miscode the sex of a spouse or partner and are incorrectly counted as a same-sex couple.
Undercount
The adjusted figures do not take into account the possibility that some same-sex couples may not be counted in Census tabulations due to concerns about confidentiality or because neither partner was Person 1 in the household.
Go here for a complete description of the adjustment procedure.
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28
29
30
31
32
24
25
26
27
20
21
22
23
16
17
18
19
12
13
14
15
8
9
10
11
6
7
4
5
State rank
1
2
3
37
38
39
40
33
34
35
36
41
42
43
Counties with 50+ same-sex couples ranked by same-sex couples per 1,000 households
US rank among 1,142 counties with
50+ same-sex couples County
Same-sex couples
(adjusted)
Same-sex couples per 1,000 households
(adjusted)
Same-sex male couples
(adjusted)
Same-sex female couples
(adjusted)
% Raising “own” children among same-sex couples
(adjusted)
1 San Francisco 10451 30.22 8575 1876 7%
Solano
Yolo
Napa
Santa Barbara
Butte
Nevada
Monterey
Fresno
Santa Clara
San Bernardino
Ventura
Tuolumne
Calaveras
Stanislaus
Amador
Sonoma
Alameda
Santa Cruz
Riverside
Marin
Mendocino
Lake
Humboldt
Mariposa
Sacramento
San Diego
Los Angeles
San Mateo
Contra Costa
Del Norte
San Luis Obispo
Orange
Kern
Madera
San Joaquin
El Dorado
Yuba
Shasta
Tulare
San Benito
Merced
Placer
5.16
4.93
4.86
4.83
4.79
4.76
4.75
6.25
6.24
6.24
5.54
5.47
5.38
5.26
5.25
8.85
8.32
8.14
8.11
7.64
7.63
7.45
6.53
12.14
12.09
10.71
10.55
9.69
9.15
9.09
9.02
4.66
4.61
4.54
4.52
4.52
4.48
4.24
4.12
4.11
3.87
3.58
3117
3016
1297
107
90
787
69
885
442
305
787
479
224
662
1519
68
4277
8852
26286
1970
2865
74
666
2255
6593
1010
7237
1001
320
241
505
4625
1173
197
973
318
109
298
538
69
292
475
320
363
380
385
389
397
400
271
283
303
305
170
172
173
262
97
99
103
142
58
71
74
75
41
49
50
55
17
18
31
33
449
462
527
563
424
432
444
448
572
651
758
1330
695
335
29
11
167
29
131
39
293
504
356
139
128
312
40
1814
5014
15819
898
1184
41
230
1047
3057
344
4866
477
144
101
148
0
14
46
84
1988
323
60
206
10
70
0
1787
2321
962
78
79
619
40
530
303
177
475
348
184
369
1015
28
2463
3838
10467
1071
1682
33
437
1208
3536
666
2370
524
176
140
357
2637
849
136
767
318
95
253
454
59
222
475
10%
30%
21%
19%
10%
26%
6%
21%
21%
7%
13%
20%
10%
25%
29%
19%
19%
13%
16%
13%
20%
14%
14%
13%
18%
22%
10%
16%
17%
17%
17%
15%
30%
33%
29%
5%
25%
22%
44%
45%
36%
16%
4

44
45
46
47
48
790
916
990
1085
1096
Alpine
Colusa
Glenn
Inyo
Lassen
Modoc
Mono
Plumas
Sierra
Trinity
Siskiyou
Kings
Sutter
Imperial
Tehama
68
130
91
118
3.50
3.15
2.91
2.41
56 2.35
Counties with <50 same-sex couples
0 0.00
14
5
22
24
15
35
25
2
22
3.46
1.48
4.32
2.53
3.49
0.79
2.51
1.56
3.55
10
3
1
0
0
3
0
8
0
0
0
4
0
4
0
27
25
11
5
22
0
21
15
2
17
58
127
91
118
56
0%
41%
64%
33%
0%
7%
0%
9%
0%
0%
19%
31%
23%
24%
37%
5

26
38
39
40
41
34
35
36
37
30
31
32
33
27
28
29
19
20
21
22
15
16
17
18
23
24
25
11
12
13
14
7
8
9
10
5
6
3
4
State rank
1
2
Cities with 50+ same-sex couples ranked by same-sex couples per 1,000 households
US rank among 1,415 cities with
50+ same-sex couples City
Same-sex couples
(adjusted)
Same-sex couples per 1,000 households
(adjusted)
3 Palm Springs 2440 107.28
5 Guerneville 185 80.36
62
64
65
75
44
46
48
54
23
28
31
42
6
8
11
20
76
86
88
91
102
105
109
3359
118
949
3128
178
359
248
214
1397
462
790
157
59
10461
294
195
113
334
59
422
2271
64
81
111
189
190
192
195
147
155
181
184
114
119
122
124
126
139
144
Albany
Palm Desert
Sausalito
Alameda
Sacramento
Big Bear City
Live Oak
Tamalpais-
Homestead Valley
El Sobrante
San Diego
La Riviera
Eureka
San Rafael
Lake Arrowhead
Pasadena
Larkspur
San Anselmo
Vallejo
Santa Rosa
Richmond
Clearlake
West Hollywood
Rancho Mirage
Cathedral City
Signal Hill
Brisbane
San Francisco
Laguna Beach
Desert Hot Springs
Oakland
Emeryville
Berkeley
Long Beach
El Cerrito
Santa Cruz
Altadena
Pacifica
Los Angeles
Claremont
6
56
67
57
420
650
367
60
13292
116
59
5910
54
132
268
53
627
21.84
20.71
20.61
19.13
17.60
16.56
16.30
15.31
62.05
52.29
46.33
37.85
32.39
30.25
27.16
22.56
15.26
14.47
14.32
14.00
13.00
12.82
12.65
12.57
11.32
10.85
10.34
10.22
10.16
10.12
10.08
10.03
12.45
12.23
12.09
11.82
11.79
11.44
11.35

82
86
87
88
83
84
85
73
74
75
76
69
70
71
72
77
78
79
80
81
65
66
67
68
61
62
63
64
57
58
59
60
54
55
56
46
47
48
49
42
43
44
45
50
51
52
53
Atascadero
Arden-Arcade
La Mesa
Yucca Valley
Spring Valley
Santa Barbara
Monterey
Culver City
Martinez
Santa Monica
Burbank
Monrovia
Novato
Pittsburg
San Carlos
Castro Valley
Concord
La Quinta
Pleasant Hill
Oildale
Pinole
Aliso Viejo
Lemon Grove
Los Osos
Arcata
San Leandro
West Sacramento
Casa de Oro-Mount
Helix
Lakewood
Rosemont
South Pasadena
Walnut Creek
Redwood City
Dana Point
Petaluma
Benicia
Laguna Niguel
Duarte
Rohnert Park
Laguna Hills
San Buenaventura
(Ventura)
Daly City
Ladera Ranch
Hayward
Indio
San Mateo
Dublin
7
440
450
461
464
465
467
471
382
385
387
394
362
364
365
375
399
403
405
433
435
349
353
356
361
308
329
330
339
282
291
292
300
302
303
304
235
238
240
241
213
219
226
233
243
257
275
278
290
222
50
320
165
269
105
87
169
107
162
322
106
156
148
80
180
52
115
76
95
130
111
361
202
66
75
281
227
71
88
253
232
89
336
63
168
77
55
426
142
129
112
67
273
151
60
7.18
7.13
7.07
7.06
7.05
7.04
7.02
7.68
7.68
7.68
7.60
7.57
7.55
7.54
7.47
7.45
7.43
7.41
7.25
7.23
8.25
8.03
8.03
7.92
7.82
7.77
7.75
7.69
8.57
8.44
8.43
8.33
8.29
8.28
8.28
9.62
9.56
9.42
9.30
9.26
9.22
9.17
9.17
9.13
8.89
8.69
8.64

117
118
119
120
113
114
115
116
109
110
111
112
105
106
107
108
101
102
103
104
97
98
99
100
93
94
95
96
89
90
91
92
133
134
135
136
129
130
131
132
125
126
127
128
121
122
123
124
Glendale
San Bruno
Upland
Burlingame
Menlo Park
Fair Oaks
Beaumont
Paradise
North Highlands
Goleta
La Presa
San Bernardino
Windsor
Ontario
Brentwood
Azusa
Belmont
Antioch
Mountain View
Davis
Carmichael
Chico
Beverly Hills
South San Francisco
Fresno
Campbell
Florin
Lake Elsinore
Modesto
Whittier
Rancho Cordova
Orange
San Jacinto
San Jose
Riverside
Citrus Heights
Lafayette
Napa
Oakley
El Cajon
Santa Clarita
Lancaster
Stockton
Montclair
Oceanside
Vista
Watsonville
Foothill Farms
8
681
695
709
713
660
663
677
680
640
644
648
654
619
621
622
635
577
579
581
618
530
550
552
557
484
488
520
523
473
476
478
481
790
798
811
818
778
779
782
785
754
757
758
764
717
724
740
747
53
265
96
74
88
66
61
353
76
79
72
72
450
91
160
76
1054
106
97
96
445
182
150
270
181
241
100
140
74
225
223
173
328
161
74
63
333
263
504
53
76
1738
526
186
52
159
61
192
6.04
6.02
5.97
5.95
5.95
5.91
5.83
5.81
6.22
6.21
6.21
6.15
6.15
6.13
6.13
6.08
6.66
6.58
6.55
6.52
6.44
6.43
6.40
6.23
7.01
6.99
6.98
6.95
6.93
6.91
6.72
6.70
5.59
5.59
5.56
5.54
5.53
5.49
5.44
5.36
5.78
5.77
5.72
5.69
5.67
5.65
5.65
5.63

Santa Clara
Anaheim
Banning
Hemet
Bellflower
Santa Ana
Montebello
Porterville
Elk Grove
Carlsbad
Antelope
Encinitas
Los Gatos
Tracy
South Whittier
Hawthorne
Tustin
San Dimas
Pomona
Rancho Cucamonga
Victorville
San Luis Obispo
Lake Forest
Oxnard
Bakersfield
Apple Valley
Escondido
Visalia
Palo Alto
San Juan Capistrano
Paramount
Costa Mesa
Inglewood
Brea
Eastvale
Huntington Beach
San Ramon
Palmdale
Livermore
Compton
Morgan Hill
Colton
Glendora
Simi Valley
Newark
Merced
Gilroy
Buena Park
9
994
995
996
997
973
975
977
992
946
968
969
972
907
925
934
937
893
894
898
903
882
884
887
892
855
859
872
880
822
833
836
841
1042
1048
1051
1053
1054
1059
1063
1073
1003
1004
1014
1023
1027
1029
1033
1040
165
166
167
168
161
162
163
164
157
158
159
160
153
154
155
156
149
150
151
152
145
146
147
148
141
142
143
144
137
138
139
140
181
182
183
184
177
178
179
180
173
174
175
176
169
170
171
172
57
112
69
130
226
195
67
111
114
347
90
74
213
479
53
146
132
57
69
198
559
119
229
207
167
98
133
251
134
63
201
283
57
110
62
103
55
66
76
182
114
193
130
103
166
65
62
335
4.72
4.71
4.70
4.60
4.60
4.59
4.59
4.57
4.95
4.88
4.86
4.85
4.83
4.74
4.74
4.72
5.03
5.03
5.02
5.00
5.00
5.00
4.99
4.96
5.33
5.28
5.24
5.21
5.14
5.11
5.06
5.04
4.45
4.44
4.43
4.41
4.41
4.40
4.39
4.36
4.56
4.56
4.53
4.51
4.49
4.48
4.48
4.45

Redondo Beach
Lincoln
Lynwood
Tulare
Hanford
Menifee
Roseville
Hesperia
Norwalk
East Los Angeles
Salinas
Chula Vista
Fullerton
La Mirada
Newport Beach
West Covina
Santa Maria
Moreno Valley
Sunnyvale
Redlands
Highland
Fairfield
Alhambra
Perris
Chino
Turlock
Vacaville
Camarillo
Poway
San Marcos
Downey
Mission Viejo
Manhattan Beach
Thousand Oaks
Woodland
La Habra
Yucaipa
Santee
San Clemente
Redding
Pleasanton
Irvine
Covina
Carson
Rancho Santa
Margarita
Corona
Union City
10
1195
1197
1198
1200
1202
1222
1228
1231
1150
1153
1160
1163
1179
1187
1189
1194
1120
1121
1127
1137
1138
1139
1144
1149
1076
1077
1081
1082
1096
1099
1115
1116
1237
1238
1241
1248
1250
1253
1273
1274
1282
1283
1292
1300
1303
1306
1309
213
214
215
216
209
210
211
212
205
206
207
208
201
202
203
204
197
198
199
200
193
194
195
196
189
190
191
192
185
186
187
188
221
222
223
224
217
218
219
220
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
177
56
146
118
106
121
158
295
70
108
178
104
119
67
60
72
67
113
139
136
87
96
130
102
66
147
123
69
117
224
230
107
67
70
84
127
52
170
69
70
88
276
55
87
57
153
69
3.92
3.91
3.91
3.91
3.90
3.79
3.76
3.75
4.10
4.08
4.06
4.04
3.97
3.95
3.94
3.92
4.21
4.21
4.19
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.11
4.10
4.35
4.35
4.31
4.31
4.26
4.26
4.22
4.22
3.72
3.72
3.71
3.67
3.67
3.64
3.53
3.52
3.49
3.49
3.46
3.42
3.40
3.40
3.39

1343
1344
1345
1348
1349
1365
1374
1379
1380
1385
1394
1398
1403
1310
1314
1317
1319
1326
1329
1330
1340
244
245
246
247
240
241
242
243
236
237
238
239
232
233
234
235
248
249
250
251
252
Fremont
Clovis
Rocklin
Fontana
Fountain Valley
Manteca
Madera
Baldwin Park
Westminster
Torrance
Garden Grove
Chino Hills
Rialto
El Monte
Folsom
Gardena
Yuba City
South Gate
Murrieta
Temecula
Lodi
3.15
3.15
3.15
3.11
3.10
2.98
2.91
2.88
3.38
3.36
3.36
3.33
3.28
3.25
3.25
3.17
2.87
2.83
2.64
2.56
2.27
78
83
73
59
83
176
145
71
62
66
86
81
50
61
70
52
54
240
112
70
164
About the authors
Gary J. Gates, PhD is the Williams Distinguished Scholar at the Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law.
Abigail M. Cooke is a PhD candidate in the Department of Geography at UCLA and is affiliated with the California Center for
Population Research.
Acknowledgments
The authors thank Williams Institute Fellows Angeliki Kastanis, Laura Durso, and Christy Mallory for assistance with the Snapshots.
For more information
The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law, (310) 267-4382 http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/
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