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Same-Sex Partners Sharing Households in the U.S. Nationwide, 701,733 same-sex partner households represented 0.6% of all coupled households in 2003, according to the Census Bureau. Of these, 363,072 were male partners and 338,661 were female partners. Metropolitan Areas with the Highest Percentage of Same-Sex Households, 2000Same-sex partner
households by area | Number | Percent of all
households in
specified city |
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| San Francisco, Calif. | 8,902 | 2.7% | | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. | 1,418 | 2.1 | | Seattle, Wash. | 4,965 | 1.9 | | Oakland, Calif. | 2,650 | 1.8 | | Berkeley, Calif. | 788 | 1.8 | | Atlanta, Ga. | 2,833 | 1.7% | | Minneapolis, Minn. | 2,622 | 1.6 | | Washington, DC | 3,678 | 1.5 | | Long Beach, Calif. | 2,266 | 1.4 | | Portland, Ore. | 3,017 | 1.3 |
Source: Married-Couple and Unmarried-Partner Households: 2000, U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000. Percent of Same-Sex Households with Children Under 18 Years, 2000| | Male partners | Female partners |
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| Region | Own children1 | Own and/or unrelated children2 | Own children1 | Own and/or unrelated children2 |
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| United States | 21.8% | 22.3% | 32.7% | 34.3% | | Region | | | | | | Northeast | 21.3 | 21.7 | 31.2 | 32.6 | | Midwest | 22.3 | 22.9 | 32.8 | 34.7 | | South | 22.1 | 23.9 | 34.4 | 36.1 | | West | 20.6 | 21.1 | 31.5 | 33.1 |
1. Refers to own sons/daughters of the householder. 2. Refers to own sons/daughters of the householder and other children not related to the householder. Source: Married-Couple and Unmarried-Partner Households: 2000, U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.
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