Monday, October 10, 2011

Gay In Small -Town USA Per Census Figures


The Atlantic has new numbers from the Census have been corrected to delete previous reporting errors which reveal 646,464 self-reported same-sex couples across the nation. Obviously, the figure is likely much higher given the fear that many faced to so self-identify (e.g., all the same sex coupes in Hampton Roads where one or both members of a couple are U.S. military service members and subject to DADT at the time of the census). In Virginia, it's not surprising that liberal - at least in relative terms Charlottesville appears to lead the way with the highest percentage of same sex couples. With the death of DADT, hopefully Hampton Roads' figures will jump upward.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Interesting to blow the map up and really look at it. Alaska is amazing...of course, there's only 1000 people in the dark blue area, but hey, 13.8+ are part of same-sex couples! NC's far western part seems like a place to be, as well as Arizona and New Mexico (but they're both deserts, so the same-sex couples must be sidewinders and scorpions).

Peace <3
Jay